This Action is actually a multipurpose Action that provides the following actions: (All actions can be used with either a File or Folder)

• Move (and/or Rename)
• Copy
• Duplicate
• Move to Trash
• Delete (permanently)
• Reveal in Finder

You can either insert the main Action (shown above), and then choose the actual action to use in the dropdown, OR, insert one of the preconfigured Actions from the Action panel/menu:

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Click the File Chooser button on the right of an action to select an existing file or folder on disk. Option-click on the File Chooser button to show the currently selected file or folder in the Finder (assuming it exists already).

The actions

• Copy a File — copies a file or folder. You must specify a name and location for the copy.
• Delete a File — deletes a file (but not a folder) with no warnings or confirmation messages. The file is deleted and not moved to the Trash. Be careful with this action.
• Duplicate a File — duplicates a file within the same folder and adds copy to the filename.
• Move or Rename a File — moves or renames a file or folder.
• Reveal a File — brings the Finder to the front with the file or folder selected.
• Trash a File — moves a file or folder to the Trash from where it can easily be recovered.
• Delete Directory. Be extremely careful with this action as it deletes the folder and all its contents with no warnings or confirmation messages.

This Action Option can be confusing because although the Option popup shows only Move, it in fact allows you to do three different things, based solely on the data you supply in the to field. In all cases, the Source Item Path field must be the full path to the source Finder item (file or folder) that is being acted upon. To add further confusion, the Action Title remains constant at “Move or Rename” regardless of the actual operation to be performed.

You will get an error/failure if the destination file already exists. So, if you want to overwrite the destination file, you will need to first move the destination file to macOS Trash. For an example of this, see How to move all files in a specific folder and replace

• Append Text to a File
• Read a File
• Write to a File
• New Folder
• See all Actions

• Backup to usb
• Move or Rename
• How to move all files in a specific folder and replace
• Topics about Rename a File action
• Topics about Trash File action

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