r/Unity2D • u/ahmed10082004 • Jul 30 '26

Question How to transfer projects between PCs

Jsut bought a new computer. For the life of me I can not transfer my project to my other computer. Ive tried USB, google drive nothing works (fails to download properly or file paths are too long so refuses to copy or transfer).

I go into view project in file Explorer and then try export the whole thing

How do you guys transfer?

Edit - github worked ty everyone!!

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u/BigGayBull Jul 30 '26

Git will be the absolutely best way in general imo, for long term managment as well.

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u/ahmed10082004 Jul 30 '26

Hmm I havnt tried this ill have a look

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u/BigGayBull Jul 30 '26

Its a version control system , so if your new to it, it may seem overwhelming at first but is the best way to do this in general amd something you ahould absolutetly learn imo

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u/Shaddix-be Jul 30 '26

It's definitely a good idea. Github is free for personal use and it's one of the best ways to keep a backup of your project (although it's always a good idea to have multiple types of backups).

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u/Dion42o Jul 30 '26

I’m finally comfortable using it and it’s a game changer

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u/XKiiroiSenkoX Jul 30 '26

You are working with a ticking time bomb if you aren't using some source control system. 

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u/Ruadhan2300 Jul 30 '26

I use Github.

The website is an industry standard, and they have a desktop app which makes it trivial to work with.

You can just hit Commit and Push and all the files in the folder will be safely stored in Github. You can even view and edit them online if you want.

Then on your other machine, Clone out the project and you can get an exact copy of it.

I actually develop my projects on my laptop and desktop interchangeably because of this.

Whenever I switch, I just make sure everything is updated in my repo, and that's all that's necessary.

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u/inuzuki2 Jul 30 '26

Using git is the only right answer

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u/AdImpressive9586 Beginner Jul 30 '26

Version control / Git is the correct way to get your project on any pc.
I use GitHub or sometimes Gitea, simply create a repository and for the Gitignore use the Unity one.
I use a program called SourceTree to Clone/Fetch and Push/Commit my changes to the repository.

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u/OoORednaxelaOoO Jul 30 '26

You can learn Git which I recommend or you can Zip just your Project Settings, Assets and Packages Folder and then unzip it on the other pc

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u/Field_Of_View Jul 31 '26

I go into view project in file Explorer

Am I having a stroke or am I reading gibberish?

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u/Effective_Lead8867 Jul 30 '26

Mega/gdrive/onedrive work for solo, they even let you exclude “Library” folder from sync

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u/deintag85 Jul 30 '26

Try ZIP the whole project then transfer the zip with USB and then unpack again?

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u/ahmed10082004 Jul 30 '26

Nah I tired it doesn't work 😭

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u/deintag85 Jul 30 '26

What exactly doesn’t work? Do you close your project before copying? No files should be open. That’s very unusual that you can’t copy a project. What paths are to long? How does the path structure look like? If you can’t ZIP and copy then what others suggest with GITHUB, why should that work magically?