The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.
You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.
The Apple Support Community will permanently close on November 20, 2026. Starting today, the site will no longer accept new posts and is available in a read-only state.
You can continue to find trusted guidance and support on the official Apple Support site.
We want to thank the community members who have contributed their time and expertise to help others with their Apple products.
I would like to cut and paste files in finder. It's quite awkward/inefficient having to open source and target locations in finder to drag the files with the mouse to the new location. However, cmd-x and cmx-v does not work, the computer just makes a sound. Is there a tool or a setting that I can install/change to make it work?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.2
cmd-c followed by opt-cmd-v to move a file.
Your keyboard shortcut is relegated to MS Windows. Apple does it differently. What Matti Haveri said, or simply drag and drop in Finder.
cmd-x and cmd-v for moving files in finder?
