Moving folders · Data Parking (the two-pane mover)
What is Data Parking in Storage Studio?
Short answer: Data Parking is Storage Studio's two-pane mover: your Mac on one side, the fast drive, a cloud account or any folder on the other. Pick folders and Move, Merge or Relocate them yourself, with every copy checked before originals are removed.
Data Parking is Storage Studio's hands-on tool for moving folders and files yourself: your Mac on the left, your destination — the fast drive, a cloud account or any folder — on the right, with the move buttons in between.
Use it when you want to choose exactly what moves, beyond what the automatic rules and What's Using Space suggest. It offers three ways to move:
- Move — the destination ends up matching the source; the original is removed once the copy is checked.
- Merge — adds and updates files at the destination without deleting anything already there.
- Relocate — moves the file contents but keeps the folder layout on your Mac, with each file replaced by a link.
Open it from the Data Parking button in the popover or More → Data Parking…. Full guide: Data Parking.