Add Teams Files to Home Folder in the Finder

Owned by Lisa Rosbrook
Last updated: Aug 30, 2023 by Danielle Benedetto
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How to add the files space in a Team to your Home Folder in the Finder. You must have OneDrive configured on your machine before following these steps. Please find instructions on how to configure OneDrive here.

  1. In Microsoft Teams select the General section of a Team,  go to the Files section and choose Open in SharePoint
    Teams screenshot

  2. This will take you to a website. Select Sync.

    Sharepoint screenshot
  3. It will prompt you to Open in OneDrive, tell it to Allow.
    This may look different depending on what you have selected as your default web browser.

    Pop up in Sharepoint to allow page to open OneDrive

  4. Click on the notification that will appear in the upper right of your screen.

    OneDrive Notification on Mac OS to click here to view files from Sharepoint

  5. If you did not click on the notification quick enough. In the Finder menu, choose "Go" and then choose "Home"


Finder window with location of Personal OneDrive folder and Sharepoint folder