--- title: "OneDrive for Business on Mac" description: "There is a fair amount of confusion related to OneDrive for Business, so here we will try to clarify your doubts." author: "Karl Sorrel" published: 2019-02-07 updated: 2019-02-08 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43932/onedrive-for-business-on-mac category: "internet" tags: ["internet"] reading_time: 2 minutes --- # OneDrive for Business on Mac First, OneDrive and OneDrive for Business are not exactly the same. The former is a hosting service for your files – documents, videos, pictures, etc. OneDrive for Business app is essentially a tool that synchronizes your document libraries with [your computer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/99040/how-you-can-protect-your-computer-from-viruses-and-malware), so you can access them even offline. OneDrive for Business on Mac\ Just to give you a bit of [background](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/65/how-to-change-background-color-of-tab-control-in-c-sharp): OneDrive for Business was originally [known as](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/31993/who-is-popularly-known-as-iron-man-of-india) Groove. This tool was introduced a while ago, when Office 2007 was released. It was designed mainly to allow you to [collaborate with others](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/108241/how-to-collaborate-with-others-on-quora-spaces), i.e. work on documents together, without a server. You could sync files offline on all devices and continue working from home along with your colleagues. The [application](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/59/xaml-extensible-application-markup-language) never [became popular](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42484/what-kind-of-films-and-radio-programs-became-popular-during-the-great-depression) and by the time Office 2010 was released, [Microsoft](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/155648/what-is-various-microsoft-web-development-platforms) renamed it as [SharePoint](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1179/what-is-sharepoint) Workspace and redesigned it a bit. The software was transformed into a SharePoint tool to synchronize libraries offline. You probably know that the [competition](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40058/what-is-the-basic-principle-of-miss-universe-competition) between SharePoint and Dropbox was pretty tough then. With SharePoint 2013 release SharePoint Workspace has turned into SkyDrive Pro, its desktop [installation](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/711/php-installation-on-windows) enabled syncing SharePoint Document Libraries offline. “SkyDrive Pro” got Microsoft into a legal trouble and the company renamed the tool into OneDrive for Business. Continue reading --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/43932/onedrive-for-business-on-mac Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.