{"id":"moving-folders.can-i-move-a-single-file-instead-of-a-folder","url":"/faq/moving-folders/can-i-move-a-single-file-instead-of-a-folder","category":{"id":"moving-folders","title":"Moving folders"},"subcategory":{"id":"data-parking","title":"Data Parking (the two-pane mover)"},"question":"Can I move a single file, not a whole folder, with Data Parking?","alt_questions":["Move one big file to the external drive","Relocate a single video file","Move individual files with Storage Studio","data parking move a file"],"short_answer":"Yes. Data Parking lists files as well as folders, so tick a single file and Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here it. Relocate leaves one link at the original place, so the file still opens from there while the drive is connected.","answer_markdown":"Yes. Both panes list files as well as folders, so tick a single file and use Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here just as you would for a folder. With **Relocate**, the file is replaced by a single link at its original place, so it still opens from there while the drive is connected.\n\nThis is handy for one huge file — a disk image, a video, an archive — sitting in a folder you otherwise want to keep on your Mac.\n\nSee [What does Relocate do?](/faq/moving-folders/what-does-relocate-do-in-data-parking)","answer_html":"

Yes. Both panes list files as well as folders, so tick a single file and use Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here just as you would for a folder. With Relocate, the file is replaced by a single link at its original place, so it still opens from there while the drive is connected.

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This is handy for one huge file — a disk image, a video, an archive — sitting in a folder you otherwise want to keep on your Mac.

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See What does Relocate do?

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Can I move a single file, not a whole folder, with Data Parking?

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Short answer: Yes. Data Parking lists files as well as folders, so tick a single file and Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here it. Relocate leaves one link at the original place, so the file still opens from there while the drive is connected.

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Yes. Both panes list files as well as folders, so tick a single file and use Move, Merge, Relocate or Send here just as you would for a folder. With Relocate, the file is replaced by a single link at its original place, so it still opens from there while the drive is connected.

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This is handy for one huge file — a disk image, a video, an archive — sitting in a folder you otherwise want to keep on your Mac.

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See What does Relocate do?

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