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# OneDrive Now Syncs Your Desktop and Documents Folders
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/onedrive-now-syncs-your-desktop-and-documents-folders/
- Published: 2018-08-16T12:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2018-08-16T12:51:00.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: microsoft, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

OneDrive just rolled out a feature called "Known Folder Move" which might be the worst possible name for the best possible service. This feature has OneDrive backup 3 of your most important folders: Desktop, Documents, and Pictures.

If that sounds familiar, it is of course exactly in line with what Apple added to iCloud Drive a couple years ago, and while Apple did indeed have this first, I think it's fantastic that Windows users have access to something like this as well.

The Desktop especially, is where a lot of stuff ends up living for a bunch of users, and being able to have all of that backed up and synced across devices is a big deal. There are [a few restrictions](https://support.office.com/en-us/article/sync-your-documents-pictures-and-desktop-folders-with-onedrive-d61a7930-a6fb-4b95-b28a-6552e77c3057?ref=birchtree.me) on what OneDrive will back up, but it's not the end of the world.

I do have to go back to that feature name, though: Known Folder Move. What the hell is that? 😂