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Best Practices

  1. Upload by Dragging

    OBS Browser+ supports upload by dragging. You can drag one or more files or folders from a local path to the object list of a bucket or a parallel file system on OBS Browser+. You can even drag a file or folder directly to a specified folder on OBS Browser+. This function enables you to easily upload files to OBS.

  2. Folder Sharing

    OBS Browser+ provides the folder sharing and authorization code login functions, allowing you to easily share a folder with other accounts within a specified validity period.

    To share a folder, log in to OBS Browser+, right-click the folder you want to share and choose Share, or click Share in the operation column.

    Then, set the validity period of the shared URL, enter an access code, and create the URL and the QR code.

    Finally, you can send the generated sharing link or QR code to others. After obtaining the link information, others can use the authorization code to log in to OBS Browser+ and access the shared directory. Alternatively, they can scan the QR code and enter the access code to access the shared directory.

  3. Background Running

    If you have a large number of tasks running on OBS Browser+ but you want to perform other operations outside OBS Browser+, you can close OBS Browser+ while tasks are still running at the background. Specifically, click the icon for closing OBS Browser+ in the upper right corner, and then click Background Running in the Exit OBS Browser+ dialog box. All your tasks will enter the background running mode. You can double-click the OBS Browser+ icon in the system tray to display the UI later as necessary.

  4. Auto Upload

    OBS Browser+ supports auto upload. You can periodically upload one or more files from your local disk or directory to the corresponding path of the destination bucket.

    Go to the Auto Upload page and click Upload Now. The Create Auto Upload page is displayed.

    Select a bucket type, bucket path, and upload object. You can also enable Auto Upload and set the upload interval.

    Click OK. OBS Browser+ will automatically upload files at the time you specified.

    Once you modify the auto upload settings of a task, a new task will be created and overwrite the modified one.

    Once the upload period starts, OBS Browser+ scans the files to upload on your local PC and compares them with the objects stored in the corresponding path of the destination bucket. OBS Browser+ uploads the files only when the objects do not exist, the objects and files are inconsistent in size, or the objects were last modified earlier than the files.