Guidance Needed to Access Home Computer with FileBrowser App
I purchased the $5.99 FileBrowser app by Stratospherix Ltd after reading a post about it on the MacVisionaries list. I previously used Tonido to access my home computer files while on the road but its latest version no longer lets me read files such as Word documents and Excel files accessed with it. I bought FileBrowser because I thought I could use it to access my local files while away from home. I'm having a bit of conceptual difficulty figuring out how to set it up to do this so I'm hoping someone on this list who uses it can help. I've written the developer but have not received a reply as of yet. I also tried downloading an External Access Guide they have at their website but it has security on it and my screen reader can't read it. Any help anyone can provide about what's needed to access files on a Windows XP home computer using this app would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a problem when at home on my own wi-fi network but I want to use FileBrowser to access my files while traveling. Here's a link to the app in the iTunes Apps Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8 Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Guidance Needed to Access Home Computer with FileBrowser App
We use file browser to access files on the mac, but only when the Mac is turned on. We have two hard drives attached directly to our router for accessing files when we are away from home (or at home for that matter). This gives us the best of all worlds. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 8 Oct 2014, at 08:55, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased the $5.99 FileBrowser app by Stratospherix Ltd after reading a post about it on the MacVisionaries list. I previously used Tonido to access my home computer files while on the road but its latest version no longer lets me read files such as Word documents and Excel files accessed with it. I bought FileBrowser because I thought I could use it to access my local files while away from home. I'm having a bit of conceptual difficulty figuring out how to set it up to do this so I'm hoping someone on this list who uses it can help. I've written the developer but have not received a reply as of yet. I also tried downloading an External Access Guide they have at their website but it has security on it and my screen reader can't read it. Any help anyone can provide about what's needed to access files on a Windows XP home computer using this app would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a problem when at home on my own wi-fi network but I want to use FileBrowser to access my files while traveling. Here's a link to the app in the iTunes Apps Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8 Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Guidance Needed to Access Home Computer with FileBrowser App
Did you set up a VPN? In reading the description of the app, you have to have your home computer accessible with file sharing on and use the iPhone VPN to connect. I've never used VPN. Good luck, Richard The fact that an opinion is widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd. - Bertrand Russell *Sent from my iPhone 5S On Oct 7, 2014, at 3:55 PM, Alan Lemly wale...@gmail.com wrote: I purchased the $5.99 FileBrowser app by Stratospherix Ltd after reading a post about it on the MacVisionaries list. I previously used Tonido to access my home computer files while on the road but its latest version no longer lets me read files such as Word documents and Excel files accessed with it. I bought FileBrowser because I thought I could use it to access my local files while away from home. I'm having a bit of conceptual difficulty figuring out how to set it up to do this so I'm hoping someone on this list who uses it can help. I've written the developer but have not received a reply as of yet. I also tried downloading an External Access Guide they have at their website but it has security on it and my screen reader can't read it. Any help anyone can provide about what's needed to access files on a Windows XP home computer using this app would be greatly appreciated. I don't have a problem when at home on my own wi-fi network but I want to use FileBrowser to access my files while traveling. Here's a link to the app in the iTunes Apps Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/filebrowser-access-files-on/id364738545?mt=8 Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups VIPhone group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
