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I used to be able to drag and drop document into files on my MacBook Pro desktop and after the update it now won't work? I have tried changing the settings and nothing seems to work...
Relaunching Finder (🍎 > Force Quit > Finder > Relaunch) was the solution that worked for me.
Please describe what happens when you drag an item onto the Desktop. It should work the way it always has. What settings did you change?
Try restarting your Mac in the usual manner.
Go to your settings for your trackpad and make an adjustment to move the images. You should be good after that.
what i did was disabling the TURN ON SPRING LOADING and it worked
I found the answer! I couldn't handle that lightly pressing thing.
Go to Settings > Trackpad > Disable "Force click and haptic feedback".
joy … simple drag and drop functionality is back!
I have only changed trackpad settings, but have put them back to what they where. A box comes up saying ‘prepaying to move…’ but it doesn’t actually move the documents into the file. I just can’t understand why I can’t just drag and drop like I could before the update?
I have restarted my Mac a few times and it still doesn’t work. Thanks
restarted and the problem seems. Before the restart clicking on the file icon would open a thumbnail of the document so I couldn't drag it anywhere. Now it won't even do that. Click on the file icon and you can't drag it or do anything really
I know why this happens. It is not about system settings. It is that if you tap with a tiny tip of your finger, it doesn't work. You have to first tap touch pad to select a file, then with forefinger so that LARGE part of your finger touches the touch pad do the drag and drop. Don't make the touch pad click, but just touch the touchpad with large part of your finger touching the touchpad. Works every time, after I realised it.
I got intel-based 2020 macbook air. I think it is about a particular type of touchpads that doesn't work like other macbook touchpads.
seekir wrote:
vesque (see above) had the solution that worked for me. In OS Sonoma on my MacBook, a lighter pressure on the trackpad till a subtle click is felt will permit drag and drop. Firm pressure opens a preview of the file. Extremely annoying to those of us who are accustomed to the old click and drag but are uninformed about this feature.
Turn off the Force Click gesture, or don’t press that hard.
i fixed it by pressing down with 2 fingers onto my desktop then selecting the "show view options." at the top it says "stack by:" there's a drop down menu and i selected the "none" option.
hope this works!
I spent an hour on this! Here is what finally worked:
Problem solved!!
None of it worked. This did:
Finder
View
Sort by
"none"
Thank you mate, it worked for me. Best.
This worked for me, but it was Finder/View/Group by/None
Hi,
Sonoma 14.4.1
Go to : Settings > Accessibility > Pointer control
Use button [Trackpad Options...] and enable Use trackpad for dragging.
Thank-you so much! I've been trying to figure this out for awhile and your solution worked! :)
Why can't I drag and drop documents into folder on desktop post macOS sonoma?
