Dragging

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:33:34 -0400, Clever Monkey
<spamtrap DeleteThis @clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:

>> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag
>> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and
>> using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice
>> is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use
>> apple-c and apple-x instead.
>
>Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of
>operation you are doing?

I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I
select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy.

With OS X, this can be either a move or a copy depending on whether
I'm moving to the same disk or a different one.

With Windows, I never did learn whether it was a copy or move - I just
dragged with my right button, and a menu came up asking me which one I
was doing.
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Howard Brazee wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:33:34 -0400, Clever Monkey
> <spamtrap DeleteThis @clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:
>
>>> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag
>>> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and
>>> using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice
>>> is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use
>>> apple-c and apple-x instead.
>> Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of
>> operation you are doing?
>
> I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I
> select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy.
>
I recall that the pointer or outline of the items you are grabbing
change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this
visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move.
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On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:48:32 -0400, Clever Monkey
<spamtrap.RemoveThis@clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:

>I recall that the pointer or outline of the items you are grabbing
>change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this
>visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move.

Ahh, if I didn't remember the default, I might remember this change
then. Or maybe not.
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In article <qcvb1414aevamt0rg22uu1ph5o1nj188uf.RemoveThis@4ax.com>,
Howard Brazee <howard.RemoveThis@brazee.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:33:34 -0400, Clever Monkey
> <spamtrap.RemoveThis@clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:
>
> >> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag
> >> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and
> >> using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice
> >> is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use
> >> apple-c and apple-x instead.
> >
> >Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of
> >operation you are doing?
>
> I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I
> select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy.

The mouse cursor gets a little plus sign indicator if releasing the
files where the mouse is "right now" will copy rather than move. It
won't be present at all times because there's no mouse/keyboard
combination that means "copy this no matter where I release it."

It's option-drag to copy within a volume and command-drag to move from
one volume to another.

I've written a small bit of shareware called FileCutter that adds "Move
To..." and "Copy To..." commands (among others) to Finder's context
menu. Take a peek and you might like it. Or not, but it won't hurt to
try.

<http://www.splook.com/Software/FileCutter.html>
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Clever <spamtrap.TakeThisOut@clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:
> Howard Brazee wrote:
>> On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:33:34 -0400, Clever Monkey
>> <spamtrap.TakeThisOut@clevermonkey.org.INVALID> wrote:
>>
>>>> All the time I used Windows, I avoided having to remember which drag
>>>> was a copy and which drag was a move by using my right button and
>>>> using the menu. Now that I'm using OS X at home, I find the choice
>>>> is a bit more complicated, but don't see a menu option, so I use
>>>> apple-c and apple-x instead.
>>> Doesn't the mouse and selection change to indicate what sort of
>>> operation you are doing?
>>
>> I'm not understanding this. The mouse doesn't change. What I
>> select is the files and/or folders I want to move or copy.
>>
> I recall that the pointer or outline of the items you are grabbing
> change subtly depending one which one you are doing. I've used this
> visual cue to help reinforce which modifier key is copy and which is move.

If you call a large green circle with a '+' in it subtle...

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