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Ask HN: Do you want a better OneDrive app for macOS?

5 points by canxerian ↗ HN
I just got a Macbook air (why didn't I do this sooner!) and OneDrive is my preferred cloud storage provider.

The official app has a ton of issues - from high battery usage to not correctly syncing files.

I'd like to write my own OneDrive app for macos, one that hopefully, doesn't suck.

If there's enough demand I'll get coding. It'll be open source.

Thanks!

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dlachausse
If you plan to open source it and it scratches your own itch, I’d say just go for it. You’d be surprised how many people will end up using your work.
cpach
You might want to have a look at rclone. Not sure if it does real-time sync, but it’s very capable. No GUI though, at least not in the official distribution

https://rclone.org/

msh
It does real-time sync if you use the mount command
runjake
I have no interest in OneDrive, but if you want inspiration and ideas, take a look at maestral.app, an open source client for Dropbox.
vednig
I'm working on a similar app https://cloud.doshare.me we will open source after beta testing. Because cloud storage clients do suck currently, including Drive, OneDrive.

Integration with OneDrive is a feature after beta phase we want to implement.