[nabs-l] Moving Files and folders on the Mac?

[T. Joseph Carter]

With Lion, you can Cmd-C to copy files, then Cmd-Option-V to Move 
files to their destination.  Supposedly this makes more sense than 
Cut/Paste since the files are not actually removed until they are 
created in the destination spot.  If power is lost to the computer 
(or otherwise the system crashes) after a Cut and before a Paste, 
what happens to the files on Windows systems?  I’m certain they 
aren’t deleted, but how do you explain where they’ve been moved to a 
non-technical user?

The Mac (and UNIX) way is simple: The files are where they were, and 
they’re not removed from where they were until after they’ve been 
properly relocated.  Either by linking the inode (UNIX nerd for "the 
place where the file is located on the hard drive) to the new 
directory before unlinking it from the old, or by creating a fresh 
copy of the file when that’s not possible (across hard drives).

Hence Copy and an option to turn Paste into Paste and Move the 
Original Here.

Joseph - kf7qzc


On Mon, Aug 01, 2011 at 09:53:03PM -0400, Nallym Bravo wrote:
>Hi Nicole,
>If you're using OSx Lion, there's a new way to drag and drop files.
>Both the source and desired target  locations must be on the screen for this to work.
>First, mark the item(s) you want to move using VO keys plus comma. Navegat to the target location. To drop the files you can press vo keys plus shift plus comma to drop the items before the voiceover cursor, vo plus period to drop the item on the voiceover cursor, or vo keys plus shift plus period to drop the item after the cursor.
>
>If you haven't upgraded yet, you can still drag and drop, but it's a little messier.
>Make sure that mouse tracking is turned on.
>1. Move the voiceover cursor to the item you want to move.
>2. Make sure that the mouse is locked by pressing vo command shift space.
>3. Move the voiceover cursor to the desired location
>4. Unlock the mouse by pressing vo command shift space.
>
>Hope this helps. Good luck!
>
>Nallym
>
> On Jul 29, 2011, at 7:52 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote:
>
>> NIcole,
>>
>> You can't move files and folders in Snow Leopard on the Mac unless you use a program called Move Addict.  I think this is available in the app store.  I don't know much about it, because I don't use it.  I just copy the files, and then delete them from the folder I wanted to move them from.  I think this is a safe guard by Apple to keep folks from losing data.
>>
>> I do hear that you can move files in Lion though.  I have not upgraded to Lion yet.  To copy and paste you press command C and then command V to paste.  To move, you type command C to copy and command/option/V to paste.  The files will then be deleted from their original folder and be placed in the new one.
>>
>> hth
>> On Jul 29, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Nicole Torcolini at Home wrote:
>>
>>> I know that this is a rather silly question, but how do you move files and folders on the Mac? The cut menu item is not available.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Nicole
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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