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68kmac
32 MB  Posts: 51 System 7 Newcomer! 
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on: October 18, 2025, 14:09
My config: System 7.1 / 7.5. My "Problem" is: if i am dragging files or folders to other Volumen, the mac copying them. How can I tell him, he should MOVE them? |
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #1 on: October 18, 2025, 14:53
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I am not positive my brain reaches back that far, but I think you need to hold down the option key as you drag.
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #2 on: October 19, 2025, 13:11
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I don't think this is possible in classic Mac OSs. Could be wrong. Often am, but it's not one that I know of. In classic Mac OS, dragging an icon into another folder within the same volume, is the only way to move items from one location to another that I know of. But dragging icons from one volume into another volume will only copy over the item(s). Option drag is only used for copying from one folder into another, within the same volume (perhaps is what wove was recalling). You could probably create an AppleScript app to automate this, but likely dragging over to copy, then deleting the original manually after the copy completes, may be a simpler task. One up for Windblows here perhaps? 
Last Edit: October 19, 2025, 13:40 by MTT
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ovalking
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128 MB Posts: 199
Reply #3 on: October 20, 2025, 13:00
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Thanks goodness such dangerous functionality does not exist. It would be far to easy to lose files accidently, or even deliberately...o
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cballero
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1024 MB Posts: 1176 System 7, today and forever
Reply #4 on: October 20, 2025, 18:30
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Like MTT mentioned, I was afraid to post (in case I had it wrong, too) that moving files between volumes was limited to OS X, unless some third-party tool can move files 
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