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Properties and activity

What a file or folder's Properties panel shows, and the history its Activity panel keeps.

Every file and folder has two panels that describe it without changing anything. Properties says what the item is; Activity says what has happened to it. Both are on the row's menu.

Properties

The Properties panel for Management Accounts - August 2026.xlsx, subtitled XLSX File Properties. Under General: Name, Type XLSX with its full format name, and Size 8.6 KB. Under Dates: Created Sep 8, 2026, 3:37 PM, Modified Sep 8, 2026, 3:37 PM, and Last accessed Sep 10, 2026, 1:49 AM. Under People: Uploaded by Eleanor Whitfield. Under Labels: Board and Finance. A Close button sits at the foot.
A file's Properties: what it is, when it changed, who added it, and your labels on it.
What the Properties panel shows for a file
FieldWhat it does
NameThe file's current name.
TypeIts ending and its full format name. A link has a Link row with its web address instead.
SizeHow large it is. Links have none.
CreatedWhen it was put into Nest.
ModifiedWhen it last changed, including a rename or a move.
Last accessedThe last recorded time the file was viewed. Downloads don't update it. Shown only when there's a date.
Uploaded byWho added it.
From appShown only for a file saved into Nest from another SorviAI app, with the record it came from.
LabelsYour own labels on it, in their colours. Shown only when it has some.

A folder's Properties panel is shorter: its name, whether it's a personal or a team folder, when it was created and last changed, and who owns it.

Activity

Select Activity on a row's menu and a panel opens on the right. For a file, it's that file's history. For a folder, it's the folder's own history together with that of the files directly inside it.

My Folders with the Activity panel for the Board Packs folder open on the right, headed Activity with a count of 9. Newest first, Eleanor Whitfield updated labels on Management Accounts - August 2026.xlsx and uploaded it 2 days ago; moved Board Pack - Q2 2026 - DRAFT v1.pdf to trash 2 weeks ago; and on Jul 21 updated labels on Board Pack - Q2 2026.pdf and shared it with graham.whitfield@ironvale.co.uk.
A folder's history takes in the files inside it: uploads, labels, shares and a draft sent to Trash.

The history records uploads, renames, moves, shares, label changes, moves to Trash and restores. Opening and downloading aren't recorded. Select Activity on the same item again to close the panel.

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