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November 13, 2026

Files
  • NEW: Any attachment to a group message can now be copied to Files, from the message, from Manage Attachments or from Emailed Files. The copy is an ordinary file owned by whoever copied it, it stays if the message or attachment is later deleted, and it shows which message it came from and who originally posted it. The copy dialog shows how much storage the copy will use, and won't copy if the group doesn't have enough space left. If the folder already has a file with that name, a number is added to the copy's name.
  • NEW: Files now has an Emailed Files entry at the top, for members who can also see the group's messages. It lists the files attached to group messages, newest first, with a search box like the one in Files that matches filenames and the text inside documents. Images are left out, since Emailed Photos shows them, except in groups that allow images in Files, where they can be included. Each file can be downloaded, opened in its message, or copied to Files, and members can delete attachments from their own messages.
  • NEW: Several files and folders can now be moved at once. Files and folders you can edit have a checkbox, with a box at the top to check the whole page, and below the list, as on the Members page, the number checked and an Actions menu with Move. All the checked items go to the folder you choose, and one notification lists them. If some can't be moved, for example because the folder already has something with the same name, the rest are still moved and the message says which weren't and why. This works on Files search results too. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41559
  • NEW: Several files and folders can now be deleted at once, with Delete in the same Actions menu. The confirmation lists what's selected and says when that includes folders and everything in them, and one notification lists everything deleted.
  • CHANGE: Searching Files now also says how many emailed files match the search, with a link to see them in Emailed Files.
  • CHANGE: The note at the top of Emailed Files and Emailed Photos said only that deleting an attachment from its message removes it from the list. It now also says that deleting one from the list deletes it from the message, and that copies made in a folder or album aren't affected. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41566
  • CHANGE: In the Move dialog, clicking a folder moved the item straight away, before you'd seen the Notify Members box below the folder list. Clicking a folder now selects it, and a Move button next to Notify Members does the move. The dialog's title names what's being moved. The folder you're in, and a folder being moved along with everything inside it, are greyed out instead of failing without a word when chosen.
  • CHANGE: Moving a file or folder now shows a message saying where it went, with a link to that folder. Moves that couldn't be done, because you can't edit the item or it no longer exists, used to do nothing without saying so; the message now says why.
  • CHANGE: Copying many attachments at once made the copy dialog run off the bottom of the screen. The list of attachments now scrolls inside its own box, so the folder choice and buttons stay in view. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • CHANGE: The copy dialog now starts with the folder or album you last copied to in that group, instead of always the first one. Moving a photo starts with the album you last moved one to, and the Move dialog in Files starts with the folder you last moved to already chosen and shown. You still press Move or Copy, and a choice you cancel isn't kept. This is remembered in your browser only. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • CHANGE: The title of the Move dialog now says whether a file or folder is being moved and puts its name in quotes, so a long folder name doesn't run into the title. The Move button now has the same folder-and-arrow icon as each row's Move link, and the dialog for deleting several items is titled Verify Delete, as the single delete is. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • CHANGE: Emailed Files and Emailed Photos now point moderators to Manage Attachments, where many attachments can be selected and deleted at once. The link from Emailed Photos opens the list showing only images. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • BUGFIX: Files larger than 5 MB were cut to their first 5 MB before their text was extracted for search. That breaks PDF and Word files, whose structure depends on the whole file, so the text inside large documents often couldn't be searched. Files are now read whole.
  • BUGFIX: The notification for a moved file or folder said it had been uploaded. It now says it was moved, and where to.
  • BUGFIX: Copying an attachment to Files wasn't recorded in the activity log; copying to Photos was. It now is, with the copy's folder. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • BUGFIX: In the notification sent to moderators when attachments were copied to Files, the link to each copy was missing its folder and a slash, so it led to a page that didn't exist. It now links to the file in its folder. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41597
  • BUGFIX: The Update button in the Update File dialog was green, while Update Folder and Update Link were blue, and the Update dialogs on Files search results used another color. They now all match the Update buttons elsewhere on the site. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41599

October 23, 2026

Files
  • BUGFIX: When a folder's description or upload setting was changed, the notification sent to the group had the subject "Renamed Folder", even if the folder's name hadn't changed. The subject now reads "Updated Folder", matching the message itself. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41483

October 2, 2026

Files
  • BUGFIX: Downloading a large file from a group's Files section over a slower connection could fail partway through with a "Network error", usually after a couple of minutes. It wasn't a size limit: our servers were cutting off any download that ran longer than that. Downloads now run until they finish. The same problem could also interrupt slow uploads of large files. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41301
  • BUGFIX: An interrupted download from a group's Files section could not be resumed; your browser's Resume button started the download over from the beginning. Downloads can now be resumed where they left off, and your browser now shows the file size and time remaining while downloading. https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/41301

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