Tutorials/Copy with drag & drop

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Copying to USB drive from the Sugar Journal

How to copy from the Sugar Journal to a second USB drive.

  • Insert your second USB drive, being careful not to move the USB drive that is already there,
  • Display the journal, by either pressing f5 once, or pressing alt-tab until the journal appears, or by clicking on the journal icon on the home screen.
  • On the bottom left of the journal will be an icon for the journal, and an icon for the USB drive,
  • Click on the journal icon,
  • Click on the file you want to copy,
  • Hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse to the icon for the USB drive, and then release the left mouse button, and the copy will begin,

Screenshot of Journal dd.png

  • Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed showing the copied file,

Screenshot of 2nd USBdd.png

Copying to Sugar Journal from USB drive

  • Display the journal,
  • Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed,
  • Click on the file you want to copy,
  • Hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse to the icon for the journal, and then release the left mouse button, and the copy will begin,
  • Click on the icon for the journal, the contents are listed showing the copied file.

If the file was an activity.xo file, it will be automatically installed, and will appear in the home view.

Safely remove a USB drive

How to safely remove the second USB drive.

  • Display the journal,
  • Right-click on the second USB drive icon, and click on "Remove",

Screenshot of Sugar Journal Pop upDD.png

  • Take the USB drive out of the computer, being careful not to take out a USB drive that was already there.

Conversion

The drag-drop copy in sugar converts the journal files to ones that will work on a USB.


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