Not in my case. I moved 4 gigs of stuff and it took almosst 3 to 54 minutes or there abouts to do it. I was timing it. and this was on a windows machine.
there might be a different thing for the mac but yeah. S On Jul 1, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > When you move a file, the computer just changes info stored on the drive > about where the file is stored. It doesn't have to spend time actually making > another copy. That's why people want to move instead of copy. Copying a 1GB > folder takes as long as is required to copy 1GB of data. Moving a 1GB folder > is almost instant. > > Bryan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran > Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:53 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How do you drag a file or folder from one location to another? > > When dragging and dropping, aren't you just copying and pasting anyhow? If > one were to compare what is actually happening with the files, wouldn't it > take just as long to drag and drop a 1-gig file as copying and pasting it? > > Teresa > On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:17 AM, John J Herzog wrote: > >> Hi Teresa, >> I wanted to comment on your suggestion that it is easier to copy and paste >> versus drag and drop. I'm afraid that, for time reasons alone, drag and drop >> would be far more useful than copying and pasting currently is. When you >> drag and drop something from one place to another, it is almost >> instantaneous. By contrast, copying something that is multiple gigabytes, >> like an Itunes library for instance, takes quite a while. So, for time sake >> alone, dragging and dropping would be a far easier method of moving things >> from one spot to another, if only we could utilize it. >> Now, however, you have to copy something to a new location, remembering, of >> course, to delete the previous one if you don't want it any longer, which >> takes a good amount of time. For this reason, I wish drag and drop would be >> implemented in voiceover. >> >> John >> >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >> >>> >>> Now that I think of it, I do remember asking myself if I could live without >>> a "cut" feature as I looked at some Mac tutorials. So I actually knew about >>> that one going in. I figure if I wasn't happy with a basic feature of an >>> OS, I wouldn't use the OS. >>> >>> As for dragging and dropping, it might be a good idea to know how to do it, >>> but probably in the same way that it's a good idea to know how to make >>> bricks. You just might use it someday, but if there's a simpler way to do >>> it, chances are you'll mostly use that instead. >>> >>> Teresa >>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Kaare Dehard wrote: >>> >>>> there used to be, an probably still is an automator work flow that used to >>>> simulate drag, drop and remove. This unavailability of cut at the os level >>>> has probably saved a number of tech support reps irate phonecalls and is >>>> not likely to go awyay... >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Kaare. >>>> On 2010-06-30, at 3:30 AM, Cody Hurst wrote: >>>> >>>>> this is strange, I think someone on here said they used it in >>>>> leopard. I wonder if there is a setting that needs to be changed why >>>>> would it work on one machine and not another On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:37 PM, >>>>> Teresa Cochran wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> How odd. I've used the copy and paste commands numerous times to move >>>>>> applications from the downloads folder to the apps folder. >>>>>> >>>>>> Teresa >>>>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Such a basic function, even Win-doze can do it. What were Apple >>>>>>> thinking of? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do they not think we can be trusted with a virtual pair of >>>>>>> scissors? (frown) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apart from scripts, I wonder if there are any hacks to override >>>>>>> this. G-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r- On 30 Jun 2010, at 01:18, Chuck >>>>>>> Reichel wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>>>>> I have Apple care on my mac pro Quad core and have been asking them >>>>>>>> when drag and drop would be fixed in Snow Leopard. >>>>>>>> It works on my g5 box with Leopard thats why I brought it to there >>>>>>>> attention. >>>>>>>> They said that they are working on it! >>>>>>>> Talk soon >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I had never noticed this problem before as I just used the mouse in >>>>>>>>> the past to drag and drop, now I can't see to use the mouse. So I >>>>>>>>> tried to use command + x to cut and no joy. However, cut works in >>>>>>>>> text edit etc. I have sent a message to Apple asking about this, >>>>>>>>> will let you know if they come back with anything constructive. >>>>>>>>> Anyone else who has this issue, then please send an email to Apple >>>>>>>>> too. >>>>>>>>> On 29 Jun 2010, at 22:21, rossy wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> hi , >>>>>>>>>> if it can help you here you can find the script move file . >>>>>>>>>> this helps for the cut and paste . >>>>>>>>>> http://www.universalaccess.it/script-english/ >>>>>>>>>> let us know if you need help . >>>>>>>>>> rossy >>>>>>>>>> www.universalaccess.it >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Il giorno 29/giu/2010, alle ore 17.16, Alfredo ha scritto: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> How to you drag a file or folder from one folder to another? >>>>>>>>>>> I know this can be done, as it is in the starting guide but I >>>>>>>>>>> did not understand how to do this. 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