In the action Menu, I am not seeing the option MOVE FILE.
This seems really weird.
Is it true one can only copy the document and paste it into another folder?
This seems to create unnecessary work because then I've got to go back and delete the old file.
Thanks to all and Happy Holidays.
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MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.1
If you drag and drop to a folder in the same drive, it moves. It has always been that way.
It is a quite simple operation, because the file does not go anywhere, what changes are which folders (actually, directories) point to the location of the file.
Moving from one drive to another is a completely different thing.
You can hold down the COMMAND key and do a move instead of a copy; but what happens is that,
behind the scenes, the file IS copied, and then the original is deleted by the system.
If need be, I prefer to copy the file manually and then delete the original. If the copy phase fails, for some reason, you may lose data.
"You shouldn't feel insulted. I have no way of knowing what. you know already or don't know. " I tend to feel it better to over estimate what someone knows until they tell me otherwise, so that I don't insult them by under estimating their knowledge. However this is also very off topic so lets not go down that rabbit hole ether.
As it so happens Luis Sequeria1 has given the best answer to my question and I thank him.
Are you not referring to Finder, but rather Automator or Shortcuts actions?
No, on my sonoma install, I am tying to move apps I don't use to a sub folder but no mater what I do it makes links. It is very frustrating.
Here's a tip: don't try organise the applications folder. If you want to organise things into folders you can do that with Launchpad, on the Dock or simply access applications by Search.
Finder
Can I move Files instead of copying in the Action Menu on my MacBook Pro?
