I would only like to add that it was possible to use command+Option+v to move files even so far back as the final release of Snow Leopard.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Aug 21, 2012, at 3:28 PM, Esther <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex and Others, > > If you want to cut and paste files and folders with Command-x and Command-V, > the moveAddict software I mentioned in my reply is on sale at the Mac App > Store for $1.99 today as part of a developer promotion called "Two Dollar > Tuesday". While this app was introduced before the ability to cut and paste > files arrived in Lion, moveAddict does also have another feature: "Merge > folders. While moving files, if moveAddict detects that you are trying to > replace a folder, it lets you choose whether you want to completely replace > the folder or merge the two." > > This application is normally $7.99, but is $1.99 today. Here's the link to > this version in the Mac App Store: > • moveAddict by Kapeli > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moveaddict/id404213171?ls=1&mt=12 > There's also a free, lite version that works only on single files: > • moveAddict Lite > http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moveaddict-lite/id418870366?s=1&mt=12 > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Aug 18, 2012, at 18:41, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> In Lion and above cutting and pasting files is supported with the "move" >> option. You select your file or files, copy to clipboard with Command-C, >> then move them to a new location with Command-Option-V. For earlier version >> of Mac OS X, we used the "moveAddict" application, which did, indeed, use >> Command-X to cut and Command-V to paste. That's still an option if you want >> to purchase it from the Mac App Store. (There is also a free, lite version >> of moveAddict if you only want to move one file at a time.) >> >> I should add that I haven't been using moveAddict in Lion -- only in Snow >> Leopard -- and I didn't purchase the version from the App Store. So I can't >> check directly on the App Store experience with this utility. (The >> developer set up a separate VoiceOver friendly installation that you could >> download from the web site). >> >> I'll paste in the description of pasting files from Mac OS X Hints (July >> 2011): >> Source: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=201107211337186 >> <begin quote> >> Lion introduces a long-requested 'copy and move' command in Finder, similar >> to 'cut and paste' in Windows Explorer. >> >> To move files in Finder first press Command+C to copy the selected files, >> then press Command+Option+V to move the copied files to the current folder. >> <end quote> >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Aug 18, 2012, at 17:52, Alex Hall wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I can copy and paste items just fine. Why, though, is cut (cmd-x) always >>> dimmed? I am on my mac partition, so it isn't anything with write >>> permission. This seems an odd feature to be lacking. Thanks. >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
