I know that, but that is inconsistent and that inconsistency _is_ the reason the Finder resisted implementing it for years, and why it doesn&#x27;t have cut-paste to this day, but does have move.<p>It is hard to find things from decades ago on the web, but see <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-does-Apple-not-provide-a-cut-function-in-the-Finder" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.quora.com&#x2F;Why-does-Apple-not-provide-a-cut-funct...</a> (2011). The answer from Eduo-Gutiérrez IMO points to the same.<p>The Apple Human Interface guidelines also are fairly clear on the fact that the clipboard behaves like a real object. My 1987 edition says (page 81):<p><i>The Clipboard holds whatever is cut or copied from a document. Its contents stay intact when the user changes documents, opens a desk accessory, or leaves the application.</i><p>That certainly is not the way Excel behaves.<p>Also,on page 83, discussing the Cut menu item:<p><i>When the user chooses Cut, the application removes the current selection from the document and puts it in the Clipboard, replacing the Clipboard&#x27;s previous contents.
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If the user chooses Paste immediately after choosing Cut, the document is just as it was before the Cut</i>.