Sometimes, you discover the coolest Mac OS X tricks by accident. That happened recently to Hints reader philostein. And philostein’s accident is our gain. First, copy a file path to your Mac’s ...

You can copy and paste on Mac by right-clicking, opening the toolbar, or using keyboard shortcuts. Text, images, GIFs, and other file formats can all be copied and pasted on a Mac. Apple devices on ...

The way Macs do it may seem off to newer users, but OS X does allow both copy/paste, and cut/paste actions for files. The second is quicker and less-known—by using the mouse and the Option key.