The Easiest Way to Move Files Between PCs with Fences 5
Once you try it, you'll wonder how you lived without it
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 by BradSams | Discussion: Fences News
Fences is known for being the best desktop enhancement as the productivity tool helps with everything from organizing icons on your desktop to improving your project management flow. Seriously, Fences is used in all sorts of industries from at home to being used by Formula 1 teams – if you haven’t ever tried Fences, you can do so for free here.
One of my favorite use-cases for the product is to make it easy to move files between devices. If you have more than 1 PC, this is the killer feature that you should try today as it makes working on multiple devices a lot easier.
With a combination of Fences, OneDrive and a Folder Portal™ on your desktop, you can make it as easy as dragging a file on your desktop to make a document, file, or any other piece of content available on all of your other computers.
To do this, make sure you are logged into your OneDrive (a corporate version of OneDrive or SharePoint will work too) account on Windows 10 or Windows 11. Open File Explorer and navigate to your OneDrive folder and create a folder called “Transfer” or any other name that fits your preference.
With Fences installed, left click and drag a box on any open space on the desktop and when the flyout for Fences opens, click “Create Folder Portal™ Here”. In the pop-up window, select the new folder you created in your OneDrive account and place that Folder Portal™ on the desktop.
On any other PC, create the same Folder Portal™ and now, whenever you drag any file into the Folder Portal™, it will show up on every device as fast as OneDrive can sync the document which is usually less than a minute.
This is a simple but incredibly powerful way to move content between devices. Rather than emailing/Slacking/or sending a file with Teams to yourself to move a file, with this setup your workflow isn’t interrupted, and it feels like magic.
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Reply #2 Friday, August 9, 2024 8:51 AM
Great way to organize, thanks! Previously I had been syncing my entire desktop in Onedrive and each PC now has lots of clutter and irrelevant detritus. Your suggestion will clean things up nicely.
Good to hear! I turned that OneDrive feature off a long time ago as it was causing chaos across all my devices..the trasfer Folder Portal made things much better for my flow.
Reply #3 Friday, August 9, 2024 12:15 PM
Works on Dropbox. Just set it up and works great. Great tip!
Reply #4 Sunday, August 11, 2024 8:39 PM
This software just got about 50% more useful!!! Thank you for the tip!! I didn't even know Fences could do this.
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Reply #1 Friday, August 9, 2024 8:36 AM
Great way to organize, thanks! Previously I had been syncing my entire desktop in Onedrive and each PC now has lots of clutter and irrelevant detritus. Your suggestion will clean things up nicely.