Make a copy of a file or folder in a new location. Cristopher Thomas crisnoh@gmail.com

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Copying Files and Folders

A file or folder can be copied to a new location by dragging and dropping with the mouse, or you can use the copy and paste commands. This can be useful when creating a folder containing files to email to a friend or coworker, or when backing up individual files to an external storage device.

Drag Files to the New Location

Open the file browser to the folder containing the item you want to copy.

Open a second file browser window by clicking PlacesHome Folder in the main menubar.

In the second window, navigate to the folder where you want to put the copy of the item.

Back in the first window, click on the item once to select it. Hold down the Ctrl key, then drag the item to the new destination.

Let go of the mouse button to copy it to the new destination. You can let go of the Ctrl key too.

Copy and Paste to the New Location

Select the item you want to copy by clicking on it once.

Click EditCopy.

Navigate to the folder where you want to put the copy of the item.

Click EditPaste to finish copying the item.