{"id":378216,"date":"2021-12-08T19:32:20","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/onedrive-is-now-the-best-icloud-alternative-for-mac-users-heres-why-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-12-08T19:32:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T16:32:20","slug":"onedrive-is-now-the-best-icloud-alternative-for-mac-users-heres-why-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/onedrive-is-now-the-best-icloud-alternative-for-mac-users-heres-why-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#OneDrive Is Now the Best iCloud Alternative for Mac Users, Here\u2019s Why \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#OneDrive Is Now the Best iCloud Alternative for Mac Users, Here\u2019s Why \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Microsoft is now offering Mac users a pre-release build of OneDrive for Apple Silicon<\/a>. The ARM-based application runs faster and more efficiently on M1 devices than previous OneDrive releases, and funny enough, it makes OneDrive the best iCloud alternative on macOS.<\/p>\n

Technically speaking, most x86 apps work fine on Apple Silicon. But they have to run through Apple\u2019s Rosetta 2<\/a> compatibility layer, an advanced hunk of software that translates x86 \u201cIntel\u201d apps to Apple Silicon in real-time.<\/p>\n

This compatibility layer can create performance bottlenecks for some applications, which would run a lot faster if they were reconfigured for the Apple Silicon ARM architecture. But more importantly, Rosetta 2 kinda blows through battery life<\/a>\u2014that\u2019s a big<\/em> problem if you\u2019re using a cloud storage app like Dropbox or OneDrive, which constantly runs in the background as it looks for files to upload, download, or update.<\/p>\n

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Over a year after Apple Silicon\u2019s launch, companies like Dropbox still don\u2019t offer native support for the architecture. That means M1 Mac users are stuck using either iCloud or the new Google Drive desktop app (which kinda sucks<\/a>) if they want a battery-efficient, native cloud storage solution.<\/p>\n

Dropbox now says its working on an Apple Silicon native version of its desktop app, but OneDrive beat it to the punch. That makes OneDrive the best iCloud alternative for M1 Mac owners\u2014OneDrive won\u2019t blow through battery life like Dropbox, it\u2019s less annoying than Google Drive, and unlike iCloud, it works properly<\/em> on non-Apple products.<\/p>\n

There are two ways to install this pre-release build. If you\u2019re impatient, you can download the package directly from Microsoft (clicking this hyperlink<\/a> will immedia<\/a>tely start the download). You can also open OneDrive on your Mac (from the Menu Bar), click the \u201cAbout\u201d tab, toggle the button to get pre-release updates, and click the \u201cGet Apple Silicon Build\u201d to install this build.<\/p>\n

Source: Microsoft<\/a> via MacRumors<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n