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FileBrowser Professionals Advanced Features

Advanced

FileBrowser Professional has so many advanced features such as Siri Voice options, create folder links as QRCodes, scan Bar Codes from yoru ERP system to navigate to folders. Add Face or TouchID to your FileBrowser Professional connections.

Use Siri reminders to open file locations, at a set time or even when you get home

Siri Navigation

User Siri with FileBrowser Professional to quickly navigate folders or to set reminders with links into FileBrowser Professional.

Siri Reminders

The Siri keyword "this" will associate FileBrowser Professional's current document or Folder with the Siri reminder.

For example navigate to a folder or file and say "Siri remind me of this tonight" or "Siri remind me of this when I get home" and Siri will create a reminder linked to FileBrowser Professional's current folder or document.

Voice Shortcut

Create a phrase to Bookmark a folder, and repeat this phase to Siri, FileBrowser Professional will open, connect and navigate to your chosen folder.

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QR and Bar Code Support

Create QR Codes

You can now use FileBrowser Professional to track assets in your organisation. Perhaps you have banks of servers you need to identify or paper documents to locate in a directory. Print QR code labels on the assets and then find the corresponding server, folder or computer file instantly with FileBrowser Professional's QR Code scanner.

You could also point to any folder or location on your servers.

Use FileBrowser for Education's QR Code scanner to make it easy for students to find their class or personal folder. Create QR codes with the app to print in worksheets or on wall displays so that students can scan them to open specific folders or documents.

Creating a Code
  1. Tap the Toolbar menu and select "Create a folder link".
  2. Then choose "Copy QR Code to Clipboard"
  3. Paste your QR Code into an email, document or use "Paste iOS clipboard" to save the code directly to a folder.
Scan QR Codes
  • Use the camera to read a QR Code and jump to a folder.
How Does it Work?
  1. Tap the Bookmarks Icon.
  2. Tap the QR Code icon and scan your QR Code and tap Use.

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Create QR Codes on your iPad or iPhone

Barcode Search

Your ERP system may already create barcodes that identify files or folders on the company file system. Tap the search button in FileBrowser Professional and then the barcode button to scan and search.

Enable "the Barcode Button on Toolbar" setting: Tap the search icon then expand the advanced settings, then select "Preferences" and turn on "Enable Search by Barcode".

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Scan Bar Codes to display a folder location using your iPad or iPhone

Face ID Logins

With Face/Touch ID you can add an extra level of security when accessing your machines.

  1. From FileBrowser Professional's home screen
  2. Tap the actions menu on the machine/server and select "Edit".
  3. Then enable Touch ID / Face ID and tap "Save".

Once activated, your face or fingerprint will be required to access your stored credentials to connect.

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Added Security access your machines using Face / Touch ID on your iPad or iPhone

Kiosk Browser Mode on iPad

Turn your iPad into the perfect Kiosk device for your stand with FileBrowser Professional. Lock down file viewing to a specific set of folders and files such as pdfs, photos or videos of your products. Restrict editing and deleting of files also.

Kiosk mode is a combination of a few settings to get the best result:

  1. In "Config -> Admin Settings -> Startup Preferences", turn on the "Kiosk mode" setting. This will replace the homescreen with your Bookmarks.
  2. Set an Admin Password (in "Config -> Admin Settings -> Admin Password") to prevent users opening the locations tab or gaining access to configuration details etc.
  3. Set bookmarks or quick access tabs to the locations that users need. This will be the way they navigate to their folders.
  4. Restrict the actions they can do by turning features off in "Config -> Admin Settings -> Features".

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Change Safaris download folder in iOS 13 or iPadOS

Family Sharing

To enable this feature, you need to turn on Family Sharing.

Enable Family Sharing: In iOS "Settings > Apple ID > Family Sharing". Under the Family Sharing tab, you can add your family members with valid Apple IDs.

Subscription Family Sharing Settings

You can also view the Apple Subscriptions that you can share including FileBrowserGO. Once you have added your family members as needed, view the "Subscriptions" tab on the Apple ID menu. There you can toggle "Share New Subscriptions" to automatically share new subscriptions with family members or you can select the FileBrowserGO subscription from the list and toggle "Share with family".

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How to enable FileBrowser family sharing