Cntl C -> Cntl V?

[DougY]

Ive noticed that the Cut & Paste technique that I used for many years on my PC's, doesn't work on the iMac. What is the Apple way of performing Cntl C -> Cntl V?

 

[MultiFinder17]

Command-C and Command-V. Virtually all keyboard shortcuts that perform some action use the Command key. Welcome to Macintosh 🙂

 

[Chundles]

Swap out control for command. I like to think of it as though I'm issuing the computer a command.

 

[DougY]

Thanks

Command-C and Command-V. Virtually all keyboard shortcuts that perform some action use the Command key. Welcome to Macintosh 🙂

Thank you very much

 

[HLdan]

OMG, another Cut N Paste thread? I'm sure you'll find out soon enough that it doesn't work in Finder so before you go through the trouble posting about it, just understand that there's no workaround.

 

[sammich]

Pedantic-ism: Cut is ctrl/command-X. So the OP is really asking for 'copy and paste'.

 

[tomacintosh]

Who here pushes Windows + C when they go back to an M$ world?

 

[mtnDewFTW]

It doesn't work with Control + C/V/X/etc.
You gotta press Command.
That's how it works on Macs.

And welcome 🙂

 

[Corrode]

Who here pushes Windows + C when they go back to an M$ world?

Frick, that's so annoying. Just another reason for me to avoid Windows as much as possible.

 

[Jayling]

Doug, here's a link/list of the Mac OSX Keyboard shortcuts from Apple Support. It's a good one to keep bookmarked. 🙂

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

Hope you're enjoying your first Mac!