# Copy/drag from file list not working as expected (Mac)

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-drag-from-file-list-not-working-as-expected-mac/60007
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [February 8, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-drag-from-file-list-not-working-as-expected-mac/60007 "2023-02-08T22:41:47Z")
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### Author: ![Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/florian/32/5759_2.png) [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2023, 6:11am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/copy-drag-from-file-list-not-working-as-expected-mac/60007/4 "2023-02-09T06:11:31Z")

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If you use copy and paste in macOS, it's up to the target app to decide which contents from the pasteboard take priority. Mp3tag provides a variety of representations of the files you're copying:

- file promises for copying in, e.g., Finder or other file-management related apps
- file URLs for apps that take URLs
- a textual representation that is created using a [format string](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/format-strings-and-available-placeholders/51688) that is configurable via **Preferences → Export → Copy Format**

Regarding Numbers: I don't know how to make it paste into separate columns (I'm not a Numbers user). A quick test showed that copy-/pasting tab-delimited data from a plain text file also does not separate it into different columns. Do you know how to make this work?

However, pasting to a CSV file or using **File → Export...** as indicated by @MotleyG works (you can also drag&drop the CSV file).

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