Browsers do not allow downloading multiple files per click. Only one file is downloaded when a user clicks a hyperlink. To circumvent this limitation, SynaMan creates a zipped file containing multiple files.

On the other hand, the desktop app can upload and download multiple files individually. It can even upload or download an entire folder tree.

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It is common to lose network connectivity when transferring large files. Imagine you want to transfer a 10 GB file, and the network goes down after transferring about 9 GB. The desktop application can start where the last transfer failed, and will only upload or download the last 1 GB and not the entire file again.

Quick edit is a feature that allows users to quickly modify the contents of a file on the remote machine. For example, if you have an Excel spreadsheet on the SynaMan machine, users can click the Quick Edit link from the pop-up menu, which opens up Microsoft Excel on the local machine. After modification, save the document. The desktop app will automatically upload your changes to the remote machine.

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In addition to HTTP(S), the SynaMan Desktop App supports a proprietary protocol for communicating with the SynaMan server. This protocol, based on a combination of TCP and UPD, offers better transfer speed and in-transit compression, which further reduces the time used to transfer files.