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Moving folders in OSX

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Mar 15, 2026517 views
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Problem

Let's say I have a particular folder I want to move to a different drive. On that drive is a folder of the same name. Both folders have things inside them. In Windows, when I move the folder, the things in the destination folder will not be affected, unless they have the same names as things in the…

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Fix for: Moving folders in OSX

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Well you will never get this exact behaviour with a vanilla install of OS X Snow Leopard. It is a serious flaw with Finder that has been discussed for years at forums.macrumors.com. Ways that you can accomplish this is by opening Terminal and using …

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