I just purchased Moveaddict and I love it. I'm running snowleopard. On Aug 21, 2012, at 5:12 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
> 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. -- 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.
