Re:The erosion of the Mac experience
by sodapopcan on Sunday August 21, 2022 @02:08PM
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Oh cool! I never knew that. How long has that been a thing?
In a way I actually like this better as in Windows I used to cut and every-so often I'd blow out my clipboard somehow (at least, I have memories of that... it was like 20 years ago).
Re:The erosion of the Mac experience
by kitsunesoba on Sunday August 21, 2022 @02:21PM
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Based on an archive.org snapshot[0] of an Apple support page[1], the move shortcut has been in place since at least 2015.
And yeah, the Mac way makes more sense to me too. It's a lot less likely for Command-Option-V to be fat-fingered than both Ctrl-X and Ctrl-V.
Shortcuts like this are all over the place in macOS, and have been for decades. They're usually discoverable by glancing through menus while holding down various modifier keys.
[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20151128115451/https://support.a... [1]: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201236
Re:The erosion of the Mac experience
by sodapopcan on Sunday August 21, 2022 @02:44PM
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Yeah, I know a lot of the shortcuts, though 2015 is literally 20 years since I started yearning for some kind of cut-and-paste in the Finder. I'd given up hope long before then and started living more on the command line more and more.
Copy as usual with Command-C, then at your destination move the file with Command-Option-V. This allows you to change your mind about whether you want the file to be duplicated or moved without having to first navigate back to the source and perform an additional action.