---
id: moving-folders.what-is-data-parking
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-is-data-parking
category: "Moving folders"
subcategory: "Data Parking (the two-pane mover)"
question: "What is Data Parking in Storage Studio?"
alt_questions:
  - "What does Data Parking do?"
  - "storage studio data parking explained"
  - "What is the two-pane mover?"
  - "Is Data Parking the same as the Tier window?"
  - "How do I move folders myself in Storage Studio?"
  - "What is the side-by-side file browser 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."
tags: ["data parking", "two-pane mover", "moving folders"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/how-do-i-open-data-parking", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/moving-folders/what-is-the-difference-between-move-merge-and-relocate"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What is Data Parking in Storage Studio?

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](https://storagestudio.us/manual/tier).