Microsoft drops OneDrive sync support for older versions of macOS

On August 8, Microsoft announced that they will deprecate OneDrive's client synchronization program on older versions of macOS. In other words, older versions of macOS will no longer support the OneDrive client, and unsupported versions cannot be installed.

The list provided by Microsoft includes macOS Sierra 10.12 (2016) and macOS High Sierra 10.13 (2017). After all, Apple no longer provides support for these versions of macOS .

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Microsoft said that abandoning support for older versions of macOS will allow them to focus resources on new technologies and new systems. Microsoft also emphasized that Microsoft will only support the latest three versions of macOS. When a new version of macOS is released, Microsoft will support the new version and the previous two versions.

Starting in September 2021, existing OneDrive clients installed on unsupported operating systems will no longer be available to users and will stop receiving updates.

Although these clients can continue to be used, Microsoft will no longer test and maintain their functionality, and will no longer investigate or fix bugs found on these unsupported operating systems.

Microsoft recommends affected macOS users to upgrade their systems to macOS Mojave 10.14 and later, or preferably macOS Big Sur 11.0 or later.