#1076 – Where Are My OneDrive Files?

Where the heck are those files?

OneDrive tries to be so many things to so many people, but the result is just confusion.

Consider where your files live. They might be on your PC, normally. They might look like they're on your PC, but really they're not. And of course they might be in OneDrive and not show up on your PC at all!

This week's featured article tries to clarify the confusion.

Where Are My OneDrive Files?

Also this week

• You can run the best security software ever, and still get infected.
• Text extraction what works in both Windows 10 and 11.
• Clicking a bad link: it's either benign, or possibly very very bad.
• CPUs and Cores and Logical Processors, oh my!

As always, links below.

TEH Podcast

Gary and I were actually at a conference together, but there wasn't an opportunity to record an episode.

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Take care,

Featured Article

Where Are My OneDrive Files?
On your PC... or perhaps not.

What OneDrive does with your files can be both frustrating and confusing. I'll walk through two important issues: what's really on your computer (or not) and the impact of using OneDrive's horrid backup "feature".

Read: Where Are My OneDrive Files?

Also This Week on Ask Leo!

I Run Security Software. Why Do I Still Sometimes Get Infected? It's a race, and we're always behind.
Any security software can miss something, no matter how good. It's important to understand why this is and what you can need to about it. Read: I Run Security Software. Why Do I Still Sometimes Get Infected?

How to Extract Text with Text Extractor If you can see it, you can probably copy it.
Copying text from error messages or images can be difficult. OCR tools like Text Extractor make it easy. I'll show you how. Read: How to Extract Text with Text Extractor

What Happens If You Click a Bad Link? What to do in that moment of regret.
Accidentally clicking a malicious link might be benign if you catch it soon enough. I'll review what makes the difference, and what steps you need to take next. Read: What Happens If You Click a Bad Link?

Core vs. Logical Processors: What Really Powers Your CPU? What goes on inside.
Your computer's CPU is a complex piece of circuitry trying to maximize how much it can do and how quickly it can do it. I'll outline one of the techniques that makes a single CPU core look like two. Read: Core vs. Logical Processors: What Really Powers Your CPU?

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Cores vs. Logical Processors: What's Really Powering Your CPU? Your computer's CPU is a complex piece of circuitry trying to maximize how much it can do and how quickly it can do it. I'll outline one of the techniques that makes a single CPU core "look like" two. Watch: Cores vs. Logical Processors: What's Really Powering Your CPU?

What Happens If You Click a Bad Link? Accidentally clicking a malicious link might be benign if you catch it soon enough. I'll review what makes the difference, and what steps you need to take next. Watch: What Happens If You Click a Bad Link?

How to Extract Text with Text Extractor Copying text from error messages and other places like the text in images can be a problem. OCR tools like Text Extractor make it easy. I'll show you how. Watch: How to Extract Text with Text Extractor

Where Are My OneDrive Files? What OneDrive does with your files can be both frustrating and confusing. I'll walk through two important aspects: what's really on your computer, or not, and the impact of using OneDrive's horrid backup "feature". Watch: Where Are My OneDrive Files?

I Run Security Software. Why Do I Still Sometimes Get Infected? Any security software can miss something. It's important to understand why this is and what you can do about it. Watch: I Run Security Software. Why Do I Still Sometimes Get Infected?

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