Hi Community, I had a doubt regarding how to turn off the Onedrive background service on Macs. We have noticed that OneDrive continues to sync files in the background causing battery drain on employees’ device. So, if anyone knows how to effectively disable the Onedrive background service it would be of great help.
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Hey @bram , unfortunately there is no provision for completely turning off the OneDrive background services on macOS devices. However, by preventing OneDrive from launching automatically when the user logs in to their device, the energy consumption can be reduced to an extent. You can achieve this by applying a configuration profile using the LoginItemsManagedItems payload to your Macs. Here’s a sample configuration profile you can use,Â
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>PayloadContent</key> <array> <dict> <key>AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary-managed</key> <array> <dict> <key>Path</key> <string>/Applications/OneDrive.app</string> <!-- Path of the application on the device --> <key>Hide</key> <true/> <!-- This will hide OneDrive from launching at login --> </dict> </array> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>com.example.myloginitemsmanageditemspayload</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>com.apple.loginitems.managed</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>f19d4636-fa34-4a7c-8e8b-e92de516c893</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </array> <key>PayloadDisplayName</key> <string>Login Items Managed Items</string> <key>PayloadIdentifier</key> <string>com.example.myprofile</string> <key>PayloadType</key> <string>Configuration</string> <key>PayloadUUID</key> <string>98128de8-d76c-44fa-9509-5601c0d66281</string> <key>PayloadVersion</key> <integer>1</integer> </dict> </plist> |
By adding OneDrive to the array within the AutoLaunchedApplicationDictionary-managed key and setting Hide to true, you can stop OneDrive from automatically launching at login.Â
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Is there a way by which I can push this configuration profile into devices using Hexnode UEM without attending them individually?
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Sure, you can push the configuration file into devices from Hexnode using their deploy configuration profile feature.
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Thanks for your input, @skylar-a !
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