Little Copy feature I was unaware of

[olnacl]

http://www.macworld.com/article/143923/2...paste.html wrote:
Just select the file and press Command-C—you don’t even need to specifically select the name. Now create a new folder (Command-Shift-N), and while its name (“Untitled Folder”) is selected, use the Paste command.

I've always selected the name before copying it. Other tips on the same web page.

[deckeda]

Cool. I was aware of #4, Paste a copy of a file, but the Finder knows since it can't paste an item into a filename, merely pastes the filename from the other. I also like the hidden cut and paste, #5.

[mikebw]

olnacl wrote:
[quote=http://www.macworld.com/article/143923/2011/11/copypaste.html]
Just select the file and press Command-C—you don’t even need to specifically select the name. Now create a new folder (Command-Shift-N), and while its name (“Untitled Folder”) is selected, use the Paste command.

I've always selected the name before copying it. Other tips on the same web page.
Not as useful when all your documents have filetype extensions, as those will be copied into the new folder name. But you can just click "don't add" when it asks you.

[mikebw]

"5. Move a file with the hidden “Cut and Paste”
There’s no Cut command in the Finder’s Edit menu. This protects users from cutting a file and then being interrupted (or distracted) before pasting it somewhere, resulting in the loss of the file. There is, however, a cut-and-paste capability in Lion’s Finder that lets you move an item without dragging it to its new location.

Select the file or folder, and copy it. Open the window for the new location, and hold Option while you open the Edit menu. Presto! The Paste command now appears as Move To Here (Command-Option-V). Use it, and the copied item disappears from its initial location when it’s pasted in the new one."

You can also just hold Command while dragging a file between drives to move it instead of making a copy.

[mikebw]

What I would really like to see is an easy way to create a set of new folders with names that correspond to a list of names from a text file. I tried an automator script before but it never quite worked out.