The new MacBook

Re:The new MacBook by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @10:32AM (#9177886)

OSX still doesn't have cut & paste for files, which is utterly ridiculous IMO. Keyboard support for Finder is all-round lacking.

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Re:The new MacBook by ashearer on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @12:32PM (#9178640)

The latest software has several deficiencies, but this isn't one of them.

Copy, then hold down the Option key while pasting, by keyboard or menu. In the Edit menu, "Paste Item" will change to "Move Item Here".

Even though it's not as discoverable as it should be, this is a well-reasoned UI move on Apple's part. Even on Windows, cut & paste has different semantics for files than for text, and this solution sidesteps the weird "cut-in-progress" mode and inability to paste again.

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Re:The new MacBook by oneeyedpigeon on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @04:53PM (#9180546)

I stand informed. Thank you very much.

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Re:The new MacBook by UVB-76 on Tuesday March 10, 2015 @10:55AM (#9178008)

Hold Cmd when dragging and dropping to move files (i.e. 'Cut and paste', which is a daft name for it)

If the folder you're moving to isn't readily available just Cmd+N to open a new window, etc.

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Re:The new MacBook by hipertracker on Wednesday March 11, 2015 @08:03PM (#9188339)

With XtraFinder it has cut & paste, and much more http://www.trankynam.com/xtrafinder/

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