Copy files on Mac OS X using drag-and-drop | alvinalexander.com: secret is to hold the Option key
Posted by jpluimers on 2020/12/14
The Finder pure keyboard way of file copy+paste is using Command–C at the source position followed by Ctrl–Command–V in the destination position (in the destination position, Command–V will do only a cut+paste) as the paste/copy decision is determined in the final stage.
This is unlike Windows, where Ctrl–C means copy, Ctrl–X means cut, and Ctrl–V finishes the initial action to copy+paste or cut+paste.
If you combine mouse dragging, on the Mac it becomes Option–drag, whereas on Windows it still is Ctrl–drag.
I think the Windows ones are more consistent, especially when looking at them in table form:
Action Windows Mac Keyboard-Only Mouse-drag Keyboard-Only Mouse-drag copy+pasteCtrl–C;Ctrl–VCtrl–dragCommand–C;Ctrl+Command–VOption–dragcut+paste(ormove)Ctrl–X;Ctrl–VdragCommand–C;Command–Vdrag(table with help of HTML Table generator – TablesGenerator.com)
Mac shortcuts via:
- [WayBack] Copy files on Mac OS X using drag-and-drop | alvinalexander.com
- [WayBack] How to copy files on Mac OS X | alvinalexander.com
–jeroen
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