Moving folders · Moving folders to a cloud account

Why isn't Relocate available when the destination is a cloud account?

Short answer: A link on your Mac can only point somewhere your Mac can open directly, and a path inside a cloud account isn't one. For cloud destinations Data Parking offers Move and Merge, which upload the files without leaving links.

Because a link on your Mac can only point to a place your Mac can open directly, and a path inside a cloud account isn't one. So for cloud destinations Data Parking offers Move and Merge, which upload the files and then remove the originals after checking — without leaving links behind.

If you want files to stay reachable from the same place on your Mac, use the fast drive instead, or move them into a cloud provider's own folder on your Mac (listed under Folders on this Mac), which the provider's app manages.

See Can Data Parking move folders to a cloud account?

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