Select the clips you want to copy in Browse or Edit mode.

The left pane allows you to navigate the folders on your computer, and the middle pane displays the contents of the selected folder

• Click a file to select it.

• Hold Shift and click the first and last file you want to select to select a range of files.

• Hold Ctrl (Windows) or ⌘ (macOS) to select multiple files.

  Click the Select button to select multiple files without using keyboard modifiers.

  An on a thumbnail indicates a clip that spans multiple files due to file-size limitations but is displayed in Catalyst Browse as a single virtual clip. After you copy a spanned AVCHD clip, the indicator is removed, and the clips are combined in a new clip that you can transcode. For more information, see "Transcoding clips."

Click the Copy button at the top of the Catalyst Browse window.

Use the Copy pane to choose a destination for your files.

1. The Copy files to box displays the path to the folder where the selected files will be copied. You can type a path in the box or choose Browse from the drop-down list to choose a folder.

   Click Go to folder to swap the source and destination folders: the Copy files to folder will be displayed in the Media Browser, and the previous Media Browser folder will be used in the Copy files to box.

   Copying to an AVCHD folder structure is not supported.

2. Select the Copy all related media radio button if you want to copy all media related to the selected clips (metadata, proxy clips, and extra files).

   Only the Copy all related media option is available when the destination volume is a Sony device.

   If you need to copy all files from a volume, you can use the Back Up Source command in Catalyst Prepare. For more information, please see "Backing up a volume" in Catalyst Prepare .

   For more information about working with FTP devices, please see " Working with FTP devices."

3. Select the Copy proxy only radio button if you want to copy only proxy-resolution clips and all media related to the selected clips (metadata, proxy clips, and extra files).

   When you edit the metadata for a proxy file, the metadata for the full-resolution clip is updated when you copy the proxy clip back to the device. For more information, see "Viewing and editing metadata."

4. Select the Copy only between mark points check box if you want to copy only the media between the in and out points when copying files. For more information, see "Marking in and out points for playback."

   The Copy only between mark points check box is available only when copying MXF clips

   Copy only between mark points is not available when copying to or from an FTP device.

5. If you want to create a file with segmented body partitions from a single body partition, select the Create Sony Professional Disc partitions or Create segmented body partitions check box. When the check box is cleared, body partitions are not modified.

   The Create Sony Professional Disc partitions / Create segmented body partitions check box is not available during FTP copy.

   Files created with segmented body partitions may not be recognized properly by some Sony camcorders, decks, or servers.

6. Select the Use fast device-to-device copy check box if you want to copy clips directly between Sony devices via FTP (FTPS protocol is not supported).

   When this check box is selected, clips are copied directly between the devices without copying to your computer.

   Device access is not available during a fast device-to-device copy:

   • Copy progress is not displayed.

   • Device-to-device copy operations cannot be canceled.

7. Select the Preserve source UMID check box if you want to preserve a clip's UMID (Unique Material Identifier) when copying it to an FTP device. When the check box is cleared, the clip's UMID may be changed when it is copied to the device.

   The Preserve source UMID check box is available when copying from a local drive to a Sony FTP device.

Click Copy.

Progress is displayed in the activity pane at the top of the Catalyst Browse window. Each copy job can contain multiple files if you have multiple files selected in step 2 above. If you have multiple jobs queued, a separate progress indicator is displayed for each job.