Last June, Microsoft announced that it was working on releasing a version of its OneDrive cloud file management software to do it fully compatible with Macs with the M1 processor, with the idea of launching it before the end of this year.
The guys at Microsoft have not broken their promise and a Preview of OneDrive with support for ARM processors Apple is now publicly available to all users who want to stop using Rosetta 2 on these computers.
In order to start using this new version compatible with Apple's M1s, you must join the Microsoft Insider program Through the OneDrive Settings option, in the About section. According to a company employee, this version will be released this week, so we will still have to wait a few days.
No hurries
Last October, Dropbox was forced to announce that, after pressure from a large number of users in their own forum, to announce that, to the first half of 2022, the version for computers managed by Apple's M1 processors, will be available.
Google Drive, the other great cloud storage service, lstarted last October the version fully compatible with Apple's ARM processors.
While most applications were quickly updated, cloud storage platforms they have taken it very calmly when launching versions for computers with Apple ARM processors.
The work of these applications in the background hardly consumes resources And the operating speed does not depend on the computer or the processor, but rather on the speed of the internet. As the saying goes: Better late than never.