Why no cut and paste in OSX

[ciproxr]

this is one of the features i miss from windows, i feel like im back in 1998 when i didnt know how to cute and paste, apple does alot of great things but sometimes there so stubborn to add certain features, like right click button on the mouse or trackpad an anyone sais its not necessary just dosent understand how useful it is.

it kinda bugs me, its like they partially support the idea but they officially dont , like the cut option is there but its grayed out and if u control and click somewhere its like right clicking, but it makes so much more sense to have a button for it.


i think certain things should be standard and it seems like apple goes out of its way sometimes to be different sacrificing functionality.

I love my macbook and i wouldnt give it up, but somethings could be better

 

[wizard5233]

Press Apple + X and Apple +V?

 

[ubercaffeinated]

:beer:

 

[ubercaffeinated]

and for the touch pad right click, you can enable two finger clicking for the right click.

 

[Zhoubobby]

Originally posted by: ciproxr
this is one of the features i miss from windows, i feel like im back in 1998 when i didnt know how to cute and paste, apple does alot of great things but sometimes there so stubborn to add certain features, like right click button on the mouse or trackpad an anyone sais its not necessary just dosent understand how useful it is.

it kinda bugs me, its like they partially support the idea but they officially dont , like the cut option is there but its grayed out and if u control and click somewhere its like right clicking, but it makes so much more sense to have a button for it.


i think certain things should be standard and it seems like apple goes out of its way sometimes to be different sacrificing functionality.

I love my macbook and i wouldnt give it up, but somethings could be better

What are you talking about?

The Mac OS cut and paste works just fine.

 

[ciproxr]

cutting and pasting folders and files guys

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: ciproxr
cutting and pasting folders and files guys

Yea, I don't know why they don't have that there for files. I have heard various arguments for and against their decision, but none have made too much sense. As far as file transfers go, it handles it (as best as I can figure) the same as Windows. You drag a file from one folder to another on the same hard drive, and it moves. On different hard drives it copies. I want to say that the lack of Cut and Paste is an intentional move on their part to make life easier for people, so that way files don't get lost in the aether of one's consciousness. But on the other hand, no one has ever really bitched about the presence of Cut and Paste in Windows.

And the fact that it is there for text and the like is particularly odd, that it is there for some, but not for others.

As to the right mouse button thing, that is a dead horse a million times over, and bringing it into your argument does not help you. Frankly, 99% of those that have used the trackpad on an IntelMac will tell you that the 2 finger method is better than the 2 button method when it comes to ease of use and accuracy, as well as overall hand comfort.

 

[Kaido]

Apple+C, Apple+V (copy & paste).

Setup right-click in your Trackpad functions. Macs support right-clicking on regular mice, too. And they have a copy and paste section (I'm not a cut guy, hehe).

Edit: Ah for folders/files. Again I'm a copy and paste guy, hehe.

Edit 2: If you setup SteerMouse, you can create functions for all those extra buttons on your mouse. Then you can just rock your tilt-wheel to do it, or click one of the many buttons on modern mice.

 

[Kmax82]

One thing I hope they add in a future dot release of OS X is the ability to merge folders. I hate trying to copy a folder over another one and then have it replace it.

 

[Illusio]

Originally posted by: ciproxr
cutting and pasting folders and files guys

Works fine. click on a folder. right click or ctrl+click and click copy, go were you want it to be, right click or ctrl+click and hit paste.

pretty straight forward

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: Dark Jedi

Originally posted by: ciproxr
cutting and pasting folders and files guys

Works fine. click on a folder. right click or ctrl+click and click copy, go were you want it to be, right click or ctrl+click and hit paste.

pretty straight forward

that's not cutting, that's copying.

 

[umrigar]

http://www.noheat.com/2007/06/...book-pro-or-powerbook/

 

[Tegeril]

Originally posted by: randomlinh

Originally posted by: Dark Jedi

Originally posted by: ciproxr
cutting and pasting folders and files guys

Works fine. click on a folder. right click or ctrl+click and click copy, go were you want it to be, right click or ctrl+click and hit paste.

pretty straight forward

that's not cutting, that's copying.

Yeah, I'm not sure why so many people think this funtionality exists when it doesn't.

 

[bearxor]

Originally posted by: TheStu
As to the right mouse button thing, that is a dead horse a million times over, and bringing it into your argument does not help you. Frankly, 99% of those that have used the trackpad on an IntelMac will tell you that the 2 finger method is better than the 2 button method when it comes to ease of use and accuracy, as well as overall hand comfort.

Agree. It's way better than having to use separate mouse button and I've grown quite used to it. Apple needs to incorporate this functionality in to the Windows trackpad drivers.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I think they don't allow cut and paste because they want to make sure you don't lose the data. So they have you copy and paste so you have it in both places before you delete the other one.

 

[Tegeril]

Bzzt.

That's not how Cut and Paste works.

The OS performs a copy command and upon its completion, it deletes the source content file by file. There is not a time where you can lose data in the fashion you imply.

 

[TehJustinator]

Why not just use the mv command from the CLI?

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: bearxor

Originally posted by: TheStu
As to the right mouse button thing, that is a dead horse a million times over, and bringing it into your argument does not help you. Frankly, 99% of those that have used the trackpad on an IntelMac will tell you that the 2 finger method is better than the 2 button method when it comes to ease of use and accuracy, as well as overall hand comfort.

Agree. It's way better than having to use separate mouse button and I've grown quite used to it. Apple needs to incorporate this functionality in to the Windows trackpad drivers.

AAAHHHH!!!! Stop agreeing with me!

Anyway, you can 2 finger right click in Windows, you just can't 2 finger tap click in Windows. I personally switch between the two depending on how my hand is situated, if I am mousing a lot or a little, that sort of thing. But you couple the bigger than anyone else's (that I have seen) trackpad with finger gestures (scrolling, clicking, tapping, pinching, zooming, swiping), and you have something that is easy and intuitive to use and gives you plenty of space to do it. I do wish however that the MBPs came with larger trackpads. Use that as another way to differentiate them. Right now, the trackpad on my MacBook is about the size of an iPod. But on the MBP, that looks positively tiny, so make it the size of.... 2 iPods! And on the 17", the size of 3 iPods! MUAHAHAHAHAHA

But really, with OS X's built in trackpad shutdown when I am typing they could make the trackpad the size of the moon and it wouldn't matter because even if I laid my hand right on it, it would turn off when I started to type.

 

[miniMUNCH]

get real file manager like pathfinder or forklift.

 

[randomlinh]

Originally posted by: miniMUNCH
get real file manager like pathfinder or forklift.

the point is the lack of this built right into the OS seems ass backwards.

 

[umrigar]

seems like the OP is picking nits... it works as it should.

You can move files or folders by dragging the icons to a new folder. If you drag the files or folders to a different disk, or if you drag them from a locked folder or disk, they will be copied, not moved.

To move files to a different location on the same disk, drag the icons to the new folder.
To move files to a different disk, hold down the Command key while you drag the icons.
To copy files to a different disk, drag the icons to the disk.
To copy files to a different location on the same disk, press the Option key while you drag the icons.
To open a folder while dragging an icon, hold the icon over the folder for a moment.
To make copies of files within the same folder, select them and choose Edit > Duplicate.
You can also copy files by selecting them and choosing Edit > Copy. Select the folder where you want to place the copy, and then choose Edit >Paste.

If you want to access an item from a different location but you don't want to make a separate copy of it, you can make an alias to it by pressing the Command and Option keys while you drag the item.