[Editor's note: This is truly a 'copy' operation; the original files are left untouched. If you are trying to move the files, then remember to delete the originals after you've verified that the 'paste' worked successfully.]
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You can use contextual menus to copy files in the Finder. Control-click on the file you want to copy, and from the pop-up menu, choose "Copy [filename]". Then, in the folder you'd like to copy the item to, control-click in some whitespace and choose "Paste item." The entire file will be copied. If you choose "Paste" in a text editor, only the name of the file will be pasted.
[Editor's note: This is truly a 'copy' operation; the original files are left untouched. If you are trying to move the files, then remember to delete the originals after you've verified that the 'paste' worked successfully.]
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Terrible!
arrgh. this is one of the most annoying UI violations that Windows makes. Copy/Paste should be used to copy/paste the the *text* of filenames. i've used this countless times when working with a large number of files [being able to copy the list of filenames into a text file is way cool].
Best of both worlds
Select all the files in a directory, then copy the selection. Open TextEdit, hit paste - bingo, a list of filenames. Paste into another location in the Finder, though, and you copy the actual files.
Re: Terrible!
"Windows"?
command-c & command-v
If you haven't noticed, command-c and command-v also works for copying files and folders. As far as I can tell command-x works like command-c though.
Move insted of copy
Hold command just after you start dragging a file and it will be moved insted of copied. |
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