It is possible with a simple Service created in Automator:
The complete AppleScript:
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Finder"
try
set destfol to choose folder with prompt "Select a destination folder:"
on error
return
end try
end tell
return destfol
end run
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 13.3
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or with the items selected, press command+C, moving to the destination and pressing option+command+V.
This seems like a waste of scripting when the Finder allows one to select a mixture of files and folders, then right-click and copy to the clipboard, followed by changing to the destination folder and pressing the option key with a right-click, Move nn items.
Here's a Script for moving a whole folder of items...
tell application "Finder"
activate
set source_folder to choose folder with prompt "Please choose the Source-Folder:" default location ((path to home folder) as alias)
set source_files to every file in source_folder
set target_folder to choose folder with prompt "Please choose the Taget-Folder:" default location (":Applications:" as alias)
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in source_files
set source_file to (item i of source_files)
move source_file to (target_folder) -- use "copy source_file to folder (target_folder as alias)" to copy the files
end repeat
set question to display dialog " Files have been moved."
end tell
You should be able to modify that for one file.:)
Thank you. Your script may be useful in certain context but it does work with a simple right-click on selected items. The Service I posted is designed to be used in situations such as cleaning the desktop and is much easier to use in those cases. And it can also move a folder or any mixed number of files and folders that may be selected in the Finder.
This, and the method suggested by VikingOSX, are the methods that I have been always using since the disappearance of the wonderful FinderPop to which I was addicted for too many years.
I find the service "Move to" much faster, although I agree that it is far from optimal.
What I really wish (and what is missing in the Service I posted) is a way to reach the destination folder by navigating thru successive menus that pop up from the initial contextual menu by just hovering over with the pointer without the need of any click (except the final one).
If anybody has a suggestion as to how could that be achieved in a simple way I would be extremely glad to hear it.
Unless an alternative file manager such as Path Finder suits your purpose I have no other ideas.
Move a file using right click menu?
