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I've noticed many times now that the 'Cut' (like copy and paste) feature always seems to be greyed out. Is there a reason for that?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
Just btw, I'm not suggesting that the copy and paste functions are also greyed out, I was just making clear which 'cut' feature I was talking about.
Hmmm interesting. I didn't notice that~~ but I'm sure the cut function is still working because I still can use it on my Apple Mail.
I usually do copy & paste or cut & paste using shortcut....
Such as command + X then command + V
or
command + C then command + V
I just realized that when you copy and paste something in Lion, it actually does a cut and paste (I think). You can see that this is the case by copying something to a different location and then deleting the original (preferably empty the trash as well). The original will also be gone. The annoying thing is that even though this is a cut-paste, the original does not disappear from its position. That also explains how the copying is so much faster, since cutting and pasting just takes a pointer switch.
Answer by Wade Wheeler here:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1233989?answerId=5826519022#5826519022
Cheers!
If you want to move files in the Finder, you can now Copy (Cmd+C) and Move Item (Cmd+Option+V) in Lion. This is the same functionality as Windows Cut & Paste in the Explorer.
Why is the 'Cut' option always greyed out in Lion?
