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Move data between applications? (NSDragOperationMove)

Is it possible to allow the user both to move and copy data from my application (by dragging it to another application)?

The problem is that using the modifier keys, the user can only restrict the dragging mask to either Generic, Copy, Link, or combinations of these, but not Move! So unless Move is the default action taken by the drag destination, there is no way for the user to change it into a Move.

I figured then I'd just use Generic as the Move action, since a) most applications use Copy by default, b) contrary to Copy, the Generic action does not show the plus sign, and c) the semantics of Generic is not defined.

But then I found out that Finder *always* choose the Generic option (and does show the plus sign for it) -- so this strategy would only work between Cocoa applications.

Am I missing something here? Didn't Apple like pioneer drag'n'drop? ;)
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