Why There's No Direct SharePoint Backup in OurClone
The short answer: OurClone cannot connect SharePoint Online site libraries today, so it cannot create a backup repository inside one. This is a current product limitation, not a configuration problem on your side.
- 🚫 No SharePoint Entry -- OurClone's provider list has no dedicated SharePoint Online option to select.
- 📁 OneDrive Connection Stops at Your Own Drive -- The existing OneDrive connection covers a user's personal or work OneDrive; it does not expose the site and document-library selection that SharePoint access requires.
- 🔌 No Practical Protocol Bridge -- SharePoint Online offers no modern standard protocol (WebDAV, S3, or SFTP) that OurClone could use instead; its legacy WebDAV path depends on older Windows authentication.
Current status is tracked on the SharePoint Online support page; if a dedicated entry or site-library access ships, this guide will be updated.
What Works Today: Encrypted Backups to OneDrive
If the goal is "encrypted Mac backups inside Microsoft 365," you don't need SharePoint for that. OneDrive and OneDrive for Business are fully supported in OurClone, connect with a browser login, and a work OneDrive keeps your backup data inside your organization's Microsoft 365 tenant -- same storage platform, same compliance boundary.
- 🔗 Connect OneDrive -- Open OurClone, go to
Add Storage, select OneDrive, and sign in through the browser. Work and school accounts may need administrator approval. - 🗄️ Create an Encrypted Repository -- In the
Backuptab, create a repository on OneDrive with a path like/macos-backupand set the repository password. Everything is encrypted on your Mac before upload. - 📁 Back Up Your Folders -- Select
~/Documents, project folders, or an external disk. The first snapshot uploads in full; later snapshots are incremental and only move changed data. - 🔄 Restore Anytime -- Pick a snapshot, enter the repository password, and restore to the original or a new location.
The full walkthroughs live in the dedicated guides: back up your Mac to OneDrive and back up to OneDrive for Business.
If the Files Must End Up in a SharePoint Library
Some teams genuinely need files inside a specific SharePoint document library -- for sharing, retention policies, or team visibility. Two honest options:
- 📤 Move Within Microsoft 365 -- Back up or transfer files to OneDrive with OurClone first, then use Microsoft 365's own web interface to move or copy them from OneDrive into the SharePoint library. Microsoft handles that hop natively.
- 🗂️ Treat the Library as a Working Area, Not a Backup Target -- Keep collaborative documents in SharePoint as usual, and point OurClone's encrypted backups at OneDrive or another supported storage. Backup repositories are not meant to be browsed by teammates anyway -- their contents are encrypted.
What OurClone cannot do is write a backup repository directly into a SharePoint site library -- and any tutorial that claims otherwise is describing a workflow that does not exist today.