Occasionally automatic updates (for Windows, Java, or for the MDO Desktop App) will remove the icon from your Desktop. In the case of a Windows Update issue the shortcut remains but doesn’t work. You can often install a shortcut from the Java Control Panel, as described here. If that doesn’t work solve it by taking […]

If you want to upload one or more folders and their contents in one operation, the best tool to use is the Desktop App. Uploading Folders with the Desktop App also uploads the contents of the folder, including all files in the folder. Folder upload with the Desktop App also includes subfolders.

Moving files from one folder to another is quite easy using the desktop app.  You simple click on the file you want to move, click the edit menu item and click “move”.  Then find the folder you want to move the files to, highlight that folder and click the edit menu item then click paste. […]

We’re often asked for specific advice on what digital recorders these clients can buy so in an effort to provide a continuously updated answer to that question we’ve created an Amazon Store for the equipment that My Docs Online and its users recommend. You can access the My Docs Online Transcription store here.  When you buy […]

If you want your browser to remember your My Docs Online ID and password, use these browser-specific steps: For Internet Explorer (all versions) Select Tools -> Internet Options Click the Content tab Under Autocomplete click “Settings“ Check “Use AutoComplete for User names and passwords on forms” Check “Prompt me to save passwords” For Firefox Select […]

File creation and other file action times are stored in My Docs Online using an internal date and time format that is location/time zone-independent. Display of a file’s creation date and time is the responsibility of the particular client displaying the list of files. This means, for example, that the web browser interface, which is […]

Using the Web Browser interface with Internet Explorer 7, if you do a “right-Click…Save Target As” any spaces in the file name become underscores. Why? Web URLs are not allowed to have spaces, which are instead replaced by “escape characters” that most find unsightly and many find confusing. If the name of the file you […]

Yes, files can emailed into your My Docs Online account. First, however, you need to turn the feature on by logging into your account, clicking on the “Settings” button and enabling “Inbound Email Attachments”. Files emailed as attachments to user-id@myattachments.com (where “user-id” is your My Docs Online Login ID) will be extracted as individual files and […]

My Docs Online limits the number of simultaneous accesses available to an individual ID. To help minimize this problem please log-out when you are through using My Docs Online. If you feel you are getting this message in error please contact My Docs Online Support.  

You can change your registered email address by first logging into your account at www.mydocsonline.com and clicking the “settings” button.   You’ll see the see your email address there.   Just click it and update your information.