Hi Annie, The inability to "cut" files like in Windows is unavailable in Mac OS X. This is a safety precaution on Apple's part. However, I think you are experiencing a bug that is current in Mac OS X 10.6.2 where due to some corruption in some system files, Finer will not allow you to copy entire folders.
There are several work-arounds though. the second one involves the command line. I don't know how comfortable you are with it, but I will put it here in case you want to try ti. 1. There is a script though, but i cannot make it work correctly. You can download it from: http://icanworkthisthing.com/scripts/index.shtml 2. You can open the Terminal application from within Spotlight by typing "Terminal" without the quotes and use the "move" command as follows: Before you type the following commands, you might want to place the folders you want to copy on to the Desktop. 1. Type "cd" (without the quotes) followed by where you want to end up. "cd" stands for change directory so if you type: cd Desktop (with a capital D on Desktop), you'll end up on the Desktop. This is because by default, you always start off in your Home Folder whenever you open Terminal. 2. Once you're on the Desktop, you can then move your folders to your external HD. If your folder names have spaces in them, place quotes around the folder name. You'll need to do the same with the HD if it has spaces in it's name. You can also move several folders at once by placing a comma between each folder. Type the following: mv folder1, folder2 /Volumes/name of your hd That should do the trick. There is also one more solution. if I can find it again I'll post it here. HTH TC James, Lyn, Nash & Twinny On 7 Feb 2010, at 21:49, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: > Hi all. > > Is it possible to move files on a mac to a new folder or to an > external harddisk. It is a bit annoying to copy and then delete, > because I often move some files and not all files in a folder. > > Best regards Annie. > > -- > 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
