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the only possible thing I can think of that can explain this is that if you cut and then forget about the item, it just disappears eventually (reboot, copy othe
by philsnow 5y ago
the only possible thing I can think of that can explain this is that if you cut and then forget about the item, it just disappears eventually (reboot, copy other item, whatever).
that's one thing when it's copied text from some web page, but quite another when it's a file or folder.
- geraltofrivia 5y agoI'm not sure if other OS's do this. If you cut something on Windows Explorer (files or folders), they get somewhat greyed out. If you then paste them somewhere, they move. If you don't -- as in, you restart the computer, cut something else etc, the files stop being greyed out and return to their normal color. It's intuitive, and you don't lose your files.
- dsego 5y agoAfaik, no OSs would delete the file once it's marked as cut. But there is a chance you accidentally move a file, which is worse than accidentally copying/duplicating one. In the latter case you just delete it but for moving you now need to figure out the original location.