How do I change to a copy-on-drag behavior (fileprovider)

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jomentino OP

Created Feb ’22

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When exposing mounted volumes on a network, the user expects drag&drop to default to copy (not move from local disk).

This UX is kind of standardized when connecting a thumb drive or usb ssd drive. So I find it confusing why we can't define in FileProvider the UTTypeVolume to ensure the user gets a more expected copy-on-drag behavior.

Please let me know if there are ways to achieve this that I've missed. i.e. I want both "drag to" & "drag from" a file provider volume to result in the green "+" (without having to teach the user to hold the alt-key)

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Engineer OP

Apple

Feb ’22

That is not possible today. Please do file a Feedback in Feedback Assistant detailing your enhancement request. Thanks!

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jomentino OP

Feb ’22

Hi Clenart, I did file it in the feedback assistant. Hope to see a fix to it soon!

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sadasdasrewrew OP

Nov ’22

Hello, Any updates on this issue? Any new option added in the new macOS Ventura to copy instead of move a dragged file? Thank you.

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jomentino OP

Apr ’23

any news on this?

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Apr ’23

any news on this?

Without a bug number it’s very hard for me to track down how this panned out )-:

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