Did any of you read my post, cut is already in finder its just not under right click it exists perhaps step outside of the idea that you have to use right click to do something! Drag and drop and if the little green icon comes up to copy just hold down command key to move instead, its easy!
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How to cut/move on an Apple?
- Thread starter Imola Ghost
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Sorry, but that's not cut. That's move. Try doing that when you don't have the folders next to each other.
The benefit is not having to open two windows at the same time or dragging through multiple layers. It's just quicker, and I personally see absolutely no danger in it whatsoever.
So what it's a different name, how are you going to paste the file you just cut into a different folder without opening up another window or navigating away from it you're going to have to do the same thing in order to paste that cut. You also have spring loaded folders so you don't even have to open up another window next to it just drag it across. It will probably take you more time to cut something and paste it in windows then drag and drop in OS X
Nope, it's a different name and a different process. Cut: You right click the file and cut. You don't need any other folders to be open. Then you open the folder you want to paste to, and paste. Move: You decide you want to move a file. You have to go open another folder and make sure both folders are open next to each other, and then you can move it.
With a cut, you don't need to do anything in advance.
The added benefit of cutting/pasting in windows is provided thanks to the file explorer giving you a hierarchical tee structure, so you can easily navigate to the target folder and paste. Cutting/Pasting files is much more efficient in windows then moving files in the finder.
I maintain 20+ window servers and a high number of workstations and cutting/pasting files makes my life a whole lot easier then dragging dropping.
That's tree structure, of course. Apple came so close to that with Column View. I think they should give us a fifth option. Perhaps they could call it Disclosure View, and have the sub-folders appear below each folder that has its disclosure triangle clicked. Why not??
P.S. Than vs. then seems to be the grammatical error of the month. I usually see then when it should be than. (at least twice in this thread alone)