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
+paste
Ctrl
–C
;Ctrl
–V
Ctrl
–drag
Command
–C
;Ctrl
+Command
–V
Option
–drag
cut
+paste
(ormove
)Ctrl
–X
;Ctrl
–V
drag
Command
–C
;Command
–V
drag
(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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