CutX
Cut and paste files in Finder, like on Windows
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macOS has no cut for files: Finder's ⌘X is greyed out, and the real move gesture (⌘C then ⌥⌘V) is one almost nobody knows. CutX makes the obvious shortcut do the obvious thing. Press ⌘X on a file or folder, then ⌘V where you want it. The items move. CutX never touches your files — it asks Finder to do the move, so undo, progress, Replace/Keep Both and permission prompts all work as usual. Outside Finder, ⌘X still cuts text. Free, open source, no tracking. 11 languages, incl. mirrored Arabic.
PH · launched Sep 10, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 26%) · 0 views
Niche: macos system utilities · 448 launches, 31 in the last 7 days ▼ -30% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Workflow automation
- Prosumer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
- Mac
- Productivity
- Open Source
- GitHub
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More like this: all 448 launches in macos system utilities →
Could you build this?
Yes CutX is a lightweight native macOS menu bar / background helper app that captures Command+X in Finder and triggers Finder's native move AppleScript/NSWorkspace commands.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 473 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #200 of 474 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 298 days after the earliest competitor.
- GetSpace · ph · 2026-10-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.56
- Switchover · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Pathsta · ph · 2026-09-23 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- Menubloom · ph · 2026-11-10 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.49
- RenamerX · ph · 2026-11-11 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Cloveworks · ph · 2026-09-10 · 7 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Clean Start · ph · 2026-11-09 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Talos · ph · 2026-09-29 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.46
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