Upload and download files

Uploads land in the folder you're working in: the selected folder, the open file's folder, or the workspace root. Check the target before you start. See where new files and folders go.

Upload with the button

1. Select the folder you want the files in.
2. Select the upload icon (Upload files) next to New folder at the top of the sidebar.
3. Choose one or more files.

Upload by dragging

1. Select the folder you want the files in.
2. Drag files from your computer onto the file tree in the sidebar.
3. When the tree shows Drop to upload (or Drop to upload to and the folder's path), let go.

The files go into the selected folder, not the folder row you happen to drop them on. Dropping onto the document area on the right doesn't upload anything, and you can't drop whole folders.

When a file with the same name exists

If any of the files already exist in the target folder, Treehouse asks what to do before uploading anything:

• Keep both uploads the new file with a number added, such as report (1).md.
• Overwrite replaces the existing file. The old contents stay in its version history, so you can restore them.
• Skip existing uploads only the files that don't clash.
• Cancel uploads nothing.

While files upload, the sidebar shows Uploading with a count, such as 3 / 10.

Size limits

Uploads also count towards your workspace's storage and file limits. See plans and limits.

Download a file

1. Open the file.
2. Select ⋯ in the top bar, then Download.

The Info tab of the details panel has a Download button too, and files Treehouse can't preview show one in the middle of the page.

Download always gives you the current version. To get an earlier one back, restore it first.

Moving lots of files

For more than a handful of files, or whole folders, a synced folder is easier. Copy files into it with Finder or Explorer and they upload on their own, and the whole workspace is on your computer as ordinary files.

Troubleshooting

Some files failed to upload

Treehouse tells you how many failed and lists them. The rest of the batch still uploads. The usual causes are a file over your plan's size limit, a workspace that has reached its storage or file limit, or a folder dragged in by mistake. Fix the cause and upload the failed files again.

The upload button is greyed out

The workspace is read-only because its subscription has lapsed. See plans and limits.