FileBrowser for Education Hack 23.10

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Description

FileBrowser for Education is an extended version of FileBrowser with enhanced security and control features for schools, colleges and universities.

== Bulk purchase discount available via iTunes Education Store ==

With FileBrowser for Education, users can benefit from direct and secure file access to servers, workstations and other storage devices on the network. No additional configuration of IT systems is necessary.

Office Apps Integration
- Use the document picker in MS Office apps to open files from network file servers, edit them and automatically save back.

Core Features
- Access file servers and iCloud storage
- View documents and optionally store them for offline viewing
- Show a video, PowerPoint or Keynote direct from the server
- Copy and move between any type of storage, from single files to whole directories
- Integrates with other apps allowing you to edit, save and share files
- Integrates with your existing infrastructure, including Active Directory
- Integrates with iOS data protection, utilising hardware-based encryption to secure content
- VPN on-demand support for third-party VPN clients
- Supports Microsoft Distributed File System (DFS)
- Requires no additional software on file servers

MDM Integration
- Centralised distribution of FileBrowser configuration settings
- Enforced security lockdown
- Confirm to your Mobile Security Policies
- Prevent users from changing local settings
- Selectively override any local configuration setting
- Distribute file server connection details
- Control whether offline viewing/storage is permitted
- Control whether content can be emailed as attachments
- ‘Kiosk’ mode for highly directed file access

FileBrowser uses the SMB1 & SMB2 network access protocols (also known as CIFS or Windows File Sharing). This enables access to Macs, PCs, NAS drives, & Windows File Servers.
It can also connect to the following types of server:
- Microsoft SharePoint 2013
- Microsoft OneDrive for Business (as part of Office365)
- WebDAV servers
- FTP servers
- SFTP servers
- Dropbox cloud storage

For fast friendly support please email [email protected]. Please note that we are only able to provide support in English.

Version history

23.10

2023-07-20

New Features & Enhancements
* Launching a Favorite with a single path now opens the full path.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed some German translations.
* Fixed a rare file write issue when copying to a NAS drive.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.9

2023-07-05

* Bug fix update to address issues when launching via a URL.

23.8
New Features & Enhancements
* Flip video playback horizontally.
* App colouring improvements.
* Permit IPv6 discovery and SMB connections.

Bug Fixes
* Fix search bar cancel being hidden.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.8

2023-07-01

New Features & Enhancements
* Flip video playback horizontally.
* App colouring improvements.
* Permit IPv6 discovery and SMB connections.

Bug Fixes
* Fix search bar cancel being hidden.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.7

2023-05-21

New Features & Enhancements

* Decompress archives and comic book files from file menu.
* Added support for HIF image files.
* Added option for NextCloud date preservation.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed partially obscured button on Rename popup.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.6

2023-05-01

New Features & Enhancements

* Improved accuracy of video player 1-sec fwd/back feature.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed metadata extraction from HEIC files.
* Fixed misplaced video player 15-sec Back control.
* Fixed failing to list folder after traversing a DFS link.
* Fixed crash if a DFS Folder link traversal times out.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.5

2023-04-27

New Features & Enhancements

* Improved image properties display, with collapsable sections.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed folder listing disappearing when using a virtual keyboard.
* Fixed SFTP connections failing when using RSA keys.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.4

2023-04-17

New Features & Enhancements

* Permissions update for multiple FTP files (and recursively if search is used).
* Optimise WebDAV upload performance.
* Show additional image metadata (Exif/IPTC and embedded XMP).
* Preserve file modified dates when uploading to NextCloud/OwnCloud.

Bug Fixes
* Fix Search While Typing with onscreen keyboard on iOS 16.4.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.2

2023-03-03

New Features & Enhancements

* Added new options when creating a PDF.
* Added string-alphabetical folder sort option.
* Improved connection settings UI.
* Improved performance of thumbnail extraction for RW2 images.
* Internet radio streams in m3u files can now be shared to other apps.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed mouse right-clicks not always being handled correctly.
* Fixed separate SMB servers being identified as the same server.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.1

2023-02-03

New Features & Enhancements

* Copy a file to the clipboard directly from the menu.
* Improved usability of config screens.
* Added keyboard shortcuts for copy/paste/cut and delete.
* The search/launch header in the Bookmarks pop is now optional.
* The max number of thumbnails has been increased to 20000.
* Added option to include/exclude videos in a Slideshow.
* Added support for Magic Keyboard and trackpad.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed crash when streaming a video to Safari.
* Fixed ePub reader not displaying some accented character correctly.
* Fixed Apple Pencil file selection when hover mode is active.
* Increased number of images that can be added to a PDF file.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

23.0

2023-01-12

New Features & Enhancements

* Home Screen groups can now be collapsed.
* Added support for Sharepoint Server Single Sign-On.
* Metadata is now extracted from DNG image files.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed SMB1 connections sometimes disconnecting from macOS Ventura.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

20.47

2022-11-23

New Features & Enhancements

* Added support for .pls streaming radio files.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

20.46

2022-11-09

New Features & Enhancements

* Make copy/move of files faster by skipping the cancel menu.
* Choose SFTP private key files using a folder browser.
* EPUB reader black background option and adjustable page margins.
* Favourite files can now be opened in their containing folder.

Bug Fixes

* Prevent accidental change of video when swiping controls.
* Fix sort ascending/descending sometimes not working.
* Fix drag-drop of URLs that contain accented characters.
* Fix purple cast on some DNG images.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

20.45

2022-10-20

This is a bug fix update for older devices running iOS versions earlier than iOS 12.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed streaming video and audio on iPad 3, iPhone 4S.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data. We also don't require you to create an account or register an email address with us.

