My first thought was to use robocopy, a powerful file copy utility included with Windows. I want to have quick (read: local) access to all these files. If I were to simply copy these files into my OneDrive, I would both fill up my SSD, and the files would ultimately end up online-only. My photo collection has ballooned in size, and is now well over 200 GB. On my desktop, I have a 9 TB storage array, and a 512 GB SSD.
This is a big improvement over the selective sync option in Dropbox. When I try to open a file that's not actually on this computer, it will automatically pull the file down and make it available offline.
For example, my OneDrive folder has 100+ GB on it, but on my laptop, it only takes up 307 MB on disk. It will still appear to be on your computer, but it takes up zero space. After a file sits unused for some time, it can switch to an online-only mode. The killer feature for OneDrive is that the files you store in it don't have to actually take up any space on your hard drive. That's like 5 infinities! Kids know that the more infinities you have, the better. If you get the 5 user edition for $99.99, you'll get unlimited space for everyone in your household. Considering you can get one for as little as $69.99/year, this is a phenomenal deal even if you don't use Office. The only catch is that you have to have an Office 365 account. Unlimited as in infinity, endless, never ending, vast. Recently, Microsoft announced they're increasing OneDrive from 1 Terabyte, to unlimited.
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