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drag/drop copies does not move from parent folder to child subfolder.

I have a dash cam with front and rear cameras. I want to keep the "B" footage and move it to a subfolder within the same folder as where both A and B clips reside. When I do a search for b.mov within CAMERA folder and then drag the results to the subfolder REAR within parent folder CAMERA it copies them not just move. I now have two copies.

I swear I have done this 40 times and this is the first time this has happened. I can work around, but I don't know why I should have to. Did I change a preference somewhere?

This is on a USB external drive that I have copied the contents of the Dash Cam SD card to USB drive CAMERA folder.

If I do it a few files at a time, I get the expected results - If I do them all, that is when it copies not just move.

Thank you for your time.

Mac mini, macOS 11.5

Posted on Sep 11, 2021 8:46 AM

drag/drop copies does not move from parent folder to child subfolder.

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