How to move files without dragging and dropping?

[mrplow]

It's greyed out as it doesn't apply to files. Try it with text and it won't be greyed out.

By 'true delete key' I'm guessing you mean not having a forward delete key on the Mac keyboard?

You can press Fn+delete to delete forward or cmd+delete to delete a file etc.

 

[rpg51]

Thanks. I suspect I am not the only one who finds these limitations irritating. Not so bad I regret my purchase - yet anyway. But definitely irritating.

 

[rpg51]

There is an easy solution if you have OSX Lion. Copy the file with Cmd+C, navigate to the target folder and hold the Alt/Option key while you paste the file with Cmd+V. Lion will move rather than copy the file. This tip (and 79 other useful ones) can be found at 80 handy OS X Lion tips and tricks | News | TechRadar

Just saw your post - thanks for that.

 

[JanL27]

There is an easy solution if you have OSX Lion. Copy the file with Cmd+C, navigate to the target folder and hold the Alt/Option key while you paste the file with Cmd+V. Lion will move rather than copy the file.

This works on Mavericks too. thanks Crizzie, been bugging me for ages.

 

[Oneironaut]

Crizzle has it right. I just use the right click method. Right click and choose Copy, then right click in the location I want and hold down Option when I right click again, and Copy becomes Move.