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Uploading and Downloading Files to and from Amazon S3

How to Upload Files to Amazon S3

With S3 Browser Freeware you can easily upload virtually any number of files to Amazon S3, simple UI makes it easy to upload individual files or entire folders to Amazon S3 with just two clicks.

The network engine is actively developed and tested since 2008 and allows you to upload your data securely, reliably, fast and with easy.

To upload your files to Amazon S3:

1. Start S3 Browser and select the bucket you plan to use as a destination. You may also create new Amazon S3 Bucket if necessary.

Selet the bucket

Selet the bucket that plan to use as destination.

You may also create and open the subfolder to upload your files in specific folder.

2. Click:

  • Files, Upload file(s) to upload one or multiple files
  • Files, Upload folder(s) to upload one or multiple folders.

Click Files, Upload file(s) or Files, Upload folder(s)

Click Files, Upload file(s) or Files, Upload folder(s)

3. Select the files you want to upload.

Selet files to upload

Select the files you want to upload

Or select the folders to upload

Select the folder to upload

Select the folder you want to upload

The upload process will begin. You can track the progress on the Tasks tab.

File uploading progress

You can see currently uploading files on the Tasks tab.

The context menu allows you to start, stop, cancel and retry the tasks.

Tasks context menu

Tasks context menu allows you to start, stop, cancel and retry the tasks.

With S3 Browser Pro you can significantly increase uploading speed. To learn how to upload your files to Amazon S3 at maximum speed possible, click here.

S3 Browser automatically saves the queue. You can restart application and continue uploading. For large files you can resume uploading from the position where it was stopped.

Data integrity: you can enable data integrity test to ensure that data is not corrupted traversing the network. When you use this option, Amazon S3 checks the file against the provided SHA256 hash and, if they do not match, returns an error. Open Tools, Options, Data Integrity to enable data integrity checking. Click here to learn more about Data Integrity checking.

To Download Files and Folders from Amazon S3

1. Start S3 Browser and select the bucket that contains the files you want to download.

Selet the bucket

Selet the bucket that contains the files you want to download.

2. Select the files and/or folders you like to download and click Download

Select the file and click Files,Download

Select the file(s) and/or folder(s) and click Download

3. Choose a destination folder on your local disk and click OK

Select destination folder

Choose a destination folder on your local disk

S3 Browser will start downloading your files and will display the progress on the Tasks tab.

Tasks tab shows downloading progress

You can track download progress on the Tasks tab

The context menu allows you to start, stop, cancel and retry the tasks.

Tasks context menu

Tasks context menu allows you to start, stop, cancel and retry the tasks.

If you need to download a large number of small files, you can speed up the process by increasing the number of concurrent downloads (see below).

Data integrity: you can enable data integrity checking to ensure that data is not corrupted traversing the network. When you use this option, S3 Browser calculates the hash of downloaded file and compares it with the hash provided by Amazon S3, if they do not match, returns an error. Open Tools, Options, Data Integrity to enable data integrity checking. Click here to learn more about Data Integrity checking.

To download Amazon S3 Bucket entirely

1. Select the bucket and click Buckets -> Download all files to..

download all files from S3 Bucket

Select an S3 Bucket and click Buckets -> Download all files to..

The Select Folder dialog will open:

Select destination folder

Choose a destination folder on your local disk

2. Select the folder on your local drive and click OK. S3 Browser will list all files and folders in source bucket and download them to local disk.

To increase uploading and downloading speed

Pro Version of S3 Browser allows you to increase the number of concurrent uploads or downloads. This may greatly improve performance when you need to upload or download a large number of small files, or when you need to upload large files to Amazon S3 at maximum speed.

To learn how it works, click here. To obtain Pro version of S3 Browser and unlock Pro features click here.

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