Pretty cool. I never looked in the menu when I was actually copying and moving. I will have to check this out.
So there are ways to see how to do it once you already know how to do it. I will write to Apple about it. They are always very professional, whether you are asking about a new feature, reporting a bug, or whatever. > On Apr 14, 2023, at 4:25 PM, Brad Snyder <[email protected]> wrote: > > When in Finder, Move will appear in the Edit menu if you hold down the Option > key while Paste is in focus, and an item has previously been selected using > copy (CMD + C). > > HTH. > > - Brad - > > > > On Apr 14, 2023, at 14:07, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes, that was my concern. As VoiceOver users, most of us depend on the > keyboard commands more than the average sighted person does. So generally, I > assume that they are accurate in the menus, whether they are dimmed or not, > whether they are consistent with other parts of the operating system or not. > I usually go to the menus to get this kind of information and rely on its > accuracy and usability. So it would be nice if Apple would at least add move > to the edit menu in the Finder, but it is up to them. I will keep copying > and moving my folders and files with Command c followed by command option V, > whether it ever shows up in the menus or not! > > > > > >> On Apr 13, 2023, at 9:29 PM, Jonathan Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Mary, >> My reading from your last message is that you want to know why there is a >> cut command in the Edit menu of Finder and yet it does not work. >> This is for consistency sake, when one creates a program in MacOs, the >> system provides some default menus. >> The Apple, Application, File, Edit Window and Help menus are available in in >> all applications, and most of the items within those menus are also standard >> and have default positions. All the developer can do is disable items that >> are not relevant like cut in the Finder, or copy and cut when nothing is >> selected. >> >> Every Macintosh since 1991 has had an Edit menu with Cut Copy and Paste in >> that order and for probably the last 20 years, the Undo and Re-Do commands >> were added above the cut command. If you look at the Edit menu in the finder >> it should say, cut dimmed, this means that the cut operation is not >> currently available. >> >> Cheeers! >> Jonathan Cohn >> >> >> >>> On Apr 13, 2023, at 8:28 PM, 'Mary Ward' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> I don’t know why I am still seeing cut command x in the edit menu of my >>> Finder. I am running Ventura 13.3.1. Am I somehow doing something wrong? >>> Anyway, I do know to copy and move files and do it all the time. I just >>> don’t understand why I see cut in the edit menu in the finder. It seems >>> sort of weird. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Apr 13, 2023, at 7:23 PM, 'Devin Prater' via MacVisionaries >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> The commands are correct. Command C to copy. Command + Option + V to move >>>> instead of paste. >>>> >>>> On 4/13/2023 5:43 PM, Rebecca Sabo wrote: >>>>> Hi , >>>>> Maybe I was not clear. I want to cut a document and move it to a folder. >>>>> What is the command for it? I tried doing a command x and it did not do >>>>> it. I do not no if I did something wrong. >>>>> Thanks >>>>> Becky >>>>> >>>>>> On Apr 13, 2023, at 4:17 PM, Herbie Allen <[email protected] >>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Command C to copy and Command Option V to move to the folder. >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Apr 13, 2023, at 17:14, Rebecca Sabo <[email protected] >>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>> I was wondering what is the command to cut a document to move it to a >>>>>>> folder in documents? Thanks >>>>>>> Becky Sabo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, >>>>>>> or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact >>>>>>> the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list >>>>>>> itself. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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