Dear All,
We are evaluating the Mac OS, to assess the pros and cons of a switch. This is one of 2 major problems our secretarial pool has identified as needing to be resolved. Without the option to cut, and then paste a single file, or multiple files, or even entire folders, there is an enormous hit in productivity.
the major problem is when you wish to move multiple files at one time. Currently, it requires returning over and over to the same folders, and laboriously resorting, re-identifying and then deleting the copied files. It is impossible to remember accurately multiple file names, and, frankly, it is silly to need to.
Within Windows, you simply select files to move by holding down 'control', and then cut and past those files into a new folder. Even Linux can handle this.
The are hundreds of reasons, when in a business setting with numerous administrative staff managing hundreds of interlinked projects, that you need to quickly and easily rearrange how files and folders are classified, inlcuding changing how files are grouped. This has already caused major problems, as duplicates unknowingly have been created (i.e. not remembering to delete all moved files) which has caused secretaries on different shifts or teams to open the 'old' but still present version of the file. Change are then made on 2 files, wasting enormous amounts of time to then go back and reconcile changes.
It would be nice if folks offered a practical workaround to this. It is not reasonable to expect hard-working admin staff, or professional staff, to waste time on this, when the solution is to include such a basic file management option. It is, frankly, shameful that there is such a resistance to even offering this time-saving option. Or is that everyone feels secretaries and others who work in the services industry are too unimportant to bother with?
If command+X works for text, it obviously could work for file management. How about public health workers and staff a break?
Is there an easily understood workaround (i.e. for those who have a full time job to do,in stead of wasting time relearning, so that we cut and paste as in a Linux, dos or windows environment?
Thank you
Tom
We are evaluating the Mac OS, to assess the pros and cons of a switch. This is one of 2 major problems our secretarial pool has identified as needing to be resolved. Without the option to cut, and then paste a single file, or multiple files, or even entire folders, there is an enormous hit in productivity.
the major problem is when you wish to move multiple files at one time. Currently, it requires returning over and over to the same folders, and laboriously resorting, re-identifying and then deleting the copied files. It is impossible to remember accurately multiple file names, and, frankly, it is silly to need to.
Within Windows, you simply select files to move by holding down 'control', and then cut and past those files into a new folder. Even Linux can handle this.
The are hundreds of reasons, when in a business setting with numerous administrative staff managing hundreds of interlinked projects, that you need to quickly and easily rearrange how files and folders are classified, inlcuding changing how files are grouped. This has already caused major problems, as duplicates unknowingly have been created (i.e. not remembering to delete all moved files) which has caused secretaries on different shifts or teams to open the 'old' but still present version of the file. Change are then made on 2 files, wasting enormous amounts of time to then go back and reconcile changes.
It would be nice if folks offered a practical workaround to this. It is not reasonable to expect hard-working admin staff, or professional staff, to waste time on this, when the solution is to include such a basic file management option. It is, frankly, shameful that there is such a resistance to even offering this time-saving option. Or is that everyone feels secretaries and others who work in the services industry are too unimportant to bother with?
If command+X works for text, it obviously could work for file management. How about public health workers and staff a break?
Is there an easily understood workaround (i.e. for those who have a full time job to do,in stead of wasting time relearning, so that we cut and paste as in a Linux, dos or windows environment?
Thank you
Tom
