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Apr 4, 2009 6:13 PM
by: Sergei Yakovlev
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No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Sep 22, 2008 4:18 AM
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Hi,
I have the following Problem on one machine in the Office:
A Macbook Pro with 10.5.5 has no drag and drop and copy and paste functionality anymore.. Neither u can "grab" and move any files...
Until now I tried the following:
Reinstalled OSXCOmbo 10.5.5 three timnes > no success
Added a new User and tried with this user > no success
Booted into safe mode > no success
The Last thing the user installed was a "HP director" printer driver and suite. I've deinstalled it already > no success
I pretty much at end with my ideas.. Does anybody have any experience with this prob? There are a few posts on the net, but with no real solution...
regards
bossy
macbook pro, G4, macmini
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Renton, Washington (near Seattle)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Sep 22, 2008 5:32 AM
in response to: bossy22
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Hello bossy:
You might try trashing a preference file and restarting (com.apple.finder.plist).
Barry
iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz Intel-based/2 GB, iMac 17" 1.8 Ghz G5/1 GB, DSL, Firewire HDs
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Sep 22, 2008 6:30 AM
in response to: Barry Hemphill
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Done.. no success..
Also I can't mount apps from Images!! Error Code (-10822). Thank god for time machine, or I wouldn't be able to even use Superduper for backup...
It seems that a clean Install is the only Solution, or??
regards
macbook pro, G4, macmini
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Sep 22, 2008 7:02 AM
in response to: bossy22
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Hi again:
If you mean by "clean install" an erase and install, I would definitely not do that. I usually suggest an archive and install - safer, IMHO.
Barry
iMac 20" 2.4 Ghz Intel-based/2 GB, iMac 17" 1.8 Ghz G5/1 GB, DSL, Firewire HDs
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Sep 22, 2008 7:20 AM
in response to: Barry Hemphill
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I've read some discussions, where archive and install wouldn't help!!!
Prefs and stuff are kept!! So it makes no sense...
regards
bossy
macbook pro, G4, macmini
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Kauai, Hawaii
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 8, 2008 10:37 PM
in response to: bossy22
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Hi Bossy;
I have the same problem on two of my machines. One, however does allow copy and paste, just not drag-and-drop. And it’s only in certain areas, i.e. I can drag and drop icons in the Finder in Icon view, but not in List or Column view. Also, I can drag and drop text from Safari, but not from BBEdit (but I can drag and drop to BBEdit). Possibly unrelated: sometimes, after restarting, all drag-and-drop works, but at a certain point, it does cease working, at the same time that Photoshop CS4 stops updating when drawing on the image window (you have to zoom in/out to see what you’ve changed—which makes Photoshop CS4 just about completely unusable at that point).
Intel, G5s, G4s, iPhone
Mac OS X (10.5)
Linux, IRIX, nVidia Renderers
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 12, 2008 12:58 AM
in response to: bossy22
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I'm in the same boat. Hit me out of the blue tonight. I can't find any workable solution. I've tried everything except rebuilding from scratch, which is not a viable option at the moment.
MacBook Pro 2.2 Intel Duo
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Nov 24, 2008
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 24, 2008 7:30 AM
in response to: Adam Prall
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The same vexing problem of loss of drag-and-drop and cut-and-paste just occurred out of the blue on my wife's iBook G4 (1.42 GHz) running OSX 10.5.5. The only recent software addition was the addition of HP Photosmart C7200 software a week or so ago. I noted that an earlier poster mentioned HP software so I wonder if there is a small clue here. Permissions have been repaired, disk verified, and the HP software removed, all with no change.
PowerBook G4 / iBook G4 / Quicksilver
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 24, 2008 8:02 AM
in response to: rthom2
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I forgot to indicate that I have two other computers -- notably both running OS X 10.4.11, however -- that are running the HP Photosmart software with no problem.
PowerBook G4 / iBook G4 / Quicksilver
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 24, 2008 9:51 PM
in response to: bossy22
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Hi all
Glad to hear (see) that I'm not the only one. No cut/paste, no drag and drop ... No fix?
Michael
2 x 3.2 GHz Quad
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 26, 2008 5:04 AM
in response to: bossy22
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No, it will create a brand new shiny system folder alongside your old one. Worth a shot.
G5Quad 2.5, 16gb ram, V-raptor 150gb, V-raptor 300gb
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
Jive/w wd640gb. 2 V-raptors Raid 0. 7800gtx electron22blueIV, 20" cinema display
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Nov 26, 2008 3:48 PM
in response to: bossy22
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Same thing : No Drag and Drop, no Cut and Paste
AND no Spotlight menu for me 
No solution ?
PowerBook G4
Mac OS X (10.5.5)
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Dec 4, 2008 7:38 AM
in response to: David Foucher
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Has anyone found a solution yet? I've also tried the steps above with no success.
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Dec 4, 2008 7:55 AM
in response to: Barry Hemphill
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I did solve it ...
Back up everything ...
Boot up your install disc like you're going to re-install the whole system ... but do a archive install... this saved all my stuff and erased the issue ...
but as always ... back up. My back up is time machine ...
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Re: No Drag and Drop in OS X 10.5.5
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Dec 4, 2008 8:08 AM
in response to: Michael Reiser
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Re: Unable to copy/paste, drag/drop files, folders and texts
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 5:03 AM in response to: Mojoscream
I had this problem some months ago. I tracked down the cause to the process "pboard", which you can locate in your Activity Monitor. This presumably is the pasteboard/drag and drop engine. Force quitting this, even though it immediately re-launches, resulted in a return of the copy and paste etc.
However in the long term the only solution I could find was a re-install of the system. However in the meantime you should be able to work.
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