You might want to look at a guide to Finder I posted to Applevis: http://www.applevis.com/guides/mac-os-x/getting-started-os-x-finder
That will explain cutting versus copying (it's different than Windows), the ways to select items, and so on. On Apr 14, 2014, at 1:31 PM, isaac <isaac.heb...@gmail.com> wrote: > When on the file in the external press command c and then go to the finder > and then press command v to paste. > On Apr 14, 2014, at 12:29 PM, Robert C <gone.to.da...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> When in Finder, how does one carry out copy and paste functions? I want to >> copy some files and folders from an external drive to the desktop. Thanks. >> >> Quote of the nanosecond . . . >> LEFTBANK: >> What the robber did when his bag was full of money >> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn >> E-mail- >> gone.to.da...@gmail.com >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.