DHIVA LABS · LEARN

Appearance

Beginner guide ​

This guide moves your things from an old computer to a new one over Wi-Fi. You start on the old computer, finish on the new one, and end with a receipt of what arrived.

What you need ​

  • Clone Studio installed on both computers. See Install.
  • Both computers switched on, plugged into power, and connected to the same Wi-Fi or network.
  • Both computers in front of you.

No shared network? Use a network cable or a USB drive instead.

On the old computer ​

  1. Open Clone Studio and select This is my OLD computer.

    Clone Studio looks through your files and adds up their sizes. Big folders take a moment.

  2. Under What should move over?, pick a mode.

    Recommended is right for most people: apps, files and settings. Safe Transfer moves only apps and personal files. See What is and is not moved.

  3. Under How should the two computers talk?, select Over Wi-Fi / network.

  4. Wait for Ready and waiting. The screen shows a 6-digit code.

    Leave this screen open.

On the new computer ​

  1. Open Clone Studio and select This is my NEW computer.

  2. Select Over Wi-Fi / network, the same option as on the old computer.

  3. When the old computer appears, select it.

  4. Under Type the code, enter the 6-digit code shown on the old computer's screen.

    Both computers show that they are connected.

  5. On Review what's coming, untick anything you do not want on this computer.

  6. Select Bring it over.

While it runs ​

You can leave both computers alone. Keep both switched on until it finishes.

If something interrupts the transfer, Clone Studio shows Paused — nothing was lost. Select Back to the start and go through the same steps again. Files that already arrived are not sent twice.

When it finishes ​

The new computer shows Welcome to your new computer! with a receipt:

  • how many files moved and how long it took
  • Everything double-checked: Verified
  • Files that need another pass, if any could not be copied

If your apps came over as a list, select Install my apps now. See Finish on the new computer.

Select Finish.

What you learned ​

  • The old computer chooses what to send; the new computer reviews it and can refuse items.
  • The 6-digit code links exactly these two computers.
  • Nothing is removed from the old computer, and nothing already on the new one is overwritten.

Next steps ​