How to Copy/Move Files between Amazon S3 Buckets

With CS Browser Freeware you can easily copy and move files between Amazon S3 Buckets. Below you will find detailed instructions explaining how to copy/move files and folders from one Amazon S3 Bucket to another.

To Copy/Move files from one Amazon S3 Bucket to another:

Open the source bucket and select files and/or folders you want to Copy or Move
Click Files, Copy if you want to Copy these files or Files, Cut if you want to Move these files.
Select files and folders you want to copy or move between buckets and click Files, Copy or Files, Cut
Open the destination bucket (and folder if necessary) and click Files, Paste
Open the destination bucket and click Files, Paste, or press Ctrl+V.
CS Browser will copy or move selected files.
Files list will be refreshed when file copying or moving is completed.
Files copied between buckets
If you need to copy large amount of files, this operation may take a while. You may significantly speed up file copying with CS Browser Pro. It provides better concurrency support thus processes your files much more faster.

Copy or move using drag and drop

Within the same CS Browser window and account, select files or folders and drag them onto a destination folder in the files list or a bucket in the left-hand bucket list. You can also drop onto an empty area of the files list to use the current folder, or onto .. to use its parent folder.

Copy to another bucket

Select the files and drag them onto the destination bucket. Dragging copies items by default. The destination is highlighted, and a plus sign on the cursor indicates that the files will be copied when you release the mouse button.

Selected files dragged onto another bucket with the copy cursor — Drag selected files onto the destination bucket to copy them. The cursor shows a plus sign.

Move to another bucket

To move the selected files, hold Shift while dragging them onto a destination bucket or folder. In this example, the highlighted website-assets bucket is the destination. The move cursor has no plus sign. Keep Shift held when you release the mouse button.

Selected files dragged onto another bucket with the move cursor — Hold Shift and drop onto the highlighted bucket to move the selected files.

Hold Ctrl to copy; Ctrl also takes precedence if Shift is held. Hold the pointer near the top or bottom edge of the list to scroll while dragging.

How to Copy/Move Files between Amazon S3 Buckets

To Copy/Move files from one Amazon S3 Bucket to another:

Copy or move using drag and drop

Copy to another bucket

Move to another bucket

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