Setting up OneDrive Storage and Backup

As part of your school account, you are provided with a Pinehurst OneDrive.

You can store up to 1TB of data in this location Your OneDrive can be synchronised to your machine so that you can access files at all times. 

If you are on a Windows machine, you already have OneDrive, came with the personal Microsoft account for Windows system. This OneDrive - Personal by default is 15GB. 

To setup your school account OneDrive (1000GB), please click on the Settings button at the top.

In the account area, next to your existing Microsoft account, click on "+ Add an account".

Enter and sign in using your school email address and password in the prompt screen.

Make sure and configure Auto Backup for your Documents, Desktop and Pictures.

Click on Manage backup button, check the back up status.

In the Windows system taskbar, there should be two OneDrive syncing icon. The white/grey one is the personal OneDrive and the blue one is the School/Work account.

Syncing and backing up your school OneDrive on a Mac computer. Please click on https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/sync-files-with-onedrive-on-macos-d11b9f29-00bb-4172-be39-997da46f913f

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