Downloading files from OneDrive
There are a few ways to download files from your OneDrive, let's explore the most common ways to do it:
Office portal
After accessing OneDrive using the web portal office.com from any browser.
1- Sign in using your email address (firstname.lastname@ptsem.edu) and your PTS password.
2- Click on OneDrive
3- Select the file, and make right-click
4- From the menu select Download.
Need to download several documents? You can use the selection circle to the left of you files to select multiple files. Once selected, you can right click on the selected files and download.
For Windows 10 users the downloaded file can be found on Downloads in File Explorer. For Mac users, the file can be found in Finder, Downloads.
File Explorer / Finder
You must be connected to OneDrive when using this method. Check OneDrive's icon, right side of the taskbar for Windows 10 and for Mac, the icon is located on the Menu bar
Windows 10 users (File Explorer)
1- Open File Explorer, make click on OneDrive - Princeton Theological Seminary
2- Locate the file you want to download, make right-click **
3- From the menu select Send to and then Documents
** If you are looking to download several documents you can use the keys Shift+ Arrow or by clicking on the first document, pressing Shift, and clicking on the last document when the files are next to each other. When the files are not adjacent press the Control key as you click on each file until all the needed documents are selected. Continue the process for a single file.
For Mac users (Finder)
1- Open Finder
2- Click on OneDrive - Princeton...
3- Select the file you want to download **
4- Command + C (Copy)
5- Move to the desired destination and Command + V (Paste). This action creates a local copy of the document.
** Select multiple files: Press and hold the Command key, then click the documents you want to download (with this option the files don't need to be next to each other). When the files are adjacent, click on the first file, then press Shift + click on the last file then continue with the process described for a single document.
You can also move the file from OneDrive to the target destination by dragging and dropping the document, the only copy of this file will be in the local machine.
Microsoft Application
The 3rd and final method we will be discussing is saving a copy of the document.
1- Open the document and click on File
2- Click on Save, from the options select Save as a copy
The steps are the same for Mac users and Windows 10 users