File Explorer & Player

stream video & music from Mac

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2024.3for iPhone, iPad and more

8.9

91 Ratings

Evgeny Cherpak

Developer

69.4 MB

Size

Feb 14, 2024

Update Date

Utilities

About File Explorer & Player

Turn your iPhone or iPad into the wireless flash drive for your Mac. Have full access to your Mac files – use your iOS device to stream videos, view photos and documents, from anywhere within your home.

AT A GLANCE
- Stream any video directly from your Mac;
- View photos or documents stored on your Mac;
- Transfer files between your Mac and your iOS device;
- Store anything on your iOS device and take it with you on the go;
- Mount your iOS device as drive on your Mac or Windows machine using WebDAV;
- Use the Personal Hotspot of your iOS device to control your Mac when you don’t have access to other networks.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Mac with macOS 10.10 or above and Helper app installed;
- iPhone, iPad or iPod touch with iOS 11 or above;
- Shared wireless network connection between your computer and iOS device.

TERMS OF USE
https://cherpake.com/tos

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What's New in the Latest Version 2024.3

Last updated on Feb 14, 2024

Old Versions

* [FIX] app freezes when browsing folders
* [FIX] UI issues

Version History

2024.3

Feb 14, 2024

* [FIX] app freezes when browsing folders
* [FIX] UI issues

2024.1

Jan 31, 2024

* [FIX] UI issues

2022.9

Oct 31, 2022

* [FIX] Crash when enabling WebDAV

2022.8

Sep 22, 2022

* [NEW] Sort by kind
* [NEW] Subtitle size setting
* [FIX] Minor UI issues

2022.7

Sep 16, 2022

* [FIX] Minor UI issues

2022.6

Aug 24, 2022

* [NEW] Show playing media info in Now Playing + allow to control playback with AirPods
* [NEW] History of connected devices + Wake On LAN to wake computer from sleep
* [FIX] Minor UI issues

2022.5

Aug 4, 2022

* [FIX] App freezing
* [FIX] Minor UI issues

2022.4

Aug 1, 2022

* [FIX] Minor UI issues

2021.3

Jun 24, 2021

* [NEW] Show resume time for videos in the file list
+ [NEW] Select all / deselect all in the file list
* [FIX] Hide home indicator while playing movies (now for real)
* [FIX] Stop QR capture when dismissing the view
* [FIX] Scrolling dismisses search in file list
* [FIX] Settings cell background when changing themes

2021.2
* [FIX] Loading movies from older macOS versions
* [FIX] Hide home indicator while playing movies

2021.1
* [NEW] Auto. load subtitle setting
* [NEW] Settings look
* [NEW] Show time to which you seeking while seeking
* [NEW] Show thumbnails for photos and videos in the file list view
* [FIX] Hitting iCloud limit which caused some files not display resume play

2021.2

Jun 10, 2021

* [FIX] Loading movies from older macOS versions
* [FIX] Hide home indicator while playing movies

2021.1
* [NEW] Auto. load subtitle setting
* [NEW] Settings look
* [NEW] Show time to which you seeking while seeking
* [NEW] Show thumbnails for photos and videos in the file list view
* [FIX] Hitting iCloud limit which caused some files not display resume play

2020.2

Feb 8, 2020

* Support for subtitles - loads automatically if files named the same, or manually. Only supports .srt files
* Sync favorites across your devices
* Fixed crash on sharing media files

# Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.12 or above

2019.2

Nov 5, 2019

* Allow to reset passcode
* Improve resume video UI
* Fixes for tvOS

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* Fixes issue with playback of local files... finally (sorry it took so long to figure out)
* Adds sample files in "Sample Files" folder to showcase app functionality
* Other UI fixes and improvements

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* Fixes app crash when opening local folder

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* Fixes to UI theme
* Ability to create folders (iOS)
* Prevent device from sleeping while using WebDAV (iOS)
* Show automatically Mac computers when connected to WiFi, and local files when on cellular (iOS)
* Automatically play next video in the folder on (tvOS)

# Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.12 or above

2019.1

Sep 29, 2019

* Fixes issue with playback of local files... finally (sorry it took so long to figure out)
* Adds sample files in "Sample Files" folder to showcase app functionality
* Other UI fixes and improvements

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* Fixes app crash when opening local folder

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* Fixes to UI theme
* Ability to create folders (iOS)
* Prevent device from sleeping while using WebDAV (iOS)
* Show automatically Mac computers when connected to WiFi, and local files when on cellular (iOS)
* Automatically play next video in the folder on (tvOS)

# Requires macOS 10.10 or above and helper app ver. 9.9.12 or above

5.7.5

Jan 14, 2018

* Fix issues with video / audio playback
* Fix QR code scanning to make it actually work...
* Bug fixes and UI improvements

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Thank you

NOTE:
Requires latest version of the Mac helper app installed on your Mac (9.2.2)

5.7.4

Jan 11, 2018

* Fix issues with video / audio playback
* Bug fixes and UI improvements

NOTE: requires Mac Helper app ver. 9.0.0

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please give the app a quick rating on the App Store.
Thanks <3

5.7.2

Dec 9, 2017

* Bug fixes and UI improvements

NOTE: requires Mac Helper app ver. 9.0.0

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please give the app a quick rating on the App Store.
Thanks <3

5.7.1

Oct 29, 2017

* Control devices allowed to connect to your Mac, no more passwords or Facebook login...

NOTE: requires Mac Helper app ver. 9.0.0

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please give the app a quick rating on the App Store.
Thanks <3

5.7.0

Oct 24, 2017

5.6.1

Sep 23, 2017

Bug fixes & improvements

5.6.0

Sep 17, 2017

Bug fixes & improvements

5.5

Jul 10, 2017

Bug fixes & improvements

5.4.3

Jul 6, 2017

Bug fixes & improvements

5.4.2

Jun 21, 2017

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5.4.2
Improve UI usability
Fix bugs & crashes

5.4.1

Jun 1, 2017

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5.4.1
* Fix crash on iPad
* Send download link to email
* Music player:
Background playback
Play all files in the folder

5.4
* Select All in folders
* Navigate to folder by path
* Reset passcode if you forget it (deletes all content stored in the app!)
* Seek interval setting for video & music
* Resume video & music playback from point it stopped
* Bette music & video player interface

5.4

May 26, 2017

* Select All in folders
* Navigate to folder by path
* Reset passcode if you forget it (deletes all content stored in the app!)
* Seek interval setting for video & music
* Resume video & music playback from point it stopped
* Bette music & video player interface

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What's the minimum requirements to run File Explorer & Player?

Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of File Explorer & Player.

iPhone

Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

iPad

Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later.

Apple TV

Requires tvOS 16.0 or later.

iPod touch

Requires iOS 15.0 or later.

What language does File Explorer & Player support?

File Explorer & Player supports English, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese