How FolderNetwork works
Your company keeps one set of folders. FolderNetwork shows them on each person’s computer and keeps them up to date.
Six things to know
One set of company folders
Your company’s folders are kept on the FolderNetwork server. That copy is the one that counts.
Your folders on every computer
The desktop app for Mac and Windows shows those folders on each person’s computer, in Finder or File Explorer. People open and save files the way they always have. A file may download the first time it is opened. Changes go to the server and out to everyone else in the background.
Each person sees only their folders
An admin decides who can edit, who can only view, and who has no access, for any folder, subfolder or file. The server checks this on every change. A folder you have no access to does not appear on your computer.
Mistakes can be undone
When a file is saved, the old version is kept. Deleted files go to Trash and can be restored for your company’s recovery period. If two people change the same file at once, both copies are kept.
Away from your desk
In a web browser, the portal shows your folders, Trash and share links. The phone app for iPhone and Android backs up photos and documents from your phone into your company’s folders.
Your files stay yours
If you stop using FolderNetwork, you can ask for a full export of your company’s files.
What the person in charge does
- Invite people by name and email. They choose their own password.
- Set access for a person, or for a group such as a department, on any folder, subfolder or file.
- Remove a lost or stolen computer. Files stop syncing to it.
- See sync activity: what each computer reported, including problems.
- Roll files back to a date if many go wrong at once.