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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by lloeki on Monday May 24, 2021 @01:57PM (#27267592)
> - There's no easy way to cut a file/folder (Cmd-x doesn't work)

CMD+C then CMD+ALT+V

I think of it not as copy-paste vs cut-paste but mark-copy vs mark-move.

It makes it consistent with drag and drop where alt is the modifier for copy vs move (the default depending on whether it's same disk vs another one)

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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by mlindner on Monday May 24, 2021 @02:26PM (#27267922)
There's no Alt key on a Mac.
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Re:How Intuitive Are Macs Really? by Tagbert on Monday May 24, 2021 @03:13PM (#27268506)
Option/Alt
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