20.44

2022-09-22

This update adds some new features and fixes a few issues.
20.44
* Fixed issue with playback of video files in local folders.
* Fixed the folder listing rapid scroller when changing UI themes.
* Improved the video player title overlay info layout.
* Improved AirPlay popup when viewing images.
* The PDF page switcher controls are now configurable.

20.43
New Features & Enhancements
* File transfers to and from Macs & PCs are now up to 6 times faster.
* Tap left/right edge of screen to Prev/Next PDF page.
* Added support for iPhone 14 Pro.
* Added support for iPadOS 16/iOS 16.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed cancelling a Bookmark Rename from deleting the Bookmark.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.43

2022-09-17

This update adds some new features and fixes a few issues.

New Features & Enhancements
* File transfers to and from Macs & PCs are now up to 6 times faster.
* Tap left/right edge of screen to Prev/Next PDF page.
* Added support for iPhone 14 Pro.
* Added support for iPadOS 16/iOS 16.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed cancelling a Bookmark Rename from deleting the Bookmark.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.42

2022-08-19

This update adds some new features and fixes a few issues.

New Features
* Added support for resuming TLS sessions to FileZilla FTPS servers.
* EXIF data is now extracted from ORF and RW2 photos.
* Text size option is now held separately for text and ePub files.
* Option+Arrow keys on external keyboard now scrub the video player.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed Korean characters not being displayed correctly on FTP servers.
* Fixed batch rename's Replace field updating itself.
* Fixed music files not starting at the beginning when moving to the next track.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.41

2022-08-02

This update adds some new features and fixes a number of issues.

-- This update has been re-released with a fix for a crash reported by some users. --

* Batch rename can now use EXIF properties in filenames.
* Screen auto-lock is now disabled while viewing a document.
* Improved workflow when cloud providers require re-linking due to credentials expiring.
* SharePoint server using Forms Authentication can now be unlinked.
* Added support for Olympus OM-1 RAW photos, and over 150 new camera models.
* The video player can now be paused/resumed using the space bar on an external keyboard.
* Improved performance when copying files to an external USB drive.
* Video thumbnails are now extracted for App Folder locations
* Photos can now be pasted into the Photo Library's All Photos folder.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.40

2022-07-30

This update adds some new features and fixes a number of issues.

* Batch rename can now use EXIF properties in filenames.
* Screen auto-lock is now disabled while viewing a document.
* Improved workflow when cloud providers require re-linking due to credentials expiring.
* SharePoint server using Forms Authentication can now be unlinked.
* Added support for Olympus OM-1 RAW photos, and over 150 new camera models.
* The video player can now be paused/resumed using the space bar on an external keyboard.
* Improved performance when copying files to an external USB drive.
* Video thumbnails are now extracted for App Folder locations
* Photos can now be pasted into the Photo Library's All Photos folder.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.39

2022-06-21

This is a bug fix release.

* Eliminate unnecessary sub-folder when unzipping.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.38

2022-06-15

This update adds some new features and fixes a number of issues.

New features
* Connection credentials input now supports password managers.
* Improved folder listings for iCloud Drive.
* Added Invert Selection for folder listings.
* Increased the largest font size in the text file viewer.

Bug Fixes
* Fixed a crash while extracting thumbnails.
* Fixed bulk rename deleting files on iCloud Drive.
* Improved parsing of video subtitle SRT files.
* Files can now be moved from one App Folder to another.
* Fixed the rename window being dismissed accidentally.
* Fixed crash when attempting to list a folder with a name ending in ".epub".

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.37

2022-04-21

This update fixes a crash introduced by the previous version.

* Fix crash when trying to create a folder link.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.36

2022-04-15

This update adds some new features and fixes a number of issues.

* Create blank iWork documents in any folder.
* Updated UI with improved icons and menus.
* Improved guidance when sharing a file into FileBrowser.
* Fix the folder search bar vanishing during a content search.
* Fix UI theming of popup messages.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.35

2022-03-01

This update fixes a couple of issues with new PDF Markup Tool integration.

* Annotations can be lost if a document is annotated several times without closing it.
* The transition from the PDF viewer to the Markup view doesn't always reload the document.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.34

2022-02-22

New Features
* Integrated new PDF Annotator.
* Scroll your PDFs either vertically or horizontally.
* Added Outplayer for third-party video streaming.
* Blank PDF files can now be created in any folder.
* The last remaining tab can now be reset.

Bug Fixes & Improvements
* Huge performance improvement when browsing SD cards.
* Improved metadata extraction from image files.
* Prevent auto-correction in Username text fields.
* The power of our multi-rename feature is now available for single files.
* Added a warning if multi-renaming files would result in hidden files.
* Text file line ending types is now a menu option.
* Added warning that viewing WebArchive files can contribute to iOS Privacy Report.
* Fixed music files not playing again when tapped.
* Fixed some UI theming inconsistencies.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.

20.33

2022-01-26

New Features
* Video Overlays can now be switched off.
* Improved WebDAV IPv6 connectivity.
* FTPS connections can now choose TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.3.

Bug Fixes & Improvements
* Fix issue with Edit In Place not always uploading files.
* Fix videos not playing after a restart of FileBrowser.

Thank you for helping to make our apps better. If you would like to rate or leave a review on the App Store, we look forward to hearing your feedback.

Unlike other file manager apps, we never gather any of your data.