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Amen to that. I find it clumsy to require two finder windows open to move a file between them. Why not cut a file from one directory, open another directory,
by alejohausner 11y ago
Amen to that. I find it clumsy to require two finder windows open to move a file between them. Why not cut a file from one directory, open another directory, and paste it there? Ugh!
- dmart 11y agoMost people don't seem to know this, but you basically can cut and paste in the Finder. First copy the files you want, then move them instead of pasting (Command-Option-V). This gives you the same behavior without the confusion/danger of the files being lost in limbo between cutting and pasting, which I think is honestly better UX design.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoIn windows if you don't paste the files somewhere they just go back to their original location like they were never "cut" in the first place. Cutting without pasting is not a dangerous or destructive operation.
- sirn 11y agoI think the OP means in all other apps, cutting means removing the selection and put it in the clipboard until it is pasted somewhere. Windows Explorer override this behavior by turning cut into move, which break the semantic and may create confusion that the file might go away if user didn't choose to paste it, if user have used cut in other program but not Explorer.