What is the purpose of offline files?

What are the benefits of offline files?

By working with offline files, you can:Protect yourself from network outages.Work with files while you are away from the network.Easily sync with network files.Boost your efficiency when working over a slow connection.Work Smarter with Offline Files and Shadow Copy - Microsoft Tech ...

What is an offline file?

(1) A file in a storage device that is not attached to a computer. In the past, an offline file may have referred to files on magnetic tapes or removable disk drives. See removable disk, data library, offline and offline browser. (2) A copy of a network file that is stored locally.

Why do I have offline files?

Offline Files is a feature of Sync Center that makes network files available to a user, even if the network connection to the server is unavailable. Users can use offline files (if enabled) to make their network files always available offline to keep a copy of the files stored on the network on your computer.

What will happen if I disable offline files?

It won't wipe the data cached on the local disk, but nor will that data be visible anymore, which is still something of an issue, because if it hasn't sync'd more recent content from the cache up to the server, then you've still effectively "lost" it.