How can I move data WITHOUT copying it ?
Hi Guys,
A few days ago, the Apple Store gave me a free "upgrade" on my MacBook Pro, from 10.6.8 to 10.7.3.
However, Apple's gift has turned into a nightmare for me.
I'm far too busy with work deadlines to have time for the 10.7.3 learning curve at the moment.
Instead, I just want to go back to the pleasingly predictable 10.6.8.
Therefore, I'm going to back up all my data onto an external hard drive, then completely erase the internal hard drive, and just start again, with a clean install of 10.6.8.
However, in order to do that, I first need to retrieve a 200 GB folder from the Trash.
The folder which is in the Trash has NOT been deleted.
Instead, it's just sitting in the Trash, waiting to be deleted.
However, when I attempt to drag the 200 GB folder out of the Trash, and put it back on the Desktop, 10.7.3 starts copying the entire folder, instead of what 10.6.8 would have done, which would have simply moved the folder onto the Desktop without copying it.
In plain English, all I want to do is MOVE a 200 GB folder out of the Trash, onto the desktop, WITHOUT copying the folder.
Simple in 10.6.8.
An apparent impossibility in 10.7.3.
I've tried holding the Command key down while dragging the folder out of the Trash, but that doesn't work.
If you know of a workaround, which would apply to the ENTIRE hard drive, plus ALL external hard drives, even if it has to be a Command Line which I type into Terminal, that would be brilliant.
Please help.
Many thanks.
Best,
Michael T
London, England
Hi Thomas,
Thank you again for another very swift response.
The folder got into the Trash because I'm an idiot who didn't think he needed it anymore.
Then I thought: hold on a minute. I'll pull that back out of the Trash before I delete it, JUST in case.
And thank goodness I did.
Here are the Terminal results:
Last login: Thu May 24 21:10:04 on ttys000
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$ ls -al ~/.Trash
total 32
drwx------ 4 michaelthorne staff 136 24 May 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 michaelthorne staff 578 24 May 17:28 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelthorne staff 12292 24 May 22:01 .DS_Store
drwxr-xr-x 5 michaelthorne staff 170 24 May 21:52 untitled folder
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$ ls -al ~/Desktop
total 48
drwx------+ 8 michaelthorne staff 272 24 May 22:01 .
drwxr-xr-x+ 17 michaelthorne staff 578 24 May 17:28 ..
-rw-r--r--@ 1 michaelthorne staff 21508 24 May 22:01 .DS_Store
-rw-r--r-- 1 michaelthorne staff 0 18 Sep 2004 .localized
drwxr-xr-x 12 michaelthorne staff 408 24 May 17:23 22.05.12
drwxr-xr-x@ 3 michaelthorne staff 102 15 Apr 2011 Mail.app
drwxr-xr-x 7 michaelthorne staff 238 24 May 16:42 V2 copy
drwxr-xr-x 7 michaelthorne staff 238 24 May 19:30 salvation
unknown-00-25-00-4c-8b-0f:~ michaelthorne$
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