A copy/move graphical user interface apparatus and method. The apparatus displays a graphical user interface informing a user of a current status of a copy/move operation. The graphical user interface includes progress bars indicating the progress of a current file copy/move operation as well as the overall copy/move operation. The graphic user interface further includes estimated times of completion and a listing of files that are in a copy/move queue. Additionally, the graphical user interface allows a user to modify the order in which files are copied/moved and to skip or delete files in the copy/move queue.