The user interface for Egnyte Desktop App has been redesigned to provide a seamless way to access, and search Egnyte files. This guide walks users through the various tabs and options available in the application.
This does not apply to Desktop App for Mac (Legacy version).
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Home Tab
Uploads and Locks Tab
Copilot Tab
Settings
Profiles Section
Sync Status Indicator
Detailed Product Guide
Additional Resources
Home Tab
The Home tab is designed to boost productivity, streamline workflows, and provide quick access to key information and features. Additionally, the homepage is customizable, allowing users to show or hide widgets based on their preferences and workflow needs.
- Advanced Search: Egnyte's Search feature allows users to quickly find files and folders using keywords. It supports advanced filtering by file name, content, metadata, and access permissions, ensuring precise and efficient results.
- Shared and Private Folders: Quick links located below the search bar can be used to quickly navigate to the Shared and Private folders.
- Copilot Hub: The widget displays Knowledge bases or Smart Apps the user can access, listed by recent usage. Users can click Go to Copilot Hub to navigate to the complete Copilot Hub page. This will be available for customers with the Egnyte Copilot add-on plan.
- Bookmarks: Lists all the bookmarked folders.
- Recents: The recent files widget lists up to 30 of the recent files accessed.
- Links: The Links widget lists the links shared and received by order of recency.
- Projects: The widget lists up to 30 project folders that users can access, listed by recent usage. This will be available to customers with Project Hub add-on.
Uploads and Locks Tab
The Files tab provides a list of ongoing uploads, manually locked files and skipped files.
- Uploads: A list of ongoing and recent file uploads from the current device.
- Locked Files: A list of manually locked files using the current device.
- Skips: A list of failed uploads or downloads (unsynced content).
Locked files are currently available only for Desktop App Core for Mac. The feature will be implemented in Desktop App for Windows in a future version.
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Copilot Tab
Egnyte Copilot is an AI-powered assistant that helps users boost productivity by delivering relevant information at their fingertips. Users can interact by asking questions via text or voice, explore suggested prompts, and receive instant, relevant responses.
This tab will be only available for customers with the Egnyte Copilot add-on plan.
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Project Center Tab
Project Center is a centralized workspace to create projects and search all folders marked as projects. Project Center is specifically designed for teams managing multiple active and upcoming projects.
This feature is available for all customers that have Projects enabled.
Settings
This tab retains all the options from the old Desktop App Core user interface except for the Home tab.
- Drives: Drives can be added and configured from this tab.
- Offline Folders: A list of folders marked for offline access.
- Connected Folders: A list of connected folders.
- Preferences: Set application settings from this tab.
- Help: Learn more about Desktop App or contact Support for any issues.
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Profiles Section
The Profiles section allows users to manage and switch between different Egnyte accounts or domains without needing to log out and back in manually.
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Sync Status Indicator
The sync status indicator will always be visible in Desktop App UI reflecting synchronisation status of Offline folders, Connected folders and any ongoing uploads.
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Detailed Product Guide
This article provides a high-level overview of the Desktop App Interface.
For full setup instructions, advanced workflows, and a detailed breakdown of all features—including both the new interface and Finder integration for Mac—see the Desktop App Windows Product Guide or Desktop App Core Product Guide.
Additional Resources
For further assistance or any issues on Desktop App Core, contact Egnyte Support through the Help tab or by clicking here.