Data Transfers · Data Transfers basics
What is Data Transfers in Storage Studio?
Short answer: Data Transfers copies, moves, syncs or downloads files between local folders, your external drive, connected cloud accounts, paired devices and web links — as jobs you can watch, pause, resume and schedule.
Data Transfers is the part of Storage Studio that copies, moves, syncs and downloads files between places you choose — local folders, your external drive, cloud accounts you've connected, paired devices, and web links. Each transfer is a job you can watch, pause, resume, cancel or schedule.
You set one up with New Transfer: pick an operation (Copy, Move, Sync (one-way), Bidirectional sync or Download), a source and a destination, and optionally a schedule. The window lists every job on the left with its state and live progress, and shows the full detail — speed, time remaining, the file being transferred and a log — on the right.
Transfers keep going while you work and survive a restart of the app.
Related: How do I start a new transfer? · Copy, Move or Sync — which should I pick?