---
id: apps.what-do-the-move-status-labels-mean
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/what-do-the-move-status-labels-mean
category: "Apps"
subcategory: "Moving apps to your fast drive"
question: "What do Waiting, Preparing, Copying and Wrapping up mean during an app move?"
alt_questions:
  - "App move status badge"
  - "What does Wrapping up mean?"
  - "Move stuck on Preparing"
  - "Blue Waiting badge on an app"
  - "Failed — see details on an app"
short_answer: "Waiting means queued, Preparing is the safety check, Copying is the copy to your fast drive, and Wrapping up verifies it and places the shortcut. Failed rows explain why when clicked."
tags: ["move status", "progress"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/how-long-does-it-take-to-move-an-app", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/apps/why-did-an-app-move-fail"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What do Waiting, Preparing, Copying and Wrapping up mean during an app move?

They're the stages of a move, shown live on the app's row:

- **Waiting** — queued behind another move.
- **Preparing…** — checking the app and the drive before anything is copied.
- **Copying…** — copying the app to your fast drive.
- **Wrapping up…** — verifying the copy and putting the shortcut in place.

If a move can't finish, the row says **Failed — see details**; click it for the reason and how to fix it. Your original app is kept safe in that case.