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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by robertoandred on Monday May 24, 2021 @12:40PM (#27266515)
Cmd-X would be inconsistent with every other move/copy action on the Mac. Option is the modifier that switches between them.

And what is the "correct" way to go up a folder? What would be easier or more discoverable than Go -> Enclosing Folder?

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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by tsimionescu on Monday May 24, 2021 @01:31PM (#27267245)
A button? Even Unix considers that accessing the parent dir is a fundamental operation that deserves a dedicated file in the API (..) .
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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by robertoandred on Monday May 24, 2021 @05:54PM (#27270139)
File in the API?
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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by tsimionescu on Tuesday May 25, 2021 @01:45AM (#27273140)
Well, .. is not exactly a file, but it's not exactly an API either, right?
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