Synology BeeStation | restore previous versions of files to your Apple Mac

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If you’re a coder or someone who likes to work with different versions of files, versioning on a Synology BeeStation is a must-have. So in this video we take a look at how from your Apple Macintosh computer you can access and restore previous versions of files stored on your BeeStation.

Note: Versioning is automatically applied to any file that has been synced to your Synology BeeStation. This is done by keeping a copy of a file each time you edit and save that file. The default limit for keeping past versions of a file is 8. However you can manually set your BeeStation to keep either 4, 8, 16 or 32 past versions of a file if needed.

Open the BeeStation Web Portal and sign in.
Load BeeFiles.
Using the Category sidebar, select the location where your file is stored.
Highlight the file you want to see there versions for.
Select the More icon, and from the menu choose Version history.
Alternatively press and hold down the Control key on your keyboard, and press your mouse button to display a quick menu. From the quick menu select Version history.
A panel will open displaying a list of all of the versions save to your BeeStation. Click on the more icon next to the version of the file you wish to restore.
You can now either Download, Restore or Copy to a version of your file.

Note: In order to access versions from your computer. You first need to download the BeeStation for Desktop app.

Open Finder on your computer.
Navigate to a synced folder or your BeeStations My Files.
Highlight the file you would like to see the versions to.
Press and hold down the Control key on your keyboard, then press the mouse button.
A quick menu will appear. Choose Browse previous versions.
A panel will open displaying a list of all of the versions save to your BeeStation. Click on the download icon next to the file you wish to restore.
You will now be prompted to choose where you want to save the file to. You can either choose to overwrite the current version of the file or download the file to a different location first.

Sign into your BeeStation via the web portal.
Load BeeFiles.
Select your profile icon.
From the menu that appears choose Settings.
Under the heading Versioning, adjust the number of versions and how long they are retained for.
Close the panel to save the settings.