The BOS desktop is a graphical management tool provided by Baidu object Storage BOS, which supports for use in Windows and Mac system after installation. For the download and installation of BOS desktop, please refer to Installation and Log-in.

Overview of BOS Desktop Features

The BOS desktop supports the object-level operation and management, including file upload, download, deletion, renaming, creation of folders, etc. You can modify the files in bucket via BOS desktop (including upload, download and renaming, etc.), which is synchronized automatically with console.

Feature name	Feature description
file upload	Support for uploading the local files to the bucket of BOS by drag and drop or click
file download	Support to download the files in the bucket to the local directly
Renaming of files	Support for renaming of files in the bucket
File copy	Support to copy the files in the bucket to other buckets of BOS by means of drop-down
File domain name copy	Support to copy the file domain name in the bucket
file deletion	Support to delete the files in the bucket
New folder	Support to create a new folder in the bucket to add new storage directory
Automatic synchronization and upload of local files	Support to synchronize the local data to BOS automatically by synchronizing the disks, with no manual upload required

User Manual for BOS Desktop

The following is an example for the relevant operations in Mac operating system. If you use the Windows system, you can also refer to the user manual.

Upload File

Click the upload button in the BOS desktop to upload the file, or drag and drop the local files directly to drag and drop the local file to the target bucket. View the uploading of the file via the directory "Uploading" on the left during the process.

Note:

• If a prompt "Upload Failed" shows during the uploading of the file, it may be a connection timeout caused by the fact that you have not operated since you logged into the BOS desktop. At this point, you need to shut down the BOS desktop to restart and log in, and then upload the file again from the upload list.

Download File

Click the download button behind object in the BOS Desktop to download the file. View the downloading of the file via the directory "Downloading" on the left during the process.

Rename File

Click the renaming button behind object in the BOS Desktop to rename the file. After the button is clicked, input the new name of the file in the pop-up, and save after clicking the confirmation.

Copy File

Click the copy button behind the object in the BOS desktop, and copy the file to other bucket. After clicking the button, select the target bucket to be copied in the pop-up or target folder with finer grading, and click for confirmation.

File Domain Name Copy

When needing to share files, click the domain name copy button behind the object in the BOS desktop, and copy the domain name of the file to the clipboard.

Delete File

Click the delete button behind object in the BOS Desktop to delete the file.

Once the file is deleted from BOS desktop, the file is completely deleted from the BOS server. Please be cautious for use.

New Folder

Click "New Folder" to create a directory for the bucket. Upon successful creation, you can upload and download the files in the new folder as well as conduct other management operations.

Automatic Upload of Local File

BOS desktop supports automatic upload of local files. When you set synchronized disk in BOS desktop, the files in the selected local directory are synchronized to the bucket of BOS in real time. When a new file is added to the local directory, the file list in BOS bucket is also synchronized automatically for update.

Note:

• The user needs to select a local folder and a cloud folder, and establishes a mapping relationship between these two folders after confirmation;
• The BOS file directory allows you to select a bucket or a folder in the bucket; the local folder can only select local folder. Neither can select a single file;
• BOS limits the number of mapping relation to a maximum of 20 for the same account at the same time.

For different situations, the BOS desktop performs different operations:

• A file that exists in a local directory but does not exist in the bucket with mapping relation is automatically uploaded to the bucket synchronously.
• If a file exists in a local directory and in the BOS bucket with mapping relation, but the file is changed in local directory, it is overridden and uploaded to the bucket.
• If a file exists in a local directory and in the BOS bucket with mapping relation, but the file is deleted from the local directory, the file is saved in the specified bucket of BOS continuously, and BOS will not delete such file synchronously.
• If a file exists in the bucket but does not exist in the local directory with mapping relation, the file is not automatically synchronized to the local directory. If you want to save this file in local directory, please download the file from the bucket.

Note:

• The files with the same name but different contents from a local directory are uploaded to the bucket by overriding. If you do not want to upload the file by overriding, please distinguish the file name.