# TotalFinder Cmd-X Issues w/ Desktop **URL:** \ **Category:** TotalFinder\ **Tags:** issue\ **Created:** [January 15, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225 "2017-01-15T08:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/michael_pass/32/3239_2.png) [@Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Michael_Pass)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2017, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/1 "2017-01-15T08:52:47Z")
Is anyone else having issues with cut/paste moving files to or from the Desktop? The primary reason that I purchased TotalFinder was to have a viable Cntrl-X shortcut replacement that is taken as part of the fundamental end user operating paradigm in Windows. Anyway, Cmd-X works perfectly fine, whenever neither the target or source is the Desktop, but when either resource involves ~/Desktop, I don’t get any productive output. Is this an intentional design feature? Is this a bug? I guess what’s most important to ask, is whether anyone else is experiencing this issue. ---
**Author:** ![headkaze](https://discuss.binaryage.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/41988e/32.png) [@headkaze](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/headkaze)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/2 "2017-01-27T05:58:14Z")
If I right-click Cut / Paste a file from TotalFinder to Desktop it doesn’t work. Also using Ctrl-X / Ctrl-V to the Desktop doesn’t work either. If I open up a tab to the Desktop and paste then it does work. So yes, in answer to your question, I am having the same problem. TotalFinder 1.8.2 + macOS Sierra ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/michael_pass/32/3239_2.png) [@Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Michael_Pass)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/3 "2017-05-06T00:10:42Z")
I’m still having this issue. I’m not sure if this is a bug or not in the way the Desktop is handled in Finder when it’s actually being accessed, it may not be able to pass a target location to TotalFinder to make the Cut/Paste happen. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/michael_pass/32/3239_2.png) [@Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Michael_Pass)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/4 "2017-05-06T01:11:54Z")
Note, this only occurs when ~/Desktop is the target. Cmd-X as Cut-Paste works perfectly fine when ~/Desktop is the source. ---
**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/5 "2017-05-09T13:58:49Z")
Thanks for bringing this up. I’m going to look into this tomorrow. Should be easy to fix. ---
**Author:** ![darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/darwin/32/2275_2.png) [@darwin](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/darwin)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/6 "2017-05-10T17:22:22Z")
This was an issue under Sierra. Please test TotalFinder 1.9.5: [https://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes#1.9.5](https://totalfinder.binaryage.com/beta-changes#1.9.5) ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/michael_pass/32/3239_2.png) [@Michael\_Pass](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/Michael_Pass)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/7 "2017-05-10T17:46:25Z")
That’ll do. Looking forward to the full release. May your travels amidst the high coding seas be free from hydras. ---
**Author:** ![herbert68](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/herbert68/32/1994_2.png) [@herbert68](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/herbert68)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/8 "2017-07-01T19:15:11Z")
A long-time TF user here, can’t live without it. Thank you all who worked to make the difficult SIP transition possible! I’m experiencing a similar issue, not sure if it’s the same as the original post. TF 1.9.3 works fine in my MacBook Pro with macOS 10.12.5, but any version above that crashes when I move files to or from the Desktop. I then have to force quit TF and the moved files actually show up in the regular Finder window, and when I relaunch TF they are there as well. This happens every time I perform this action. I have since uninstalled any beta version and I’m back to 1.9.3 which works just fine for me. I did a search here, but couldn’t find matching results – am I the only one experiencing this issue? ---
**Author:** ![mikenytola](https://discuss.binaryage.com/user_avatar/discuss.binaryage.com/mikenytola/32/2002_2.png) [@mikenytola](https://discuss.binaryage.com/u/mikenytola)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://discuss.binaryage.com/t/totalfinder-cmd-x-issues-w-desktop/5225/9 "2017-07-30T22:59:32Z")
I’m also having the same issue with using cut/paste to the desktop. Makes TotalFinder crash all the time. Funny thing is that it only happens on my wife’s MacBook Pro, but not mine. Both MacBooks are running MacOS X Sierra, and TotalFinder 1.9.3. Temporary solution, I told her to not use the cut/paste to the desktop for the time being.