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Managing Content on Your Storage Device

Create a folder

  1. Tap on the Libraries and Folders content menu () in the navigation bar.
  2. Under Folders, tap on your wireless storage device. Content on your drive appears in multiple folders.
  3. Tap the More icon () and tap New Folder.
  4. Enter the name of the folder and tap Confirm.

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Move content

When you move content on your storage device, you are changing its physical location.

  1. Tap on the Libraries and Folders content menu () in the navigation bar.
  2. Under Folders, tap on your storage device. Folders containing the content of your drive appear on the screen
  3. Tap on a folder to reveal its contents and navigate to the folder or files you want to move.
  4. Tap on the Edit icon () in the navigation bar. On devices with smaller screens, you may have to tap the More icon () to see the Edit option.
  5. Tap on the folders or files you want to move. A check mark appears on each item that you select.
    • To deselect a single item, tap on it.
  6. To select all items in the view, tap Select Items on the top left and Select All. To remove all selections, tap Deselect All.
  7. Tap Actions in the navigation bar, and then tap Move.
  8. To begin browsing for the destination folder, tap on the folder on the upper left corner. The folder has an ellipse.
  9. Navigate to the destination folder.
  10. Tap Move here in the navigation bar.

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Copy content

  1. Tap on the Libraries and Folders content menu () on the far left.
  2. Under Folders, tap on your wireless storage device.
  3. Tap on a folder to reveal its contents and navigate to the folders or files you want to copy.
  4. Tap on the Edit icon () in the navigation bar. On devices with smaller screens, you may have to tap the More icon () to see the Edit option.
  5. Tap on the folders or files you want to copy. A check mark appears on each item that you select.
    • To deselect a single item, tap on it.
  6. To select all items in the view, tap Select Items on the top left and Select All. To remove all selections, tap Deselect All.
  7. Tap Actions in the navigation bar, and then tap Copy.
  8. To begin browsing for the destination folder, tap on the folder on the upper left corner. The folder has an ellipse.
  9. Navigate to the destination folder.
  10. Tap Copy here in the navigation bar.

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Rename content

  Note: You can rename a single file or folder. If you select more than one item, the rename action is not available.
  1. Tap on the Libraries and Folders content menu () on the far left.
  2. Under Folders, tap on your wireless storage device. All contents on your drive display as folders.
  3. Browse to the folder or file that you want to rename.
  4. Tap on the Edit icon () in the navigation bar. On devices with smaller screens, you may have to tap the More icon () to see the Edit option.
  5. Tap on the folder or file to rename.
    • To deselect a single item, tap on it.
  6. Tap on Actions in the navigation bar, and then tap Rename. If Rename is greyed out, you have selected more than one item.
  7. Type a new name for the file and tap Confirm.

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Delete content

  NOTE: Deleting a file or folder will permanently remove it from your storage device.
  1. Tap on the Libraries and Folders content menu () on the far left.
  2. Under Folders, tap on your wireless storage device.
  3. Tap on a folder to reveal its contents and navigate to the folders or files you want to delete.
  4. Tap on the Edit icon () in the navigation bar. On devices with smaller screens, you may have to tap the More icon () to see the Edit option.
  5. Tap on the folders or files to delete. A check mark appears on each item that you select.
    • To deselect a single item, tap on it.
  6. To select all items in the view, tap Select Items on the top left and Select All. To remove all selections, tap Deselect All.
  7. Tap Actions in the navigation bar, and then tap Delete.
  8. Tap Delete in the navigation bar to permanently remove the files or folders from the storage device.

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