Where has the Move to… command gone in the FInder?

It's still there, just hidden. Copy as before and press Option while pasting.

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I don't remember a Move To command in the Finder (maybe there was one at some time but I don't ever recall it.)

I suggest watching 10 Ways to Move Files from one Folder to Another in the Finder on macmost.com.

Peter Marsh wrote:

Since forever, at least 1984 when I bought my first Mac, using the finder was that much easier with a Move To command. You use it to simply move a file from A to B but clear out the files from A at the same time. It saves a lot of potential file duplication if you have to move files the clumsy way by copying, pasting, returning to your start location, select the files again and choose "Move to Trash".

Windows still has it, why can't Mac?

As far as I know, the Mac still behaves as you describe. A few years ago, Apple added a "merge" option that's virtually impossible to trigger when you want it. But even then, you have to option to overwrite. In all other situations, it works exactly as you lament that it should.

Peter Marsh wrote:

Brilliant, does the trick. Turns a clumsy copy, paste, return, delete, empty trash into a simple two step process. Thanks.

Anyway, I would NOT move any important file because if (rarely) something goes wrong, that important file might vanish into thin air.

Brilliant, does the trick. Turns a clumsy copy, paste, return, delete, empty trash into a simple two step process. Thanks.

Thanks for your suggestion. The speaker covered a lot of options that I never knew existed. It's like having a manual given to you after decades of stumbling around in the dark.

Cheers.