There already has been a long debate about Mac’s Finder without the Cut option for folders. Cut option is enabled while working in TextEdit to cut the text but the same Cut option seems disabled for folders inside Finder. I use Cut very frequently in my Windows machine but i am missing such flexibility of file moving in Mac. Cut basically is similar to Move function but in “Move” i have to drag the folder to the destination . With “Cut” the process becomes very fast. I think in Cut what extra is given over to Move is , Cut just keeps the path of the Cut Folder in Clipboard/temporary memory and when pasted somewhere else the foder/file is moved from the Clipboard location to the destination. Programatically Cut shouldn’t be any problem for Mac developers but still its not there . I dont understand why. This should easily be done through AppleScript . I dont have knowledge of AppleScript but when i learn it , the first thing i will do would be to create a AppleScript for Cut and Paste. So till now Cut paste is availabe in Apple Mac but it includes two steps 
. Oh there already is a scrip here but i cant seem to get that work on my Leopard. The two steps for Cut in Mac are
1. Copy the folder to destination ( takes longer time than Cut in windows because contents should be duplicated )
2. Delete the folder/file from original location
Apple’s apparent philosophy here is that it would be confusing to the user if they were to cut a file in the filesystem, then cut something else (such as text from a document) without having first pasted the cut file (where does the file go?). To avoid this situation, Apple has opted to prevent the user from using cut in the filesystem entirely. Unforunately, this means that if you want to move a file from one location to another using the keyboard, you’ll need to copy the file, paste it into its new location, and then delete the original file.
There is a Script which enables Cut Option for folders in Finder window but this only moves the folder to Trash. No paste option is available after Cut. And to have the Script Menu bar extras available in the Apple menu bar like shown below in image we need to activate Script Menu.menu file by double clicking the file which is located at Apple Drive>System>Library>CoreServices>Menu Extras .
There also is an utility called Finder Cut & Paste which does the work . This utility is basically the applescript ( but works the previous script didn’t work for me). To have key combination for Cut and Paste like in Windows , we can use Spark
The nearest built-in solution to Cut optin i have found is related to Spring loaded folders which makes the Move process Animated and little easy . But this is no way equivalent to Cut but comes closer . Below is the Video about how to use Spring loaded folders inbuilt in Mac.
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With the help of Exposé, I don’t find it’s hard to move files from one place to another. But still, Windows switchers will find it’s really difficult to live without Cut option.
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Expose is one Good thing i like in Mac . It sure makes Moving of files or folder easier but not as easy as it is with Cut and paste . In cut and paste there is no dragging , no mouse freezing
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i’m not able to enable cut/paste option you explained.when i try to run it,an error is generated like this:Can’t make “Macintosh HD:Users:akashjain:Library:Preferences:CutAppleScript Prefs” into type specifier.
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Hello Akash, Did you use this utility found here. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/30250
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Yeah, I’m totally self-promoting, but I think I have one of the cleanest solutions out there:
http://www.mactipper.com/2008/09/cutpaste-in-finderapp.html
Basically, I use a Service in conjunction with a keyboard shortcut (Cmd-X of course) to mimic cut in Finder. Enjoy!
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Great utility MacTipper. Thanks!
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In mac with out cut option we can forgo. There is no need of cut in mac because we always use drag and drops in mac. Mac is a Gorgeous OS.
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haha… janakarim! love the sarcasm.
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Apple could just have a beep if you try and paste a ‘cut’ item from its clipboard to somewhere it can’t go permanently.
beep!?
Seems like an easy fix that isn’t too confusing.
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the most absent feature in mac is the right click->cut (on files and folders),
i wonder who is the jerk in apple that is keeping us from getting this feature,
PathFinder is a good replacement for Finder and it has cut feature,
but it lacks several features that the new Finder in leopard has, for instance Cover-Flow, quick look etc.
1. open terminal and write this line:
defaults write com.apple.finder AllowCutForItems 1
2. restart Finder, in terminal write:
killall Finder
or
right click dock finder icon with option button pressed (Alt/WinKey in hackintosh) and choose “relaunch”
to undo this simply execute the same lines only this time replace the value 1 with 0 like this:
defaults write com.apple.finder AllowCutForItems 0
killall Finder
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Aces: That is good, but it doesn’t seem to make the file available for pasting. It only trashes the file.
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The property “com.apple.finder AllowCutForItems” doesn’t work. The ‘cut’ command it enables, is actually a ’send to trash’ command. Odd!
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ZERO excuse to not allow file cut & paste (and I’m a Mac user who loves his mac.) For one, I’d also argue it’s a BILLION times safer than trying to teach someone how to correctly drag and drop to move items. When you have directories that are large that you have to wait to spring load etc - drag and drop is a pain and often you’ll ”unclick” at the wrong spot, or realize you’re in the wrong directory and have to ‘unclick’ somewhere safe and start over. I’ve watched my parents try to keep the left click pressed the whole time while trying to drag things with a mouse and it’s not nearly that easy as telling them ‘”highlight what you want to move. Select cut.” Now take your time and find the folder where you want to add the item. Then click “paste.”
As a side note in all OSs, I wish the default behavior of “pasting” when you have selected a folder is to paste the item “IN” the folder you have selected. Too often the behavior is to paste the item at the same level directory you are at, which I do not find intuitive.
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thank’s for the great app, i worked well in my Leopard
at the first time i thought it didn’t work, because i used cmd+x and cmd-v… but how fortunate i am, in comments above i noticed the approprate way to do “cut & paste” is push cmd-x twice
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Hold Command and Drag file to move
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You DO NOT put a space before a dot or a comma. There we go.
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@ traxexx
sir thanks for that advice, my mac has been with me for almost a year now, and i finally know the option or at least something similar to “cut”… thanks again for the shortcut!
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I forgot to mention that FileCutter works with Leopard but unfortunately it is not compatible with Snow Leopard.