Moving to Uniport

Drop a folder or a zip on Uniport and your files move in, folders and all.

Files are encrypted on your device before they upload.

From Google Drive

1. Go to Google Takeout, choose Deselect all, then tick Drive.

2. Choose Next step, then Create export. Google emails you when it’s ready.

3. Download the zip and drop it on Uniport.

Google Docs, Sheets and Slides arrive as Word, Excel and PowerPoint files. A big Drive comes as several zips: drop them all at once.

From iCloud Drive

1. On a Mac, open iCloud Drive in Finder. A folder with a cloud icon is only in iCloud: Control-click it and choose Download Now.

2. Drag the folder onto Uniport.

On Windows, open iCloud Drive in File Explorer, right-click the folder and choose Always keep on this device, then drag it onto Uniport.

Pages and Numbers files are kept as files. To edit them in Uniport, export them from Pages or Numbers as Word or Excel first.

From Dropbox or OneDrive

1. On the website, choose the folder and Download. It arrives as a zip.

2. Drop the zip on Uniport.

If the folder is already on your computer, drag it from Finder or File Explorer instead.

What becomes what

• Word, Markdown, text and web pages become documents you can edit.
• Excel, CSV and OpenDocument sheets become spreadsheets.
• PDFs are kept, ready to send for signing or to ask Uni about.
• Everything else, photos included, is kept as a file.
• Folders stay as they were.

What’s skipped, and why

Larger than 2 GB

One file can be up to 2 GB.

Empty file

There was nothing in it to keep.

Google shortcut

Open it in Google Drive and download it, then drop the download.

Not enough space

Your Uniport space is full. Get more space with Pro, then choose Continue.

Couldn’t read this file

It may be damaged, or still only in the cloud. Download it, then drop it on its own.

Hidden system files, such as .DS_Store and Thumbs.db, and the .json notes Google Photos adds beside each photo are left out.

Big moves

• Leave the tab open while files move in. You can keep working in Uniport.
• If it stops, open All files and choose Continue. Files that already moved are skipped.
• In Safari and Firefox, drop the same folder or zip again to continue.