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Dr. Mac's OS X Tip-of-the-Day 
Dr. Mac - I Command You to Move, Not Copy...
By Bob LeVitus
Here's one you may not have noticed if you were an OS 9 user. If you
want to move an icon from one disk to another in OS 9, you drag the
icon from one place to the other to make a copy, then delete the
original.
In OS X (and not just Jaguar, either), you can save a step by holding
the Command key down when you drag. This causes a "move" rather than a
"copy," so the file or folder on the original disk is automatically
deleted for you.
I use this trick all the time and it's a real timesaver. I download
items to the desktop but I store applications and documents on a
different hard disk. I hold down Command when I drag from the desktop,
and as long as the target location is on a different disk, the item
moves from the desktop to its new location, leaving no trace of itself
on the desktop. (Without the Command key it would be copied, leaving
itself on the desktop as well as in the new location.)
To discuss this tip (or anything you like) in Dr. Mac's OSXFAQ Forum, click
here:
http://forums.osxfaq.com/viewtopic.php?t=3146
Bob LeVitus is a leading authority on Mac OS and the author of 39 books,
including Mac OS X For Dummies and The Little iTunes Book.
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