Hi. I have installed the script, and I got it to work, so now I can move files.
thank you for helping. Best regards Annie. 2010/2/7, James & Nash <james.austin1...@googlemail.com>: > 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. > > -- 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.
