how to move not copy

[Tex-Twil]

Oh does it, I'll have to take another look at it. I tried it back in version 2 or 3 (I forget at this point)

I found it a bit slow, hopefully there's no performance issues now.

yep it does. According to the changelog there have been several "speed improvements". I personally don't see any speed difference between PathFinder and Finder.

 

[cybershark]

I like to move it!

If command key doesn't do the job:

• Click main folder in hierarchy [do not click hard drive]
• Right click > Get Info
• Click padlock > bottom right corner of box
• Type > password
• Click > read and write - everyone.
• Click > Gearwheel next to padlock
• Click > apply to enclosed contents
• Close and exit box

Now Command key should work ... Move entire folders w/o copying!

Warning: if you use this procedure on your hard drive you will have a heart attack!
... please don't click hard drive ... click only Folders!

Permissions are a pain in the rear.

Permitted "everyone" because even though I'm logged in as "admin," OSX still
proceeds to 'mother' me. This is a quick fix until I get more time some other year.

 

[PermaHeretic]

Go up a level in the folder hierarchy, and then select that folder. Then use the command key to move it.

But if you do this, what happens if you already have a folder with the same name? Doesn't it replace it - and therefore lose any different files in it?

I want to be able to move the contents of a folder to a folder with the same name, and not have to delete it as a separate action. Holding the Command button doesn't 'Move' it still 'Copies'. Then I can't be 100% sure I have completed the operation, so I have to go to the new folder, check they've moved (and I can't necessarily see at a glance, if there are a lot of files), then go back and delete them, by which time they are not selected any more.

If I 'Move' the files (as in Microsoft's File Explorer) I can see the operation has worked, because the files I have moved have gone. Surely it must be possible to do this on a Mac?