OneDrive seems to be syncronizing files to my Windows 7 machine which I don't want it to do because of HDD space considerations. So for instance, the video files should not consume space on my Win7 machine so I want to make the files Available Online Only. That options is available on my Win8.1 machine but does not appear to be available on my Win7 machine. How can I configure OneDrive to make such files only available online and not consume storage on my local Win7 machine?
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Windows 8 has a specific feature for OneDrive (available only only) that will not be supported going forward. Microsoft has stated it is a confusing feature and will offer OneDrive as sync software. The best way to configure OneDrive is to set up selective sync. You select a folder you do not want to sync to your computer(s). You can then upload files you only want on OneDrive into that folder.
Right click on OneDrive icon and go to
Settings > Account tab > Choose folders
there you can select the folders you want to be synced
