By the way, the com. Does this provide a cue, perhaps?? Please, I followed through in deleting the suggested plist file s from the user Library Preferences folder. However, upon rebooting my macbook pro mid ; macOS Sierra , the trackpad cannot click on anything folders, tabs, etc eventhough the cursor is present and can move about.
I notice many of those plist files are followed by identically named. Not sure about their significance. Thanks all. Terrible computer. Ok, I deleted those. Just bought a new Mac Pro and have issues with try to drag and drop items from folder to folder or to a software. Trying to delete the plist files I could not track down the following com.
Yes drag and drop on Mac requires you to click and drag from one folder to another, often with two windows side by side. For example In Finder … If I drag a. Bluetooth worked for me thank you.. Then I did a bit of tuning as stated and it started working perfectly with no issues at all. The option is like this. I had a problem closing the Finder window and was unable to move icons on the desktop. I tried method one force relaunch of finder and it worked. My drag and drop was not working, so went looking for cause.
I tried all of suggestions above, plus updating to a new operating system and still no success. And tech at Apple Store was baffled. Turned out we were looking at only a symptom as drag and drop was working in Word.
And I also noted i could not create a new folder on my Desktop. So, I googled for that problem and found a recommendation way down in the comments that indicated how to change Desktop back to a folder; the recommendation that worked perfectly was to quote :.
I solved the drag and drop problem another way on my MacBook Pro, Sierra os. By chance, I discovered that it usually works if I select the file using less pressure on the touchpad than usual. I tried a bunch of things in the article and comment, and this one finally worked. I appreciate you taking the time to post what worked for you. Simply replacing the batteries on my cordless mouse solved the problem.
I could still point and click before, but not drag. Use the touchpad with three fingers to test before you invest in new batteries. Great Luck!!! Thanks very much for posting this solution.
No trackpad, but I went through the plist deletion solution, chucking out any drivers of mice etc. Many many thanks — it was driving me nuts!
But I had little choice but to upgrade after apps e. El Capitan has been issue after issue like this. Spotlight is so much slower, Launchpad is a joke of sluggishness, and the new side-by-side feature sometimes hangs the machine so as to be unusable.
I find that if I double click my mouse in fact I using a Wacom Tablet I can get the drag select to start working again, and I can easily break it again by double clicking. I am having some trouble with drag and drop since I updated to macOS Sierra. So I have to minimize all other windows that are opened to be able to drag and drop. It is so annoying. Does anyone have the same problem as me? I selected the file and tried to move onto another folder but nothing happened and the file is vanished and no more in neither of the two folders, nor on the desktop.
Where should I look for it? Ok, my problem is even simpler. Urs worked like a champ. I had trouble with the drag and drop not working and it ended up being gunk on the track pad, so definitely check that before you make any significant changes to your Mac! Wiping it up with a simple wet wipe and letting it dry will do the trick. Thanks for sharing the tips! I am having trouble with Mail while typing a message. I select a passage, drag it to a new location. That works but the original is left behind.
It moved a copy. I think this is happening in a few other apps too. I wan it to move the passage not copy the passage. Now my icons can go from point A to point B. Thanks so much!!! I clicked to disable this feature and the problem with being unable to drag files into folders was instantly fixed.
Brand new mac powerbook with OS X capitan. Drag and drop keeps failing. Re-launching the finder and restarting every 5 minutes is not a viable option. My problem is that drag and drop is intermittent. I think sometimes, the drag itself does not work either.
This is just a finder problem. I agree with Bill that none of the solutions here are really solutions, just work-arounds for Apple software issues that should not be happening. So I looked at the names of the files mentioned above, — com. Can you explain how to change the value please. Thank you! Who would have thought something as simple as relaunching the finder would solve what was causing me so much grief and wasted time.
I pried up the mouse button, blew it out, and then put the mouse button back down and clicked a few times forcibly. Omg, two palms to the face. I tried everything then saw your comment, worked. The simplest fix too.
Your suggestion of removing the. Thank you. Wow… this tip works for me. My new MacBook Retina got this issues. Drag and Drop now working fine! Turning the bluetooth on and off worked for me. It sounds misguided to suggest this is due to a faulty trackpad when a number of people are having the same problem. Ditto what KrazyKags says. Good to know, but it has not happened to me, yet.
However, a maybe related problem that makes the drag and drop really needed is the following. I want to send an email to someone, and I want to include a file F. In the mail program I go to the icon that makes including possible, click on it, get Finder, and want to choose the folder X to find and choose file F there.
But what Mail does is imediately include folder X. So I have to delete it and then drag and drop F to the email. This was not the case some updates of OSX ago, but it keeps on happening. A bug in my computer, in mail, or in my brain? Anyone using AirParrot will have this problem. Only fix is to uninstall, not delete, the app completely. Drag and drop works fine on the new Mac Force Touch trackpads, use it frequently, though when you first encounter it on a new Mac, it does take a little getting used to.
The secondary force click is smart enough to not activate while dragging, too. Name required. Mail will not be published required.
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March 30, at am. December 29, at am. Iveagh says:. December 8, at am. Allen says:. February 21, at am. Then go into the folder you want to arrange. Then select the way you want then to be arranged and select if you want it system wide or not.
Then go back to your desired view mode. Satcomer said:. Click to expand Natobasso Tech-Bot Natobasso said:. Is your user account an Admin account? Can you create a new folder on your desktop? I remember a problem like this with I doubt the fix for that OS version would apply here. What does it say about the access privileges? What are the access privileges? Are you comfortable with the Terminal.
You could check the permissions for those items from there as well might be more informative. Install anything new? Play with ACLs sandbox fiddling? I don't know how many X11, unix type, command line Could be an OS X system issue.
This article for system Ya know I've heard good things about Dragster 1. Does anyone know where I can find a working copy of it? Who knows Otherwise I might try an Archive Install and see if that works. I have repaired permissions many times and that hasn't helped either. Tried a new user account to Aug 3, AM. Aug 3, AM in response to think. Thank you. That is a lot of steps for a simple task.
Hopefully MAC will fix this and allow a simple right click on the item with a "move to folder" option. Would save a lot of time. I appreciate the help. As far as I'm aware they are exactly the same methods to move a file in wondows, what version of windows do you see "move to folder" in the contextual menu? Aug 3, PM in response to think. In any version of windows, when you download a document, you can immediately right click the item and have full function of that document to open, copy, move, etc When you go to move the file you can rename it as needed.
In MAC, stacks gives you no functions other than open. In the downloads folder on MAC you have no move function other than to the trash. Aug 3, PM. Aug 3, PM in response to rachel In response to rachel Thanks for the info, didn't know your could do that, I'm an Option1 type of person, even on Windows.
The downloads folder how no special functionality and effectually works just like any other folder.
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