Duplicati vs. OneDrive

Duplicati vs. OneDrive!! This is driving me nuts!

I understand that we cannot backup or access data FROM OneDrive. BUT!! we have a copy of the one drive data on the computer in the user profile, why can we not back it up?? There has to be a way its local data, what do we gotta do??

Welcome to the forum @auroratech

What do the Explorer icons say about the status of the files, per the below?

What do the OneDrive icons mean?

If you see “Blue cloud”, you might need “Solid green circle with the white check mark”.

Save disk space with OneDrive Files On-Demand for Windows covers some controls.

Please say some errors seen.

How Do I Backup OneDrive Files? by a non-Microsoft writer has some general advice.
I try to keep OneDrive out of my local folders, so can’t offer much from personal battle.

Setting all files to “Always keep on this device” allowed duplicati to backup the files without error.

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