How to make Unread files Read after moving them?

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Forgive what must be a kind of remedial question, but… I’m wondering if there’s some preference / option that won’t mark a file as Unread after moving it from one location to another in DTP. Please advise… Thanks!

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There are actually 3 possibilities:

  1. Move the item via drag & drop but without selecting
  2. Again don’t select the item but move it by right/control-clicking and choosing “Move To” in the contextual menu
  3. Disable the preview pane (see View > Preview > None)
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Thanks very much for your reply.

Sorry, I don’t understand how one would move a file without selecting it.

Also, I have right/control-clicked a file, chosen “Move To” in the contextual menu to move a file – but it appears as Unread wherever it has been moved to.

Does that make sense? Maybe I’m overlooking something elemental in DTP… Thanks for your help.

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Both drag & drop and using the contextual menu are possible without having to select the item first (also in the Finder, by the way).

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I’m sorry…I feel like I’m being dense here… Be “selecting” a file I’m just talking about clicking on it once before dragging & dropping or using the contextual menu to move it. What am I misunderstanding?

Thanks…

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To move: Click down on the name but don’t release the button— then drag to new location.

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Thanks. I feel like I’ve been doing that, but whenever I do the files are marked as Unread. I’m sorry if I’m missing some obvious point here…

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Select a file - NOT the file you intend to move.
While the file is selected, control-click or click and immediately drag another file.

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Note: shallow is selected but I’m dragging Piglet_EHShepard.

When you control-click the other, you will see a marquee around the file but the originally selected file will remain selected.

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Thanks for your help with this - and sorry for my late reply.

Do most users use this approach to avoid marking files as Unread when moving them? I thought there was something under Preferences that one could select (apart from View > Preview > None in the preview pane).

Thanks again…

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No worries.

Do most users use this approach to avoid marking files as Unread when moving them?

I can’t answer that since I don’t know how many people actually are trying to do what you are describing. Speaking personally, I know I never have.