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== Copying to a USB drive from the Sugar Journal ==  
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How to copy from the [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|Sugar Journal]] to a  USB drive.
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* Insert your USB drive, being careful not to move the USB drive that is already there,
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* Display the Journal, by either pressing F5 once, or pressing <alt-tab> until the Journal appears, or by clicking on the Journal icon in the '''Home''' view.
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* On the bottom left in the tray of the Journal is a Journal icon, and icons for other disk drives mounted or attached to the computer.
* Click on the Journal icon.
* Click on the entry you want to copy,
* Hold down the left mouse button, move the mouse to the icon for the target USB drive, and then release the left mouse button. The copy should begin.


== Exporting/Importing files from the sugar-journal with Drag-Drop using a 2nd USB-stick==
'''Note: After user feedback this page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION'''
:I will try to simplify the examples to clarify How to use Drag-Drop in Sugar--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 22:22, 19 January 2012 (EST)


*A Booted Trisquel 5.0-sugar CD was used for these examples
::Note these screen-shots were Drag-Dropped to a 2nd USB-stick
::Copied from the USB to another Computer and uploaded to the Sugarlabs.wiki
::Where it was inserted into this page
===Export from the Sugar Journal===
*import and export items from the sugar [[Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Laptop_Experience/The_Journal|'''journal''']]  Using this procedure :
*You need a 2nd USB-stick inserted in a USB slot before you begin.
:'''A USB-stick is required to be inserted for this to work.'''
*Click on the journal icon under the XO Avitar centered in the f3 (Home) screen.
[[File:Screenshot_of_Home_DD.png|500px]]
*move the mouse cursor to the center of the screen.
*In the left bottom of the sugar screen will be 2 USB icons
:Journal
:2nd USB
*click on a file in the journal listing that pops up when you click on the journal icon in the left bottom corner;
:hold down the mouse as you drag the entry to the 2nd USB Icon next to it on the bottom left corner.
*release the mouse button when you are over the 2nd USB Icon and a + will appear.
[[File:Screenshot_of_Journal_dd.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Journal_dd.png|500px]]
*click on the 2nd USB icon
* Click on the icon for the USB drive, the contents are listed showing the copied item.
:Its contents are listed showing the transferred files
 
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_2nd_USBdd.png|500px]]
*Safely remove the 2nd USB-stick
 
== Copying to the Sugar Journal from a USB drive ==
 
* Display the Journal.
* Click on the icon for the source disk 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. The copy should 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 a portable USB drive.
 
* Display the Journal,
* Right-click on the USB drive icon, and click on '''Remove'''.
[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
[[File:Screenshot_of_Sugar_Journal_Pop_upDD.png|500px]]
*Click on "Remove:
* Take the USB drive out of the computer, being careful to only take out the USB drive that went through the '''Remove''' step.
 
:This is an an example of how '''Drag-Drop''' to/from a 2nd USB-stick is done.


===Import to Sugar Journal===
== Conversion ==
:Export in reverse
*click on a file from the list on the 2nd USB that pops up when you click on it's icon in the left bottom corner.
*Hold Down the mouse button as you drag the file with the mouse to the journal icon in the bottom left corner. A + will appear as it is added to the journal.
*When you go to the (f3) Home  Screen and click on the journal the new item will be in the journal.
: If the file was an activity.xo file. It will be automatically installed.
*NOTE: The drag-drop process in sugar does a hidden conversion of the journal files to ones that will work on a USB. It seems to be the only way to do an import/export in Sugar.


===Notes===
The drag-drop copy in Sugar converts the Journal files to ones that will work on a USB.
*[[Talk:Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Drag-Drop#How_to_Make_screen-shots_on_a_Mac| How to take Screen Shots on a Mac]] Useful for sugar applications running in VirtualBox for OSX
*Comment: An important use case for the Keep button. How do we store just the image, without the software state? Some Activities, including Turtle Art, have a button for this purpose.


* '''Use the ← left________________________right → links in the colored bar below
*Or from the terminal using sugar-install-bundle.
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== Copy to/from Journal Scripts ==
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* [[OLPC:Copy to and from the Journal]]
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