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

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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