Synology RS2418+ User Manual

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Synology NAS User's Guide

Based on DSM 6.2

54 Chapter 10: Access Files from Anywhere

Search for Files or Folders

You can type keywords in the Search field at the top-right corner of File Station to filter through files or folders in

the current folder. Additionally, you can also perform advanced search in the Advanced Search panel for more

refined search results.

Note: For quicker search result, it is recommended that you index shared folder contents. See "Index Shared Folder

Contents" for more information.

Set File Station in Action

With the Action menu, right-clicking, and dragging-and-dropping, you can easily download, upload, copy, move,

rename, delete, extract, and compress files or folders, and more.

Edit the Properties of Files and Subfolders

You can edit the access privileges to files and subfolders (meaning folders and their subfolders in a shared

folder), copy download links, and open a file in a new browser window in the Properties window. Select the files

and folders for which you want to set access privileges. Right-click one of the files or folders, or choose the

Action menu, and then choose Properties.

Note:

 To set access privileges to shared folders, please see "Allow Users or Groups to Access Shared Folders" for more

information.

 You are not allowed to edit the access privileges to files and subfolders in the photo shared folder here. To set

access privileges to photo albums for Photo Station users, open Photo Station, go to the Settings page, and click

the Help tab for more information.

 With File Station, you can only perform the upload action for files and folders on your computer. All the other action

and property settings in File Station are available for files and folders on Synology NAS only.

Share File Links

Files or folders stored on your Synology NAS can be shared quickly and easily. Simply right-click a file or folder

and select Share. This generates a link and QR code, which can be sent to friends or other users. DSM users will

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Synology RS2418+