I was using Zorin 17.2 for a bit and really like it. Still in the learning curve but would love to move away from Windows 11 as much as I can. That being said, I need to access Onedrive for work and looked at the options. I was using insynch and it was working great but it requires a copy of all files locally on the hard drive. Long story short, it updated and started deleting all my local files and then wanted to re-download them while I was traveling and using a hotspot. It really made a mess of things.
It looks like Expandrive operates more like the Windows Onedrive client and only downloads on demand while showing all the files. I signed up for the free trial, got it installed and attempted to add my Onedrive account to it. I walk through the steps to add Onedrive, authenticate and it appears like it's going to add my account to the list and nothing shows up. I have tried several times including a clean install of Zorin 17.3. I even tried on Mint and it did the same thing. My Onedrive account never shows up in the app after going through the steps to add it.
I figure I'm the common denominator, what am I missing or doing wrong? I've seen Expandrive mentioned so I know there are other Linux users using it. Would like to give it a try.
I can't help you on using Expandrive, I've heard of it but not really given it a try. There is, however, this unofficial onedrive client for linux that may be worth looking into:
What I'm noticing about Expandrive is the last release seems to be from a couple years ago (2023), which in the world of cloud-based files and platforms, is basically an eternity. It wouldn't surprise me if something has broken between then and now and they haven't applied an update for it.
Thanks Applecheeks37 and Aisajib. I did actually reach out to their support team but so far no response.
I also looked at that Onedrive client by abraunegg but the on demand feature is just a feature request at this time. I'm hoping to avoid having to download a local copy of all my files, it can be rather time consuming and if something goes wrong, it really sucks.
I know this also doesn't help presently, but I believe in newer versions of Gnome they have this functionality built in to the Online Accounts section, and it should automatically be integrated in the file manager as well. Hopefully when Zorin 18 comes out, that gets included and you'll be able to natively do this without anything extra.
Thanks guys, good to know that this is coming for Zorin and currently available with the latest version of Gnome. I may have to find a distro I can evaluate this on, even though I'm liking Zorin.
You are doing nothing wrong. Expandrive is broken, and they have stopped answering support requests.
I am an Expandrive user for some years and really liked it, mainly for accessing BackBlaze B2 but also OneDrive and DropBox. Those services still work fine, but OneDrive fails to connect. I emailed support several times about this with no response. Searches suggest that they have given up, but their website is still up and accepting orders which is poor practice in my opinion.
Is it something I have to enable or install? I see Microsoft and Exchange listed in the online accounts (both email) for 17.3 but I don't see Microsoft 365. Sorry for all the questions, still learning the ways of Linux but liking it so far, even with the learning curve.
I did look at that Onedrive client by abraunegg but the on demand feature is just a feature request at this time. I'm hoping to avoid having to download a local copy of all my files, it can be rather time consuming, not to mention if something goes wrong, it's a royal pain.
