Copy and paste using Voice Over

Paul Hopewell wrote:
1. Command+X for cut never seems to work. The CUT option in the Finder edit menu is always dimmed.

To quote an old joke, "it's not a bug, it's a feature!"

The Finder does not allow you to Cut an object. `This is because if there were a crash during the operation, the object might be lost both from its source and its destination. You simply have to copy the object (Command-C), then paste it (Command-V), then return to the source folder and delete the object.

2. Finder seems to always hang if I paste a file into a folder which contains a file with the same name as the file I am trying to paste. Sometimes, but not always, I get an Alert with buttons to replace the file or to stop the copy. Alas using vo keys + SpaceBar or even vo keys + Shift + SpaceBar to activate either of these buttons never seems to work.

Here the procedure requires you to interact with the Alert dialogue box three times in a row. After the first interaction, you hear "Interact with. List operation progress, group"; after the second time, you hear "Interact with. Operation progress, group, 3 items unknown"; after the third time, you hear "Interact with. Unknown. 3 items. An item named (filename) already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the one you're moving?". You can then navigate once right to the Stop button, or twice to the Replace button.

HTH