[muglo] Re: Odd Behavior - Moving Files

Thanks Eric,

I did a bit of experimenting with the command, control and apple keys.  
Seems in 10.3.9 on my machine using control and command move the file 
no matter which partition.  While I did do a cursory search of the help 
files, nothing jumped out to answer my question.  I'll have to look 
again.

As Tee mentioned in an earlier post I don't mind doing the delete as it 
is an extra confirmation that that is what I wanted to do.  Not quite 
as intuitive as OS 9 was but hey I'm not too old to learn a new trick!

On 18-Jul-06, at 5:31 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote:

> On 18/07/06, Martin Albinger <max@xxxxxx> wrote:
>> Just a question for you knowledgeable folk.  Whenever I try to move a
>> file from my desktop to another disk or folder I am left with the
>> original file on the desktop which I then have to manually delete.  Is
>> there an option somewhere that I've turned on that is causing this?
>> The OS is 10.3.9.
>
> Hold down the command key while you drag the file. This tells the
> Finder to move the file from the source to the destination. Normally,
> if you drag a file from one location to another location on the SAME
> drive the Finder will MOVE the file. If you drag a file from one drive
> to another drive it will COPY the file.
>
> You can force a file to be copied by holding down the option key.
>
> You can force a file to be moved by holding down the command key, but
> only if you have write access on the origin. If you do not have write
> access (i.e. delete rights) on the origin all you'll be able to do is
> copy the file.
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