owncloud ios App Manual Release 3.4.9

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1 owncloud ios App Manual Release The owncloud developers January 04, 2018 Contents 1 Using the owncloud ios App Getting the owncloud ios App Managing Your Files Downloading Files Sharing Files Making Files Available Offline Sharing Files with users or by public link Deleting Files Instant Upload of Photos and Videos Sharing Files Editing Text Files Settings Using the owncloud ios App Accessing your files on your owncloud server via the Web interface is easy and convenient, as you can use any Web browser on any operating system without installing special client software. However, the owncloud ios app offers some advantages over the Web interface: A simplified interface that fits nicely on an iphone or ipad Automatic synchronization of your files Share files with other owncloud users Easily upload files from your device to owncloud Optional PIN for stronger security 1.1 Getting the owncloud ios App Open Safari, or any Web browser, and point it to your owncloud server. Log in and look on your Personal page for a link to the owncloud app on itunes. When you install the owncloud app and open it you ll be prompted for your

2 owncloud server URL and login. When it connects it opens to your Files page.

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4 You ll also find links and information at the owncloud installation page. 1.2 Managing Your Files All your files on your owncloud server are listed on the Files page, but are not downloaded to your iphone or ipad until you tap on them. Downloaded files are marked with a little green arrow. Thumbnails are displayed for both downloaded and not-downloaded files (owncloud 8.0+ only). Click the overflow button at the top right (the three-dot button) to upload files to your server, create a new folder, or sort your files alphabetically or by date. The Files button at the bottom takes you back to your main Files page. The Uploads button shows your history of uploads to your owncloud server. The Shared Links button shows how many files you have shared by link. When you re in the Files view, slide any filename to the right to expose your file management options. These are: Trash, Share, and More. The More button has options for Open With, Rename, Move, Available Offline. The More button has different options for folders. These are: Rename, Move, Download Folder, and Available Offline.

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6 Downloading Files When you tap any file or folder in the Files view it downloads to your iphone or ipad, if it hasn t already been downloaded, and opens a preview. If the file has been successfully downloaded, then it will have a tick next to its icon, as in the image above. Sharing Files The little arrow button on the bottom left has options for sharing the file via , instant messaging (or any of your other apps), as well as saving and copying. Making Files Available Offline The underlined down arrow button, which you can see in the image above, marks it as available offline. If the icon is not filled white, then the file is not available offline. If the file is filled white, then it is available offline. Click the button to make the file available, or not available offline. If you set your file or folder as available offline that will keep it synchronized if changes are made in other clients. Your files will always be downloaded and updated. Sharing Files with users or by public link The triangular Share button opens a share dialog, allowing you to start Sharing Files _. You can share with other owncloud users and edit the privileges for each user. Multiple public links are supported; you can create each one with different options, e.g., password and expiration date.

7 Deleting Files The trash can allows you to delete the file from your device, your owncloud server, or both. 1.3 Instant Upload of Photos and Videos New in version is the ability for instantly uploading to owncloud any photos and videos which you create with your iphone. In Settings, you ll find a new section titled Instant Uploads. In that section you ll see, initially disabled, two options. These are: Instant Upload Photos Instant Upload Videos Toggle the one that you want, or both, if that s your preference. When enabling Instant Upload Photos, you will be prompted to allow access to your photos, as you can see in the screenshot below. For this functionality to work, you have to click OK.

8 When enabling Instant Upload Videos, you will need to have Location Services enabled. Otherwise, you ll see the notification in the screenshot below. For this functionality to work, Location Services are required. Once you have enabled one or both of the Instant Upload options, a new folder, called InstantUpload, will appear in your Files view. If you click on it, you will see all of the photos and videos which have been automatically uploaded from your iphone to your owncloud account, as in the image below.

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10 1.4 Sharing Files You can share with other owncloud users, and create public share links. If your owncloud server administrator has enabled username auto-completion, when you start typing user or group names they will auto-complete. After you have shared files, click the Share button to see who you have shared with, and to remove shares. You may also create Federation shares from your ios app. If you are sharing files with owncloud 9.x users, you can enter their username (auto-completion is supported for Federation sharing) and server URL in the User and Groups dialog to create a Federation share; for example freda@example.com/owncloud. (The exact Federation share link is on every owncloud user s Personal page in the owncloud Web interface.) Please note that this is not yet fullyimplemented in the ios app: your recipient needs to use their owncloud Web interface to receive the notification asking if they wish to accept the share, and then they must click an Accept button.

11 You may share files with people who are not using owncloud, and with older owncloud servers by creating a share link. Tap Get Share Link, and this opens a menu with options to automatically create an notification, or to copy the link so that you can paste it wherever you like. You have options to put an expiration date on the share, and to password-protect it. When you create a share link on a folder, you also have the option to make it editable. 1.5 Editing Text Files From version onward you can edit text files directly within the application. To do so, first click on the text file which you want to edit. This will display the contents of the file, as in the example below.

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13 Then, click Edit in the top right-hand corner, which opens the file for editing, as in the example below.

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15 Make all the changes which you need to, and when you re finished editing, click Done in the top right-hand corner. This will save the changes and begin the sync process to your owncloud account. 1.6 Settings The Settings button (bottom right of any screen) takes you to the Settings screen. Here, you can: Add and edit new accounts Set a Passcode Lock (personal identification number) & Touch Id Get help Recommend the app to a Friend Send Feedback Find the application version number Click the three dot icon button at the right of your owncloud accounts and a menu with next option will appear: - Edit Password - Clear cache (will delete all your downloaded files in your device) - Remove account Slide the account name to the left to expose the Delete button. A quick access to remove the account.

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