Cut and paste issue

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Cut and paste issue

I cannot cut and paste files from one folder to another in my external hard drive. Drag and drop does not work. Neither does CMD C CMD V or cMD option V. This is a fundamental item and should be much simpler to do, I cannot cut and paste files from one folder to another in my external hard drive. Drag and drop does not work. Neither does CMD C CMD V or cMD option V. This is a fundamental item and should be much simpler to do.

However I can paste the file onto my desktop. But from the desktop I cannot paste it back into the desired folder on my hard drive.

Posted on Jun 1, 2015 7:48 AM

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Jun 1, 2015 1:13 PM in response to namzie11

This has nothing to do with Pages for Mac.

You can Copy and Paste a file in a standard OSX setup.

To Cut and Paste files, install XtraFinder[free].

If you are having trouble moving files to a particular location it can be a UNIX permissions issue. Open Disk Utility and run Repair Permissions on the drive. If it persists you may be having problems with the drive. How is it formatted?

Peter

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