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You can move a file with shortcut keys but (very counter-intuitively) it's more paste while cutting rather than cut and paste. Hit Command+c like a copy but ins
by brazzledazzle 3y ago
You can move a file with shortcut keys but (very counter-intuitively) it's more paste while cutting rather than cut and paste. Hit Command+c like a copy but instead of Command+v hit Command+Option+v.
Add it to the long list on macOS and iOS of things Apple provides but are unintuitive and difficult/impossible to discover on your own.
- dwaite 3y agoTo be fair, what is meant to happen if you cut one file and then cut a second one? Look for the first in the trash?
- alpaca128 3y agoCut only marks files until they are finally moved with Ctrl-V or replaced by another selection (or the user closes the window)
- java-man 3y agoThe whole idea of the Option key fails discoverability principle.
- hhh 3y agodude its just the alt key
- bobbylarrybobby 3y agoCutting removes the original content and puts it on the clipboard. If you could really cut a file, it would have to disappear until you pasted it somewhere.
- brazzledazzle 3y agoIn windows it just marks the file for cutting (transparent/greyed out state). If you cancel the cut (say by copying or cutting something else) it removes the mark.