Moving a file without using Cmd+Drag option

Is there any third party software or command such as Cmd+X to move folders on a finder window other than Cmd+Drag. I find Cmd+Drag annoying and very difficult to use in OSX as you have to keep pressed the mouse button till u have reached to the destination folder. what happens if u mistakenly release the mouse somewhere else..
I still don't understand what harm such a command could do. OSX protagonists tell that this is called cutting a file and is dangerous to the filesystem but I say I am not cutting any file/folder here.. file still stays at the same place till I have pressed something like Cmd+V which is what Cmd+Drag does...at least gives my finger a rest and time to think... Anyone else agrees with me?
Besides if unix command "mv" allows it then why not graphic UI.

ziaulhasan,
You can also use your Mac's Automator program to move Finder items from one place to another.
Open Automator. Highlight "Finder" inside the Library frame to reveal all of the Finder's Actions. Drag the following two Finder Actions to the right-hand side Workflow pane, in this order:
1) *Get Selected Finder Items*
2) *Move Finder Items* -- under Options check "Show Action When Run" so that a dialog appears, allowing you to choose a destination folder. Otherwise the action would run without user interaction, resulting in the item being moved to whatever your default location may be. Select the "Show Selected Items" radio button, and check the "To" box. Consider carefully whether to check "Replacing existing files." If this box is checked and you were to move a folder from one location to another containing an existing folder of the same name, you would overwrite the files in the folder not being moved. To keep this from happening, leave "Replacing existing files" unchecked.
From the File menu select "Save As Plug-in..." Give your plug-in a name ("Move Item" e.g.) and save it as a Plug-in for: Finder. Thereafter, you'll find the newly named action on your Finder's contextual menu, in a submenu under Automator. Your new action is now ready to be put to use when you Control-click on a file or folder in the Finder.
Note: Be careful when working inside a Finder window in Column view that you have selected the +item itself+, and not merely Control-clicked on the item while its +enclosing folder+ is highlighted. Otherwise you might find that, for example, you've moved your entire User Library folder into your Utilities folder, leaving you to wonder later how that could have happened...
Good luck!
Regards, Andrew99

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