Synology DiskStation User's Guide
Based on DSM 4.1
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Chapter 8: Access Files from Anywhere
Set File Station 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
Follow the steps below to download files or folders from DiskStation to your computer.
To download files to your local computer:
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, and then choose any of the following:
Download
: Choose this option to download the files using your web browser's download functionality.
Add to queue - Overwrite
or
Add to queue - Skip
: Depending on whether you want to overwrite files or
folders with the same name at the destination, choose either of the options to add the files to the download
queue (which will appear by clicking the downward arrow at the top-right corner).
Note:
Under Windows environment, characters
\ * ? " > | # %
contained in the filename will be replaced by
-
after
downloading.
If you make multiple selections, File Station 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.
Method 3:
1
On the left panel, drag a folder from your computer (the lower part) to any folder on the DiskStation (the upper
part).
2
In the pop-up menu that appears, choose
Upload - Overwrite
to overwrite files or folders with the same name
in the destination folder. Otherwise, choose
Upload - Skip
to skip the files with the same filename.
Method 4:
1
From the upper part of the left panel, select a destination folder on DiskStation.
2
Select the files on your computer's desktop or file explorer (for example, Windows Explorer or Mac Finder),
and then drag and drop them into File Station.
3
In the dialog that appears, tick the checkbox if you want to overwrite file(s) with the same name in the
destination folder, and then click
Upload
.
