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By AbadXDev
Cut and paste files in Finder with ⌘X and ⌘V — free and open source.
The Cut command macOS never gave Finder.
🌐 **Bilingual:** the interface automatically follows your Mac's language — English or Spanish. You can also choose it per app in System Settings → General → Language & Region.
| System | Download | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| macOS 13+ (Apple silicon & Intel) | Latest release → FinderCut-v1.0.0.zip |
Unzip and move FinderCut.app to Applications. Ad-hoc signed (not notarized): if macOS blocks it the first time, right-click the app and choose Open. Then grant the Accessibility permission when macOS asks — FinderCut needs it to watch for ⌘X in Finder. |
No compiling needed — grab the app from the Releases page and use it.
- Select files in Finder and press
⌘X— FinderCut copies them and remembers that a cut is pending. The scissors in your menu bar shows the pending cut. - Open the destination folder and press
⌘V— FinderCut turns that paste into Finder's native Move Item Here (⌥⌘V), and the files move there. - Changed your mind? Nothing has moved yet — a cut only happens at paste time. Press
Esc, copy something else with⌘C, or simply don't paste.
| Keys | What it does |
|---|---|
⌘X |
Cut the selected files (marks them to move) |
⌘V |
Move the cut files into the current folder — or a normal paste if no cut is pending |
⌘C |
Copy as usual (and cancels any pending cut) |
Esc |
Cancel the pending cut |
| FinderCut | Command X | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | $4 |
| Minimum macOS | 13 | 26 |
| Source code | Open source (MIT) | Closed |
| Apple silicon & Intel | ✅ Universal | — |
- Renaming a file: while Finder is editing a name,
⌘X/⌘Vstill cut and paste text, exactly as usual. - Other apps: outside Finder, FinderCut does nothing at all.
- Your files: nothing is moved, renamed or deleted until you paste.
- macOS 13 or later, on Apple silicon or Intel.
- The Accessibility permission (System Settings → Privacy & Security → Accessibility). Until you grant it, the scissors menu shows “missing Accessibility permission”; grant it and FinderCut picks it up with no relaunch.
FinderCut collects nothing, phones nowhere, and has no analytics. It only watches key presses while Finder is the frontmost app, and only ⌘X, ⌘V, ⌘C and Esc.
Requires Xcode Command Line Tools on macOS 13+:
git clone https://github.com/AbadXDev/findercut.git
cd findercut
./build.sh # produces FinderCut.app (universal, ad-hoc signed)- App by AbadXDev — MIT License (see
LICENSE). - Not affiliated with Apple. Finder and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc.