I can send cmd + c keystroke followed by cmd + delete and then I am stuck. There is a Move or Rename a File action and I suppose I have to put my copied file/s to some clipboard and pass that to it or is there a better way? Thank you for any help.

I thought maybe this would work : [image]

[image] Nikita: I don't want to have the window pop up every time for me to select what folder I want the files moved. I just want to specify the folder and pressing a hotkey trigger would move the file/s to specified folder. Easy enough. Just modify the macro to do as you want.

[image] Nikita: I thought maybe this would work Hey Nikita, You need to read that code more closely. It doesn't have any commands to move files. This is about as simple as it gets: -------------------------------------------------------- # Auth: Christopher Stone # dCre: 2016/09/05 17:22 …

Wow, Thank you, this was indeed very simple. This script is extremely handy. :heart:

That simple? Wow. Thanks Chris!

@ALYB , of course if you want to use that script in KM, then you must: Set the destinationPath in a KM Variable Modify the script to read that KM Variable Put the script in an Execute AppleScript Action And you probably should add some error checking. Add any notifications you may want to confirm …

[image] JMichaelTX: of course if you want to use that script in KM, then you must: Set the destinationPath in a KM Variable Modify the script to read that KM Variable Untrue. There is no need whatsoever to take those steps. The destination path can be changed to whatever the user wants wi…

[image] ccstone: [image] JMichaelTX: of course if you want to use that script in KM, then you must: Set the destinationPath in a KM Variable Modify the script to read that KM Variable Untrue. There is no need whatsoever to take those steps. The destination path can be changed to whate…

[image] JMichaelTX: The great thing here is that we have several options for solution to this requirement of moving files. Let's just throw in a tiny bit of JXA for completeness: var app = Application.currentApplication() var Finder = Application("Finder") app.includeStandardAdditions = tru…

@ccstone it seems like this should work to move the contents of an entire folder to another just using AppleScript in Keyboard Maestro but it doesn't. # Your destination folder – requires a POSIX Path: set destinationPath to "/Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-ins" # Convert “destinatio…

Easiest Solution to Move One or More Files and/or Folders Selected in the Finder to Another Folder

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JMichaelTX November 13, 2019, 3:01am 14

@skillet, I think there are some errors in the script that you repurposed, but IAC I would just use this simple KM solution:

Easiest Solution to Move One or More Files and/or Folders Selected in the Finder to Another Folder

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