# Move Files in Mac Version **URL:** \ **Category:** Mac\ **Created:** [May 26, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-files-in-mac-version/61076 "2023-05-26T15:56:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 16
**Author:** ![ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/ohrenkino/32/4843_2.png) [@ohrenkino](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ohrenkino)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-files-in-mac-version/61076/16 "2023-06-03T14:09:02Z")
> [@djquartz](#): > > Then I sort the file list by genre and use the move function to quickly move files to their respective folders. If you have filled the field GENRE, the file name has been set in step 2, then I wonder if an action of the type "Format tag value" for \_FILENAME with a format string like `music/%genre%/%_filename%` (in which you replace "music" with the string that leads to the root folder of which all the genre folders are the sub folders). This moves the current file to that location of a genre folder. Isn't this what you would have done with the Windows version and "move": select the files of the same genre (as they are sorted by genre), Navigate to the "Move" function Select the target folder Start the "Move". I still have not grasped why the "move" function - which has been disputed for the windows version to be ignorant of the source folder structure: > [@Feature request: Copy Directory Structure](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/feature-request-copy-directory-structure/60873): > > Current Functionality Currently, when a user right-clicks a selection in the file list and uses the "Copy..." function, all selected files are copied to one destination folder. Desired Functionality A very useful feature would be "Copy Directory Structure...", which copies all selected files and duplicates their existing directory structure. (Ex: Selected songs currently in folders "Artist A", "Artist B", and "Band C" are copied to the destination directory inside same-named folders.) Ratio… But in your case, I take it, all the files are already in one folder and need to be distributed to several folders. For this task, the function to rename the filename with a path component is the fastest way. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/move-files-in-mac-version/61076)._