A way to cut instead of copy and paste

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A way to cut instead of copy and paste

Is there a way of cutting and pasting files/folders well anything really.

For instance, say if I wanted to drag a folder to another drive in my Mac Pro. It copies ok, although I am left with the original folder in its original position, as well as the folder on the new drive (which I want).

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Message was edited by: ekaton

Mac Pro 2 x 2.66 GHz Duel-Core Logic 9.1, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Jun 22, 2010 10:16 AM

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JaimieV

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Jun 22, 2010 10:21 AM in response to ekaton

The Finder does not allow cutting of files, it only uses copy/paste.

You can drag stuff and force a move instead of a copy by holding "cmd". When you press cmd you'll see the green + that indicates a copy will be made disappear.

(Inversely, you can force a copy by holding alt, if you would otherwise get a move)

You can also use third-party Finder substitutes which do use the cut command - eg Path Finder.

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