Dry run
A dry run is a rehearsal: it shows what an action would do without changing anything. Storage Studio offers one for transfers and for automatic moves.
A dry run is a rehearsal. It works out and shows what an action would do — which files it would copy, move or delete — without changing anything.
It's the safe way to check a transfer before you trust it, especially a one-way sync, which can delete files at the destination.
You'll find it in two places in Storage Studio:
- Data Transfers — tick Dry run (preview only) in the New Transfer sheet. The result is only a preview; Run again (or Sync again for a sync) then does it for real.
- Automatic moves — Preview Next Run (Dry Run) in the More menu shows what your rules would move next time, without moving anything.
See also: Trying a transfer first with Dry run · A dry run shows files I don't want moved · Rules: moving folders automatically