Cut and Paste (again)

How do we cut & paste files. I did a search and all the answers are all old (could not find how to sort by latest!). Copy and past is not good enough as I select hundreds of non contiguous files to move and if I click or tap something by mistake it is gone. (now have so many duplicates, it's incredible). Drag is not an option either as my screen is too small & again if something happens while dragging, it screws everything up. I am currently looking at buying another laptop (Windows) because of that. It drives me bonkers. It looks like it can be done in some folders, but not others (like Download).

Thanks for the great support. I found a lot of valuable information here. :)

Al