Moving files to Lacie hd

[robbes]

My wish is to move files from my startup disk to the Lacie hd. When I do a drag and drop, the files end up being copied to the Lacie, which is not what I want, cause the original now has the cloud symbol (in one case, another not) which kind of confuses me. But mostly all the crap I wanted to move is still on start up, and I'm a little hesitant to delete even though there is a copy on the Lacie. Anyhow, would appreciate any pointers on this...thanks.

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

If you hold the Command key down, then click and drag the file to the LaCie, it will move the file instead of copy. If you are getting a small blue cloud symbol, it sounds like you are running at least macOS Sierra, and have iCloud Drive setup with the option for Desktop & Documents Folders enabled. If you copy a file to the LaCie, you can delete it from your Mac. However, for safety and backup reasons, you should have a second external hard drive to make a Time Machine or other backup of your Mac's internal drive AND the LaCie drive. It's not a question of if the drives will fail, but when.

Hope that helps,

C