Keep files a colleague sent you

The situation. Someone in your organisation sent you a set of scans by transfer. You need them next month too, but transfers expire.

What you will use. The Received tab of Transfers and Save to Databeamer Drive.

1. Find the transfer #

Your dashboard lists it under To do, and Exchange › Transfers › Received shows it with the To do filter. Open it.

2. Check who sent it #

The transfer shows the sender's name. If anything about it feels off, for example a sender you do not know or files you did not expect, do not download. Use Report abuse or ask the sender through a channel you already trust.

3. Accept #

Choose Accept. The sender is notified, and the Download buttons appear.

4. Save the files to Drive #

Instead of downloading to your computer, choose Save to Databeamer Drive, pick a folder, and confirm with Save here. The files are copied into your own encrypted storage and no longer depend on the transfer's expiry.

If you need them on your computer as well, Download or Download as ZIP. The Downloads panel confirms File integrity verified when the decrypted file matches what the sender uploaded.

What the sender sees #

Your acceptance shows up in the transfer's Activity and as a Transfer accepted notification. Downloads are logged there too.

If the transfer belongs to the team #

When the files are for a project rather than for you personally, save them to the group's Drive instead of your own, so colleagues can find them without asking.