Drag to Transfer Files Between Your Device and Laptop
| Drag to Transfer Files Between Your Device and Laptop |
After connecting your device to a laptop, you can transfer files between them to work more efficiently.
The features and operations may vary between PC Manager versions.
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Drag and Drop Files
After Multi-Screen Collaboration is established between your device and laptop, you can drag and drop files such as pictures and videos between them to make your work easier.
From device to laptop:
In the phone window on your laptop, open Gallery or Files, click and hold down on a picture or video, click and hold down on the selected files until a dragging icon displays, then drag the files to a folder or the desktop on your laptop.
In the phone window on your laptop, drag a selected picture or a segment of text and drop it in an opened document on your laptop.
For example, drag a picture or a segment of text from Notepad in the phone window, and drop it into an Office document opened on your laptop, then continue editing on your laptop.
Transfer files from your laptop to your device:
- Drag and drop a picture or video from your laptop to in the phone window on your laptop.
- Drag and drop a file from your laptop to Files in the phone window on your laptop.
The file will be saved in the folder that is open in Files, or in the Huawei Share folder by default.
Drag and drop a picture or a segment of text from your laptop to an opened document in the phone window on your laptop.
For example: Drag and drop a picture from your laptop to an opened note in the phone window, then continue editing on your device.
Use Huawei Share OneHop to Transfer Files
After Multi-Screen Collaboration is enabled between your device and laptop, you can transfer files between them using Huawei Share OneHop, without needing a data cable or any software.
Share pictures and videos
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Transfer pictures and videos from your device to your laptop:
On your device, select one or more pictures or videos in Gallery.
Tap the NFC area (near the rear camera) on the back of your device against the Huawei Share sensor of your laptop, or the area with a
label, until your device vibrates or plays a tone. The selected pictures or videos will be quickly transferred to your laptop.
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Transfer pictures from your laptop to your device:
Right-click a picture on your laptop, and use Huawei Image viewer to open it.
On your device, exit Gallery or return to the home screen, and tap your device against your laptop (in the same way as above) to transfer the picture from your laptop to your device.
Record the laptop screen:
Shake your device, and tap the NFC area (near the rear camera) on the back of your device against the Huawei Share sensor on the laptop, or the area with a
label, until your device vibrates or plays a tone. Your laptop screen will then be projected and recorded on your device.
You can also record the laptop screen by swiping down from the upper left edge of your device to display the notification panel, or touching Record computer screen.
Touch
on your device to stop the recording. The screen recording will be saved to Gallery on your device.
This feature is currently supported on Intel laptops only.
Share documents
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Transfer documents from your device to your laptop:
On your device, use Microsoft Office to open the file you wish to transfer.
Tap the NFC area (near the rear camera) on the back of your device against the Huawei Share sensor of your laptop, or the area with a
label, until your device vibrates or plays a tone. The document will then be transferred to your laptop.
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Transfer documents from your laptop to your device:
On your laptop, use Microsoft Office to open the document you wish to transfer.
On your device, exit Microsoft Office or return to the home screen, and tap your device against your laptop (in the same way as above) to transfer the document from your laptop to your device.