Working with files stored in the cloud

Tutorial: Setting up a Box Account on a BlackBerry 10 Device

This tutorial provides you with the opportunity to see and then practice setting up a Box account on a BlackBerry 10 device.

Note: This tutorial is available in English only.

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Tutorial: Setting up a Dropbox Account on a BlackBerry 10 Device

This tutorial provides you with the opportunity to see and then practice setting up a Dropbox account on a BlackBerry 10 device.

Note: This tutorial is available in English only.

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Retrieve files saved to the cloud

If you are logged in to a cloud application on your BlackBerry device, you can use File Manager to access files that you have stored in the cloud. To retrieve a file you have saved to the cloud:

Tap .
Tap a cloud application.

Save a file to your device

When you pin a file it is saved to your BlackBerry device, so you can view the file even when you're not connected to a mobile or wireless network. If a file is not pinned, it is not available when you're offline. To pin or unpin a file to your device:

Touch and hold a file that is stored in a cloud application.

To pin a file, tap .
To unpin a file, tap .

Synchronize a file with the cloud

If you have edited a pinned file while offline, you can use the Sync Now option when you reconnect to a wireless network to ensure that the file is synchronized with the cloud before other files are synchronized. To force the synchronization of a file:

Touch and hold a file.
Tap .

Tip: If the Sync Now

option isn't available to you in the menu, your file is synchronized with the cloud.

Change cloud application settings

You can change your settings for items like the back up options and network usage for your cloud applications. When you enable back up options, changes to files in the selected applications are automatically updated and stored in the cloud. To change your settings:

Tap .
Tap .

Tapping

launches the cloud application.