You can save a lot of time by copying, cutting, and pasting on a computer. When you copy text from a website, you can paste it in a Word document or email and save it on your computer. You can also use these shortcuts to cut a file or folder and paste it in a new location. If you’re a Mac user, here’s how to cut, copy and paste items with your keyboard, mouse, or trackpad.
To copy and paste text, images, or files on a Mac, you can either use the contextual menu or keyboard shortcuts. The contextual menu is a pop-up screen that appears when you tap on your mouse or trackpad.
But the easiest way to copy and paste is with keyboard shortcuts.
Instead of copying, you can choose to cut text and images to move them from one location to another. Unlike copying which retains the copied text, the Cut command will get rid of the text in the original file.
You can also right-click the mouse on the highlighted text and/or images and choose Cut from the pop-up contextual menu.
You can also find the option to cut from the “Edit” menu in most applications.
If you want to paste text without keeping the formatting (the size, font, color, etc of the text) press Command + Shift + Option + V.
You can also find this option in the contextual menu under Paste and Match Style.
If you want to move files and folders around on your Mac, you can copy and paste them with Command + C and Command + V. However, unless you want duplicates, it’s usually best to cut and paste files and folders.
Here’s how to move a file or folder on a Mac with cut and paste.
You can also find the option to move a file under Edit in the Finder menu bar. However, you have to push the Option key while you are in the menu for the Move Item Here option to appear.
The Paste option is also available in the Edit Menu of most applications.
Now that you know how to copy and paste on a Mac, check out our list of the most useful Mac keyboard shortcuts here.
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