# Backup folders & files with OneDrive online

[****Log into OneDrive here****](https://onedrive.live.com/login)****,**** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">utilizing a </span>****Microsoft Account.****  
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Once logged in, </span>**OneDrive Home** will appear.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">From the left menu pane, select </span>****My Files****.  
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Within </span>**My Files**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, select </span>****+Add New****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, then select </span>****Folder****.  
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span>**Create a folder** window will open.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Name the folder </span>****File Backup****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, change its colour as desired, and select </span>****Create****.  
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">From </span>**My Files**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, select the new </span>****File Backup**** folder.[![image.png](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/scaled-1680-/bnTgnI4WrxHHytGb-image.png)](https://richerkb.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-05/bnTgnI4WrxHHytGb-image.png)

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Within </span>**File Backup**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, select </span>****+Add New****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, then select </span>****Folder Upload****.  
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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A </span>**File Explorer** <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">(Windows) or </span>**Finder** (Mac) window will open.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">From the left menu pane, select </span>****Desktop****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>****Documents****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>****Downloads****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, or </span>****Pictures****.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Then, select </span>****Upload****.  
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A prompt will appear notifying of the quantity of items in the folder, and a confirmation to begin the upload.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Select </span>****Upload****.  
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<p class="callout danger"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">While files upload to OneDrive, </span>****leave the browser page open****.  
Closing the browser page or shutting down the computer will interrupt the download process.  
If a folder is of a significant size, its contents may need to be uploaded in smaller chunks.</p>

<p class="callout success"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Repeat the upload steps until the </span>****Desktop****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>****Documents****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, </span>****Downloads****<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">, and </span>****Pictures**** folders are uploaded into OneDrive.  
<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mac requires pictures to be </span>[****exported from the photos app****](http://kb.sudburycatholicschools.ca/books/macbook-user-guide/page/export-from-the-photos-app).</p>

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When complete, all uploaded files will be present and accessible through OneDrive, both on the web, and through a synchronized application.