There are two MacBook Pros on top of each other.
A native version of OneDrive on M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max Macs will be released eventually, after a public preview of the sync for ARM devices.
9to5Mac first discovered and reported on the announcement after Microsoft's Ankita Kirti posted the following to the OneDrive blog.
We are excited to announce that the public can now see the public preview of OneDrive sync for Windows and Apple Silicon.
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We're thrilled to make this feature available for early access, we know it's been a long time coming.
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To enable the preview, you need to join the Insiders ring and enable the preview in the settings.
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We will be introducing this feature to the Insiders ring over the next few days.
Native app support for Apple's architecture has been moving quickly. There are still some exceptions, like Microsoft Visual Studio, but by and large, we've seen a lot of popular applications go native since the M1 debut last year.
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But utilities like Dropbox or OneDrive have been notable outliers in this regard.
Users were upset when an employee suggested that M1 support wasn't a high priority. The company later told 9to5Mac that it is testing an M1 version and that support will come in 2022. On the other hand, competing utilities were quick to support M1.
Users have expectations for widely used apps like Dropbox and OneDrive, which are mandatory for many workflows and workplace, even if niche applications are not well-supported.
Most Apple Silicon Mac users who open Activity Monitor and sort processes by "Kind" will find that they are still running Apple-native and Intel-based apps on their machines, but the gap has been closing. Background utilities and extensions are often outliers. The Intel versions of most apps work just fine, they are just less performant than native versions.
Microsoft hasn't said when the public will be able to use the service, but Insiders will be able to access it soon.
