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by agumonkey 3151 days ago
I believe it was a per application design. File explorer could copy folder and files (windows too). But you can't copy anything out of the box.
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robotresearcher 3151 days ago
The macOS Finder comes in the box. Copy paste a file icon to replicate a file. I just tried it and it works.
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agumonkey 3151 days ago
can you copy an application ? a window ? a structured paragraph ?
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lostlogin 3151 days ago
Yes to an app, no to a window and I don’t know what a structured paragraph is. I can’t explain how but being able to copy a window seems like it would break the metaphor.
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robotresearcher 3151 days ago
An application (*.app), yes. Window, no. Structured paragraph, yes.

Shrug.

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