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Send here drops the items you've selected straight into whichever folder the other pane is showing — no pairing and no matching names needed. There's one Send here button for each direction.

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A confirmation offers four choices: Copy or Move, each either as an exact mirror (which removes files the destination has but the source doesn't) or as a merge (which keeps them). Your last choice is remembered, and you're warned when a choice would delete files or when you're moving to the cloud.

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Send here is greyed out when both panes have something selected, because the direction would be ambiguous — clear one side first.

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See What does Pair do?

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Moving folders · Data Parking (the two-pane mover)

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What is "Send here" in Data Parking?

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Short answer: Send here puts the selected items into whatever folder the other pane is showing, without pairing. You choose Copy or Move, as an exact mirror or a merge. It's greyed out when both panes have a selection — clear one side first.

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Send here drops the items you've selected straight into whichever folder the other pane is showing — no pairing and no matching names needed. There's one Send here button for each direction.

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A confirmation offers four choices: Copy or Move, each either as an exact mirror (which removes files the destination has but the source doesn't) or as a merge (which keeps them). Your last choice is remembered, and you're warned when a choice would delete files or when you're moving to the cloud.

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Send here is greyed out when both panes have something selected, because the direction would be ambiguous — clear one side first.

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See What does Pair do?

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