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Matt2012

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Aug 17, 2012
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I've been using my Mac Studio for a couple of months now after years of PC use and while I really like Mac OS, the one thing that is really driving me crazy and making me want to sell it, is the issue of always having to click on a window/open app I want to use before I can actually use it which really slows things down.
For example, I often have Photoshop/Resolve/Excel all open plus 3 or 4 finder windows and a web browser open and do a lot of copy/pasting/moving files around and switching between them all.
On my old PC, I could copy a file and then just right click on any other open window and paste it in with one click. Now it takes a minimum of two clicks (but often 3 or 4 as never sure the window is actually active) and while it sounds like a minor thing, doing this all day, every day for work is really annoying.
It is the one bit of Mac OS that seems really backwards.

Is there a way of disabling this extra click or any hacks that lets me move between open folders etc without having to click on them first to make them active?
 

StudioMacs

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Apr 7, 2022
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If you have two Finder windows open, you can right click on a file and select "copy" from the drop down, and then right click on the other window and select "paste" from the drop down. One click to copy. One click to paste.
 

MarineBand5524

macrumors 6502
Dec 17, 2021
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I've been using my Mac Studio for a couple of months now after years of PC use and while I really like Mac OS, the one thing that is really driving me crazy and making me want to sell it, is the issue of always having to click on a window/open app I want to use before I can actually use it which really slows things down.
For example, I often have Photoshop/Resolve/Excel all open plus 3 or 4 finder windows and a web browser open and do a lot of copy/pasting/moving files around and switching between them all.
On my old PC, I could copy a file and then just right click on any other open window and paste it in with one click. Now it takes a minimum of two clicks (but often 3 or 4 as never sure the window is actually active) and while it sounds like a minor thing, doing this all day, every day for work is really annoying.
It is the one bit of Mac OS that seems really backwards.

Is there a way of disabling this extra click or any hacks that lets me move between open folders etc without having to click on them first to make them active?
You might want to think of using one of these


paste app looks like its the one you should like most

 
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