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 Windows 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 right click 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 File Explorer 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 the right mouse button to display a quick menu.
- From this menu choose Show more options – BeeStation – 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.
- 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.
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