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KennethA2

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Hi, Please be gentle! I have a Mac mini 2018 running Mac OS Ventura. I have Parallels 17 installed and Windows 11 Pro as a guest OS (latest updates). I use Microsoft 365 regularly on Windows. I have all of my files in OneDrive (309gb). I have OneDrive for Mac installed and it works a treat.
Here is my question :-) How can I easily access my onedrive files whilst I'm using Microsoft 365 on the guest OS. I really don't want to install OneDrive for Windows (can't afford the space)?
All help gratefully accepted.
Thanks,
Kenny
 
KennethA2 said:
Hi, Please be gentle! I have a Mac mini 2018 running Mac OS Ventura. I have Parallels 17 installed and Windows 11 Pro as a guest OS (latest updates). I use Microsoft 365 regularly on Windows. I have all of my files in OneDrive (309gb). I have OneDrive for Mac installed and it works a treat.
Here is my question :) How can I easily access my onedrive files whilst I'm using Microsoft 365 on the guest OS. I really don't want to install OneDrive for Windows (can't afford the space)?
All help gratefully accepted.
Thanks,
Kenny
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Greetings,
Thank you for your feedback.
You can easily add your OneDrive folder inside your Windows 11 Virtual Machine by following the steps below:
1. Shutdown your Virtual Machine (Actions > Shutdown OR if it's suspended > resume it then shutdown)
2. Right-click on the Parallels Icon in the Dock > Select "Control Center" > Right-click on your Windows Virtual Machine > Select "Configure"
3. Select the "Options" tab > Sharing > Make sure "Share custom Mac folders with Windows" is ticked > Click on "Manage Folders.."
4. Click on the "+" sign > Select your OneDrive folder under Locations in Finder > Press Open.
5. Launch your Windows virtual Machine > Open File Explorer > Select "This Pc" > You should see your OneDrive folder mapped as a network drive.
Thank you!
 
Ashley Chumun said:
Greetings,
Thank you for your feedback.
You can easily add your OneDrive folder inside your Windows 11 Virtual Machine by following the steps below:
1. Shutdown your Virtual Machine (Actions > Shutdown OR if it's suspended > resume it then shutdown)
2. Right-click on the Parallels Icon in the Dock > Select "Control Center" > Right-click on your Windows Virtual Machine > Select "Configure"
3. Select the "Options" tab > Sharing > Make sure "Share custom Mac folders with Windows" is ticked > Click on "Manage Folders.."
4. Click on the "+" sign > Select your OneDrive folder under Locations in Finder > Press Open.
5. Launch your Windows virtual Machine > Open File Explorer > Select "This Pc" > You should see your OneDrive folder mapped as a network drive.
Thank you!
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Thanks I'll give it a go
 
Hi there, I'd like to add a supplementary question to this thread if that's OK...

I mapped my OneDrive accounts as network drives as you recommended. But, when I try to then set that location to be my OneDrive folder location on the Parallels PC, I see an error message saying that 'Your OneDrive folder can't be created in the location you selected. Please choose a different location'.

So, does this advice basically mean that you should not set up OneDrive to actually access that folder on the Parallels PC?
 
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