{"id":"troubleshooting.cloud-file-cant-be-opened-on-web","url":"/faq/troubleshooting/cloud-file-cant-be-opened-on-web","category":{"id":"troubleshooting","title":"Troubleshooting & messages"},"subcategory":{"id":"cloud-and-transfers","title":"Cloud accounts and transfers"},"question":"Why can't some cloud files be opened on the web from Storage Studio?","alt_questions":["onedrive doesn't give us a direct address for a file so it can't be opened from here","this copy can't be opened on the web the account didn't give us an address","open in browser not available cloud file","can't open onedrive file from storage studio"],"short_answer":"Some providers, such as OneDrive, don't give Storage Studio a web address for individual files, so they can't be opened in the browser from here. Use the provider's own site.","answer_markdown":"To open a cloud file in your browser, Storage Studio needs a web address for it from the provider. Some providers — OneDrive, for example — don't hand one out for individual files, so the option isn't available for them.\n\nOpen the file in the provider's own website or app instead, or download it to your Mac.","answer_html":"

To open a cloud file in your browser, Storage Studio needs a web address for it from the provider. Some providers — OneDrive, for example — don't hand one out for individual files, so the option isn't available for them.

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Open the file in the provider's own website or app instead, or download it to your Mac.

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Troubleshooting & messages · Cloud accounts and transfers

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Why can't some cloud files be opened on the web from Storage Studio?

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Short answer: Some providers, such as OneDrive, don't give Storage Studio a web address for individual files, so they can't be opened in the browser from here. Use the provider's own site.

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To open a cloud file in your browser, Storage Studio needs a web address for it from the provider. Some providers — OneDrive, for example — don't hand one out for individual files, so the option isn't available for them.

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Open the file in the provider's own website or app instead, or download it to your Mac.

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