Upload Files or Folders

File Station offers multiple methods for uploading files and folders from your local computer to the Synology NAS.

Upload Local Files and Folders

To upload files:

You can upload normal files (i.e. files with data inside) from the local computer to File Station.

  1. Go to the left panel of File Station.
  2. Right-click a shared folder on File Station as the destination.
  3. Click Upload, and then click Upload - Skip or Upload - Overwrite to manage how to handle file conflicts.
  4. In the pop-up window, select desired files on your local computer and begin the upload.

To upload files/folders via drag and drop:

You can drag and drop local files/folders to File Station from the local desktop or via the native file explorer (e.g. Mac Finder), depending on the item type and browser type:

If file/folder conflicts occur, you may select Always overwrite files when I drag and drop them onto Web browser or paste with keyboard shortcuts (at Settings > General > File Station) as the default policy.

Upload Local Files and Folders with JRE

Certain web browsers may have limited upload capabilities. Yet, by running Java Runtime Environment (JRE, a Java applet) on such browsers, you can smoothly upload local files and folders to File Station.

Note:

JRE is not supported on Google Chrome. Yet, Google Chrome allows you to upload files and folders to File Station by default.

To run JRE for File Station:

  1. Install JRE (available here) on your local computer, and enable it on the web browser.
  2. Sign in to your Synology NAS and open File Station.
  3. Go to Settings > General > Browse Local Files, and select Browse files from local computer with File Station.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Sign in again to your Synology NAS to refresh the web console page.
  6. Afterward, you will be able to see local files and folders through File Station.

Note:

If you cannot see local files or folders through File Station when using Safari on your Mac computer, please refer to this FAQ for troubleshooting.

To upload files/folders using JRE:

JRE allows you to browse and upload normal files, 0 KB files, and folders from the local computer.

  1. Go to the left panel of File Station. On the lower part, you can find main folders on your local computer.
  2. Browse to the desired local files/folders and then right-click to upload.
  3. Click Upload.
  4. In the pop-up window, select a folder on File Station as the destination, and select Skip or Overwrite to manage how to handle file/folder conflicts.
  5. Click OK to begin the upload.

To drag and drop files/folders using JRE:

JRE allows you to drag and drop normal files and 0 KB files to File Station from the local desktop or via the native file explorer (e.g. Mac Finder), depending on the computer platform and browser type:

Alternatively, you can perform drag and drop simply on the left panel of File Station:

  1. Go to the left panel of File Station, and select the desired local files/folders on the lower part of the panel.
  2. Drag and drop the selected files/folders upward to any folder on the upper part of the panel.

If file/folder conflicts occur, you may select Enable smart drag and drop (at Settings > General > File Station) and choose Skip or Overwrite to resolve the conflicts.

Upload Limitations: