I am new to mac, and I am used to being able to "Cut" and "Paste" files, like in Windows XP. However in OSX, it would seem that the "Cut" option is disabled when I click on "Edit" while in a finder window. Why is this the case? I would rather cut and paste files (not referring to text here), than have to copy, and paste, then delete the original! Thanks! Dan

There is no cut option when doing it that way, however if you open the folders you want to cut from and to all you have to do is highlight the items you want to move and drag them over to the folder you want them in. or alternately you can use the command + x ie apple key + x It's really simple if you think about it. By the way you may want to get your hands on a pdf that has 70+ hot key commands for OSX. google the following: 70+ keyboard shortcuts for osx and it's the first link you will have to make an account with tech republic-but no big deal. Cheers Any Society That Would Give Up Essential Liberty For Temporary Security Will Lose Both & Deserve Neither.

I have a iMac running Leopard 10.5.2 and I have tried using the shortcut combination of Command + X to cut files to move to other locations on the drive. It will not work and I sure would like to know why. Any ideas what setting I may have inadvertently changed to cause that? Windows vet turned Mac newbie