How do you move a file back one folder level?

This is one thing that isn't obvious to me. In Windows, you can just pick a file, cut it, move up one folder level, then paste. In Mac, you can't do that. I can't find any way to just drag a file up one level.

How do I do this?

I just click and drag with the mouse - works for me (providing finder is in list view/mode)!

Right.. I guess that would work. But in icon view, it's not possible, right? I hope that's resolved in Leopard..

Why would it not be possible in Icon View?

Just drag the Icon over the folder (Home, Apps, HD, etc) and drop it it what ever folder you'd like.

I use quicksilver for this...

I type the folder name (just the first few letters) I want to move, then click Tab, then M (brings up "Move To") then typer the folder I want it in (again just the first few letters of the folder name) then Enter.

Using Quicksilver, no matter what Im doing or what App I'm in, I can move any file anywhere in just a few keystrokes.

RIDE said:

Why would it not be possible in Icon View?

Just drag the Icon over the folder (Home, Apps, HD, etc) and drop it it what ever folder you'd like.

I use quicksilver for this...

I type the folder name (just the first few letters) I want to move, then click Tab, then M (brings up "Move To") then typer the folder I want it in (again just the first few letters of the folder name) then Enter.

Using Quicksilver, no matter what Im doing or what App I'm in, I can move any file anywhere in just a few keystrokes.

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I do this a lot in Quicksilver as well. The designers of that programs should get a Nobel Prize for making the most useful piece of software ever!

[edited: made a mistake about the shortcuts]

You might know about these Finder keyboard shortcuts:

Command O = open folder
Command Shift O = go folder in a new window
Command Up = go to the enclosing folder (a.k.a. go "up" a level)

Together, you could do this:

Command Up to go to the enclosing folder.
When you do this, the Finder will have the folder that you just "came out of" selected.
As such, you can immediately press Command Shift O to open the folder in a new window.

Now you have both folders open.


Alternative method:

Go to the enclosing folder, put it in List View, and click on the arrow on the left of the folder icon to open the sub-folder.
Then, you can drag the file(s) from the sub-folder to the folder;
drop the file over the "Arrange By" bar (Name, Date Modified, Size, Kind) on the top to drop it in the current folder.



Yet another method:





;p

Added it with something called OnMyCommand and OMCEdit. Google it.

There are other ways to add Cut to the Finder as well.