After the public preview in April this year, Microsoft finally announced today that it will push the 64-bit version of the OneDrive sync client to all Windows 10 PC users. Prior to this, the company only provided a 32-bit version of the OneDrive network disk client for Windows users.
However, when synchronizing a large number of files, many users complained of being plagued by performance issues. Although this Windows 64-bit OneDrive synchronization application does not bring any new features, it can at least run more efficiently on the Windows 64-bit operating system.
The OneDrive team explained in a blog post:
If you have many large files and your computer is running Windows 64-bit operating system, then the 64-bit version of the OneDrive client is the right choice. Compared with previous 32-bit applications, it has more resources, callable memory (up to 18.4 million petabytes) and processing power.
It is reported that, whether it is work, school, or individual users, everyone’s voice for the 64-bit version of OneDrive has always been high. Microsoft said that if the Windows device meets the requirements, the system will automatically replace the existing 32-bit version with a 64-bit version.
Finally, although the new version of the OneDrive 64-bit synchronization client can only be installed on Windows PCs based on x86_64 processors, it will soon be expanded to cover the majority of ARM64 devices.
