Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-18 Thread Jon Cohn
There is always the "mv" command in theterminal. I don't believe you can move directories, but there might be a "-R" or "-r" option that would do that. Bring up terminal, and type man mv and the command will be described for you. Best, Jon On Apr 16, 2010, at 4:17 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wro

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Actually, you can do a one-step process by using Terminal. The issue is that all the commands are readily available. Since Mac is based off of Unix, it provides the exact same options, which means that those familiar with Linux distributions will most likely be at home. That is not actuall

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Sarah Alawami
Thanks I"ll try it out. it is probably equivelent to tera copy which i use heavily on windows side of things. Take care. On Apr 16, 2010, at 1:17 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi. > > I have the same problem. I see the point, that you could lose data, > but on the other hand, you could also l

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I have the same problem. I see the point, that you could lose data, but on the other hand, you could also lose data, if you think you have copied something, but you have not and when you can delete something that you have not moved. I have tried different things, but I can not find a usefull s

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread John André Netland
Hi, On the Mac, you will always do a four step operation when moving files between drives; first copy/paste, then move to trash/empty trash. This is to make sure you don't loose data if you should do a wrong keystroke or experience a power failure. Think about what will happen if you did a comm

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Courtney Curran
That kind of stinks, but that's the way it goes, but how come there's a place in the menu for cut, but it's always dimmed? On 16/04/2010, at 3:32 in the Afternoon, Hypnotic Consulting wrote: > Hey C, You can't cut, just copy and delete the leftover. > Jorge > > -- > You received this message be

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Sarah Alawami
yeah that sucks but I guess you could consider it a fail save. I don't kike it either but that's what it is and we cannot change it. On Apr 16, 2010, at 12:32 PM, Hypnotic Consulting wrote: > Hey C, You can't cut, just copy and delete the leftover. > Jorge > > -- > You received this message bec

Re: Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Hypnotic Consulting
Hey C, You can't cut, just copy and delete the leftover. Jorge -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries

Moving stuff

2010-04-16 Thread Courtney Curran
Hi, I was wondering how I cut stuff on the Mack without leaving a copy. I heard Command X, but that's not working. I want to free up some space on a flash drive and move everything to my external hard drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Courtney -- You received this message b