Hi Sandy, Yes, it is a type of external hard drive although it usually is more than one drive. NAS stands for network attached storage and it is typically an enclosure into which you install anywhere from 2 to 4 drives (larger ones are available, but typically those are very expensive and for commercial use). The NAS is then connected directly to your router via ethernet cable, some may offer wireless connectivity, but for maximum speed a wired gigabit ethernet connection is best. You can configure a NAS so that both drives, let's say you have two 3 Gb drives in it) become one 6 Gb drive or you can set them up so that you have access to 3 Gb of storage and the second drive is used as a backup for the first, these are the various RAID configurations and most NAS makers use other protocols to achieve this. You typically have a web type user interface like what you have with a router to configure your NAS and some routers can act like a NAS if they have a USB port to which you can connect an external USB hard drive. The nice thing is that a NAS is a stand-alone drive, if you have say two computers in the house and an Apple TV as well as mobile devices each device can access the NAS independently and it is not like an external USB hard drive connected to a computer which can also be shared via a network, but it then is only available if the computer that it is connected to is on. I have had a simple Dlink DNS323 two-drive NAS for about 10 years now, it still uses the ld drives with the ribbon connector, but it works and I have, for example, my entire music library in uncompressed FLAC format on this drive. It's about 100 Megabytes and my Sonos system can access this music any time without the need for a computer to be on. Via the Apple TV version of FileBrowser I can also access movies and pictures I have on this drive from my Apple TV and the same goes for my iPhone as long as I am at home and connected to my WiFi. I am not sure what you mean by "does this mean, then, that we have full access to all these drives regardless of their previous inaccessibility with voice-over". There are newer NAS drives from the company called Synology and they have made their user interface fully accessible, Jonathan Mosen has an article about this. With one of these you can use their accessible iOS app and in fact have full access to all the files on your NAS from anywhere you have a WiFi or cell data connection.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 12:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed thank you for this! Is a local NAS drive basically a hardware storage drive? does this mean, then, that we have full access to all these drives regardless of their previous inaccessibility with voice-over? or am I misunderstanding as usual? Thanks, Sandy sent from the dark side of the moon > On 6 Mar 2017, at 19:07, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can link it to your Dropbox account and instead of the Dropbox app you > can then see and browse/open all your files from the FileBrowser app. > In addition to support for all the major cloud storage services you can also > connect to any local NAS drives you may have (network attached storage) or > computers as long as they are on the same WiFi network. > I haven't tried to connect yet when I'm not connected to the same WiFi, but I > think it si somehow also possible. > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Sandratomkins' via VIPhone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 9:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed > > hi, > I just bought filebrowser, but I don't know what to do with it!! For example, > how does it help with the dropbox situation? > > If anyone feels au fait with this app, would you explain the sorts of > things you might use it for? > > Thanks, Sandy > > sent from the dark side of the moon > >> On 6 Mar 2017, at 17:41, Vicki <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I never knew very much about Office 365. Thanks. I will have to look into it. >> >> Vicki >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sieghard Weitzel" >> <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2017 11:44 AM >> Subject: RE: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed >> >> >> Yes, but the $99 subscription is to get 1 TB of storage and while I agree >> that they should fix this and I'm sure they will, FileBrowser will give you >> access to your files for now and since it can also do much more in terms of >> giving you one place where you can connect to Dropbox, OneDrive, Google >> Drive and external hard drives and computers on your network it really is >> not a bad app to have. >> By the way, and this is just my opinion, if you buy Office 365 Family for >> $99 (you can get an individual subscription for even less) you get 1 Tb of >> OneDrive storage and in addition to that you get access to the full version >> of whatever the newest Office version is and you can download and install it >> on up to 5 computers and with the family plan up to 4 more people also each >> get 1 Tb of storage and access to Office. You also get 60 minutes of Skype >> caling credit for each user and it's absolutely and by a big margin the best >> deal out there when it comes to value. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Vicki >> Sent: Monday, March 6, 2017 6:38 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed >> >> This is great. My main issue is that I all ready pay $99.00 a year for >> Dropbox and they need to fix this issue. Thanks for the tip. I will check >> this one out. >> >> Vicki >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Alan Lemly" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 1:02 PM >> Subject: RE: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed >> >> >> Anouk, >> >> Thanks for the reminder tip about the FileBrowser app. I second >> Anouk's recommendation. Not only will FileBrowser let you link to >> your Dropbox account and have access to those files but it also lets >> you access the files on your local computer. With its built-in media >> player, you can access all the music stored in your iTunes library on >> your computer and not have to worry about filling up your device with >> that music. If you decide to use FileBrowser to attach your local >> computer file system, I'd caution you to put a password on the app in >> order to protect your data from obtrusive access. As Anouk stated, >> FileBrowser is exceedingly accessible with Voiceover. >> >> Alan Lemly >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Anouk Radix >> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 9:31 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: filebrowser was: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed >> >> Hi everyone, A friend tipped me about the app filebrowser (not free >> but easy to use and fully vo compatible). IU use that now to get >> access to my dropbox files and for me it fixes the problem and is a >> nice alternative so i though I would share it because it might help some >> other people out as well. >> Have a nice weekend, >> Greetings, Anouk, >>> On 4 Mar 2017, at 16:05, Jenifer Barr <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Carla. I appreciate this update. >>> Jen >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Mar 4, 2017, at 10:01 AM, Carla Savage <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> I have been in regular contact with Dropbox support throughout this week. >>>> They thought they had fixed it but after further testing, I >>>> informed them that the so called fix hadn't worked. The support guy >>>> emailed me yesterday to say that there is a fix on the way early next week. >>>> So, watch this space! >>>> Take care, >>>> Carla. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On 4 Mar 2017, at 2:43 pm, Jenifer Barr <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> 1my bad. Sorry. I thought Anna had said she tried it and it worked. >>>>> Sorry Anna. I didn't mean to imply anything was your fault. >>>>> (smile) >>>>> >>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>> >>>>>> On Mar 4, 2017, at 9:05 AM, Davy Cuppens <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> They gave bad information to Anna, she cannot do anything about >>>>>> it, dropbox has never made meantime updates, they are lieing. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- From: Jenifer Barr >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 2:46 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: Dropbox issue seems to be fixed >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Anna. >>>>>> Still crashes here. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling. 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