diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.Base.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.Base.cs
index 3b8ace8c0d80..81081f8d1357 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.Base.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.Base.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Windows.Storage.FileProperties;
 using Windows.Storage.Streams;
+using Buffer = Windows.Storage.Streams.Buffer;
 
 namespace Windows.Storage
 {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ public virtual async Task CopyAndReplace(CancellationToken ct, IStorageFile targ
 				using (var src = await Owner.OpenStreamForReadAsync())
 				using (var dst = await target.OpenStreamForReadAsync())
 				{
-					await src.CopyToAsync(dst, 8192, ct);
+					await src.CopyToAsync(dst, Buffer.DefaultCapacity, ct);
 				}
 			}
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ public virtual async Task MoveAndReplace(CancellationToken ct, IStorageFile targ
 				using (var src = await Owner.OpenStreamForReadAsync())
 				using (var dst = await target.OpenStreamForReadAsync())
 				{
-					await src.CopyToAsync(dst, 8192, ct);
+					await src.CopyToAsync(dst, Buffer.DefaultCapacity, ct);
 				}
 
 				await Delete(ct, StorageDeleteOption.PermanentDelete);
diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.cs
index d4631489c085..392c9b20e157 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StorageFile.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ public sealed partial class StorageFile : StorageItem, IStorageFile
 		public static IAsyncOperation<StorageFile> GetFileFromPathAsync(string path)
 			=> AsyncOperation.FromTask(async ct => new StorageFile(new Local(path)));
 
+		internal static StorageFile GetFileFromPath(string path)
+			=> new StorageFile(new Local(path));
+
 		internal static StorageFile GetFileFromLocalPath(string path)
 			=> new StorageFile(new Local(path));
 
diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StreamedFileDataRequestedHandler.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StreamedFileDataRequestedHandler.cs
index 7dbd369eef3b..11084d2d2556 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StreamedFileDataRequestedHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/StreamedFileDataRequestedHandler.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace Windows.Storage
 	//	{
 	//		method ??= HttpMethod.Get;
 	//		client ??= new HttpClient();
-			
+
 	//		return req => Task.Run(() => FetchAsync(req, uri, method, client, onReady, req.CancellationToken));
 	//	}
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace Windows.Storage
 	//			if (response.Content is { } content)
 	//			{
 	//				var responseStream = await content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
-	//				await responseStream.CopyToAsync(req.AsStreamForWrite(), 8192, ct);
+	//				await responseStream.CopyToAsync(req.AsStreamForWrite(), global::Windows.Storage.Streams.Buffer.DefaultCapacity, ct);
 	//			}
 	//		}
 	//		catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/Buffer.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/Buffer.cs
index e9daa59ab704..c7f72d74ec27 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/Buffer.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/Buffer.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ namespace Windows.Storage.Streams
 {
 	public partial class Buffer : IBuffer
 	{
+		/// <summary>
+		/// A default length to use for buffer copy when none specified
+		/// </summary>
+		internal const int DefaultCapacity = 1024 * 1024; // 1M
+
 		private readonly Memory<byte> _data;
 
 		internal static Buffer Cast(IBuffer impl)
diff --git a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/StreamedUriDataLoader.cs b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/StreamedUriDataLoader.cs
index 9979ca6a2464..913016597f99 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/StreamedUriDataLoader.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UWP/Storage/Streams/StreamedUriDataLoader.cs
@@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ private async Task Download(HttpResponseMessage response, CancellationToken ct)
 				using var responseStream = await response.Content.ReadAsStreamAsync();
 				using var file = File.OpenWeak(FileAccess.Write);
 
-				var buffer = new byte[8192];
+				var buffer = new byte[Buffer.DefaultCapacity];
 				int read;
-				while ((read = await responseStream.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, 8192, ct)) > 0)
+				while ((read = await responseStream.ReadAsync(buffer, 0, Buffer.DefaultCapacity, ct)) > 0)
 				{
 					await file.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, read, ct);