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Eleven pages under /guide/, written from the README, the milestone documents and the Apps' own source: the keys, the Launcher, the Status Bar and the first start; the LoRa Scanner, GNSS, Gemini, IRC, Wi-Fi tools, Notes, Storage and System; Settings (with Wi-Fi) and Updates. Real screenshots where the site has them, a Guide link in the navigation, and the home page points to it. Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01EhqxQ49eCju4CzKYNjZzwT
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title = "Storage"
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description = "Browse the SD card: copy, move, rename and delete with a clipboard, and open a file by its type."
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weight = 8
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[extra]
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tag = "Storage"
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screens = ["storage.png"]
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Storage shows what is on the SD card: each folder's entries with their size and date, folders first. <kbd>Enter</kbd> opens a folder, Back goes up, and <kbd>s</kbd> sorts by name, date or size. A folder with more than 256 entries shows the first 256 by name, and says so.
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## Working on one item
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| Key | Does |
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| <kbd>c</kbd> / <kbd>x</kbd> | Copies or cuts the selected file or folder; the footer shows what <kbd>v</kbd> would paste |
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| <kbd>v</kbd> | Pastes it into the folder shown. A copy next to its original is named `name (2).txt`; anything in the way is asked about first |
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| <kbd>r</kbd> | Renames |
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| <kbd>d</kbd> | Deletes, after saying what is inside: "Delete saved and its 42 files (1.2 MB)?" |
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| <kbd>n</kbd> | Makes a folder |
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| <kbd>i</kbd> | Details: type, exact size, date, and why an item is read-only if it is |
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A copy runs in the background of the card (about 400 KB a second), in short turns, so logs and captures keep being written. It shows its progress, Back cancels it and takes back what was copied, and each file's size is checked afterwards.
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## What cannot be changed
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- the **top-level folders** the firmware keeps its files in (what is inside them can be);
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- `/gemini/cache`;
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- a file being **written right now**: today's IRC log, a Track or a capture being recorded.
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The App says why when it refuses.
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## Opening files
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<kbd>Enter</kbd> on a file opens it by its type, and <kbd>Tab</kbd> switches the same file to a hex dump or to text:
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- **Text** (`.txt`, `.log`, `.gmi`, `.csv`, and anything that looks like text): only a screenful is read from the card, so a file of any size opens at once, and logs open at the end. Up and down move a line, left and right a page, <kbd>t</kbd> and <kbd>b</kbd> go to the top and the end, and <kbd>e</kbd> edits it (up to 16 KB, as in [Notes](/guide/notes/)).
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- **Captures** (`.pcap`): the packets as the [LoRa Scanner](/guide/lora-scanner/) lists them; <kbd>Enter</kbd> shows one with its Meshtastic header and bytes.
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- **Tracks** (`.gpx`): the number of points, the start, the duration and the distance.
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- **Update files** (`.ota`): the version, and whether the file would install: it is checked as an install checks it, signature and contents, without writing anything. <kbd>Enter</kbd> then installs it (see [Updates](/guide/updates/)).
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- **Anything else:** a hex dump.
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## Maintenance
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At the top of the card, the last row, **Maintenance** (or <kbd>m</kbd>), shows the card's usage and holds **Storage clean-up** and **Erase SD card**. They delete for good, so they sit behind a warning. Clean-up deletes old logs and captures by category and age, showing the space it would free first. Notes and Saved Pages are never offered.
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The firmware warns once per start when the card passes **80%** full; past **90%**, logs stop being written so that the rest is kept for captures.
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