DS file 4+

I use this app a lot to access files on my DiskStation, both when I am on the network and also over the internet when I am away from my office. It works fine for this and is surprisingly fast to access files.

However there are a couple of missing features which are a real nuisance for me.

The first thing I often want to do is email a file, such as a PDF drawing, to someone when I am not in my office. You can't do this directly from DS File because this feature is not available, so in order to do this I have to open the file into another app which does support emailing (I use GoodReader), and the way to do this is in itself quite convoluted.

The second (linked) issue is not being able to directly transfer files to other apps, for example to be able to open Spreadsheets into Excel (or Numbers for that matter), or WP files into Word.

These are quite ridiculous limitations! These features should absolutely be within DS File for convenience - PLEASE implement them in an upcoming version!

In iOS Photos you select a single file and the option to transfer it to your Disk Station is available. That option disappears when multiple photos are selected, only cloud services remain available. App Store policies as far as I know do not allow file managers on iPad, so this limitation you experience here will be down to Apple force pushing iCloud as your main storage option on iOS devices. 4* for being able at all to access my NAS on this device though, Synology can't be blamed for Apples policies.

The app is a great addition to your Synology NAS and Synology Router. You can access /manage files on drives connected to your router and NAS if you have internet access .what would make it better would be multiple device setups on the login screen ( tap an login icon to log into your router usb drive) or tap a login icon to log into NAS : if you have several systems each has its own login icon. At present you have to enter IP address and password to access each system.