Right-Click Menu Items

[mraam]

OK maybe I am too new to figure this one but here goes. I was recently working with folders and I wanted to RIGHT click (CUT) an item but I could on RIGHT click (COPY) and I thought that was weird, but in like a text document I can right-click and copy/paste all day.

Is there any way to ADD items to the right-click menu or enable them in the settings under system prefs.

Just curious, or if there is an APP that I can buy or download that will allow me to add or remove items from right-click menu.

Thanks
Abdulah Mohamed

 

[usagora]

There is no "cut" option in Finder unlike in Windows Explorer. Copy is the only action. The key is when you go to "paste" the file to a new location, you have to hold down the option key when right-clicking to see the "move item here" option. But far easier than right-clicking is simply using command + c to copy and then command + option + v to paste (making the effect actually "cut and paste" since you're moving the file instead of copying/duplicating it . . . if you want to "copy and paste" instead, then simply press command + v without pressing the option key.

 

[mraam]

There is no "cut" option in Finder unlike in Windows Explorer. Copy is the only action. The key is when you go to "paste" the file to a new location, you have to hold down the option key when right-clicking to see the "move item here" option. But far easier than right-clicking is simply using command + c to copy and then command + option + v to paste (making the effect actually "cut and paste" since you're moving the file instead of copying/duplicating it . . . if you want to "copy and paste" instead, then simply press command + v without pressing the option key.

OK thanks for the explanation, I am still learning the Mac world, new things pop up every day.

Abdulah

 

[bhagemann]

Though to answer the bigger question about the right click menu... there USED to be a freeware? utility called FinderPop that would let you add action items and menus to the right click (contextual) menu and have them show up anywhere you wanted to pop a menu up. This was pretty cool although I can't remember why I loved it so much/what I used it for. I thought someone came up with something like this for newer OS versions but don't know the name or if they work on Monterey/M1 Macs. Anyone?