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| The File Manager - Data Transfer

The top level or Desktop displays a list of devices (if more than one is connected,) some file sets, the History and Bookmark lists and the available disk volumes.
Click on an icon to open it in place (if it is a folder,) that is, to move down a level in the folder hierarchy. Click the up/down arrows icon above the list to go back to the previous location.
Click on any portion of the current path above a list to navigate to that location.
The row of buttons above the list provides additional navigation help.
Next to the Refresh button (which updates the list,) is the Desktop button which gets you back to the top level. Then comes the Options menu, followed by the Device Paths and Disk Paths menus and the Bookmarks and History menus. A selection in any of them will switch the listing to the chosen location.
Open the source folder in one list and the destination folder in the other list to transfer files and folders between them. You can also drag files and folders from a browser, iPhoto, iTunes or the Finder into a list, but you cannot drag items out of the list into other programs (including the Finder.)
Double-click on an icon to open a file in an external editor appropriate for the file type, such as Photoshop or TextEdit. Grab an icon and drag it to the other list to copy the file or folder.
Note 1: unlike the Finder, you cannot drop items onto a folder - items will be copied into the list that you dragged them to.
Note 2: when you drag items to another folder, you will not be warned about existing files and folders!
The left column is the selection column. Check or uncheck items; when you drag any one of them, the whole selection will be moved.
Click on a name to show more information about an item.
The information will show up below the right list. Click on the 'Permissions' link to edit the permissions or on the 'Update' link to get the current information from the device.
Double-click on the name to edit it.
Many items have a popup menu next to them which offer additional functions that apply to the specific item.
There is a preview column which displays preview thumbnails for images or a speaker to play sound files.
A click on a pencil icon switches you to the View & Edit tab and the appropriate editor - image, sound, and text files or XML fields can be edited.
A click on a Finder symbol opens that folder in the Finder.
A click on a lightning icon launches an application on the phone or executes a script file.
The right most column is the drop in column for files. When you drag another file onto this icon, the contents of the file will be replaced, while its name will remain the same.
For folders, this column displays an arrow - a click on it will open the folder in the adjacent list.