User`s guide

Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 3.2
71 Chapter 8: Access Files from Anywhere
 Location: The default location is the current folder. If you want to search other locations, select any of the
listed shared folders to search its contents, or select Other locations to select any other locations.
 File Type: Choose Extension to limit the search range to specific types of files, or choose Folder to search
for folders only.
 Size (MB): Choose from equals, is greater than, and is less than, and then enter a size to search for files
with matching sizes.
 Modified Date or Created Date: Choose from is exactly, is before, and is after, and then choose a date
from the calendar to search for files with matching created or modified dates.
 Owner/Group: Choose Owner or Group, and then choose from the drop-down menu to search for files or
folders belonging to the selected owner or group.
Note: Other than Location, you have to specify at least one search criterion.
4 Click Search to start the search, or click Reset and specify the search criteria again. When the search is
complete, matching files will be listed in the main area of File Browser.
Note: For quicker search result, it is recommended that you index shared folder contents. See "Index Shared Folder
Contents" on Page 62 for more information.
Set File Browser in Action
With the Action menu, right-clicking, and dragging-and-dropping, you can easily download, copy, move, rename,
delete, extract, and compress files or folders, and more.
Download Files or Folders from Synology DiskStation
Use any of the following methods to download files or folders from Synology DiskStation to your computer.
Method 1:
1 Select the files or folders you want to download. (Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections.)
2 Choose Download from the Action menu.
Method 2:
1 Select the files or folders you want to download. (Press and hold Shift or Ctrl while making multiple selections.)
2 Right-click the files or folders, and choose Download.
Note:
 Under Windows environment, characters \ * ? " > | # % contained in the filename will be replaced by - after
downloading.
 If you make multiple selections, File Browser will archive your selections into a zip file before downloading.
Upload Files or Folders to Synology DiskStation
Use any of the following methods to upload files or folders from your computer to Synology DiskStation.
Method 1:
1 From the upper part of the left panel, choose a destination folder on Synology DiskStation.
2 Choose Upload, and select files or folders from your local computer.
3 Click OK to start uploading.
Method 2:
1 From the lower part of the left panel, select a folder on your local computer. The main section now displays the
contents of the selected folder.
2 Select the files or folders you want in the main section, and then click Upload.
3 Select a destination folder on DiskStation in the window that appears.
4 At the top-right corner of the window, select Overwrite if you want to overwrite files or folders with the same
name in the destination folder. Otherwise, select Skip.
5 Click OK to start uploading.