FinderCut brings real cut-and-paste to the Finder — with cut files ghosted at 50% so you always know what's in motion. The shortcut you've missed since the day you switched.
Try it here — click a file, then press ⌘X
Windows has cut a file since 1995: press cut, the icon fades, and you can see exactly what's about to move. macOS never shipped that feedback.
FinderCut restores it. Press ⌘X and the file drops to 50% opacity right in the Finder — a live, visible marker that it's on the clipboard. Change your mind? Press Esc and it snaps back. No mystery moves, no lost files.
FinderCut does one thing and stays out of the way. It uses the shortcuts you already know, moves files instantly on the same volume, and never phones home.
Distributed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple. Gatekeeper-clean install from a standard DMG.
No account, no analytics, no network access — ever. Your files never leave your Mac.
A single $4.99 purchase with free updates. No subscription, no upsell, no "pro" tier.
There are sandboxed App Store apps that add a Finder cut shortcut, and they work. But the sandbox rules out the details that make FinderCut feel native: the translucent ghost effect on cut files, and knowing the difference between cutting a file and cutting text while you're renaming one. Shipping outside the App Store is what makes those possible. FinderCut is still signed with an Apple Developer ID and notarized, so macOS verifies it at install just like an App Store download.
On the same volume it performs a true move — instant, even for huge files. Across volumes it behaves like the Finder's own drag-move.
A Mac running macOS 11 Big Sur or later, and a one-time grant of Accessibility permission (that's how it listens for ⌘X in the Finder — and only in the Finder).
Nothing happens to your file. It stays exactly where it is, the ghost effect clears, and no data is touched. A cut only becomes a move when you paste.
Yes — your license covers all the Macs you personally use.
Thirty seconds to install. One keystroke you'll use forever.