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Q: Drag and drop stops working in maverick

Hello,

running Maverick and running into this issue twice already.

I can't drag files in finder. I can select them, I can multiple select them by dragging, but clicking on them and draging them does not work at all until I reboot.

 

Anyone know of this issue?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Nov 22, 2013 11:51 AM

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  • by Tangent Lin,

    Tangent Lin Tangent Lin Jul 7, 2014 6:42 PM in response to cromestant
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    Jul 7, 2014 6:42 PM in response to cromestant

    Well, I put my programmer's hat on and tried to understand the system a little. Apparently, #OSX might have tried to avoid accidental click and drag for novice user, the short answer to this is user has to click and hold the button steady for roughly 0.5 seconds before dragging occurs. If the user does not and starts dragging within 0.5 seconds, there is a bug with OSX that whichever object that is under the mouse cursor when 0.5 second would end up being picked. I made up the 0.5 second here as I have no way to clock it preciously. This bug ends up making things so much more confusing.

  • by dovbm,

    dovbm dovbm Aug 8, 2014 11:33 AM in response to cromestant
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    Aug 8, 2014 11:33 AM in response to cromestant

    Same problem, restarting the finder does not work, a complete reboot is necessary. Using my Mac is a nightmare with this bug...

  • by Gillware Data Recovery,

    Gillware Data Recovery Gillware Data Recovery Aug 19, 2014 10:31 AM in response to cromestant
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    Aug 19, 2014 10:31 AM in response to cromestant

    Maybe the same issue maybe not but it seems it hasn't been explained this way... When I attempt to drag and drop from an email to a folder I have opened up in Finder it sometimes works and sometimes not. I notice when it doesnt work if I click the finder window to make sure it is active and then go to OSX mail and drag and drop an attachment to that folder it then works.

     

    I'm usuing duel monitors so both the finder window and the OSX mail are both front in center on each their own screen.

     

    This issue is really annoying!

  • by dovbm,

    dovbm dovbm Aug 19, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Tangent Lin
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    Aug 19, 2014 2:40 PM in response to Tangent Lin

    This does not work for me. It is impossible to drag any file or folder in the finder.

  • by l.i.am,

    l.i.am l.i.am Sep 2, 2014 1:46 AM in response to cromestant
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    Sep 2, 2014 1:46 AM in response to cromestant

    I had the same issue when upgrading to Mavericks, but I believe I may have the fix.

    You have to reset your Finder preferences as per this tutorial: http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/finder.html

    I followed these instructions and drag and drop has performed fine since.

    Hope it helps!

  • by dovbm,

    dovbm dovbm Sep 19, 2014 2:29 AM in response to l.i.am
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    Sep 19, 2014 2:29 AM in response to l.i.am

    Since Drag and Drop does not work and Copy, Paste does not work either, after searching the internet, I found a solution that works for Copy and Paste and also for Drag and Drop. It consists in killing the process "pboard" and restarting the Finder. Use "activity monitor", search for "pboard", select it, and force to quit. Then restart the finder using "force to quit" into apple menu. It avoids rebooting the computer.

  • by gt90,

    gt90 gt90 Oct 6, 2014 1:02 PM in response to dovbm
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    Oct 6, 2014 1:02 PM in response to dovbm

    This worked for me... but I still can't drag files into my email.

  • by dovbm,

    dovbm dovbm Oct 6, 2014 1:10 PM in response to gt90
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    Oct 6, 2014 1:10 PM in response to gt90

    You may need to quit and restart Mail also...

  • by gt90,

    gt90 gt90 Oct 6, 2014 1:12 PM in response to dovbm
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    Oct 6, 2014 1:12 PM in response to dovbm

    lol I just did that and it works. Thanks again for this workaround. Definitely better than restarting, but still very annoying.

  • by jtalle,

    jtalle jtalle Nov 16, 2014 10:41 AM in response to cromestant
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    Nov 16, 2014 10:41 AM in response to cromestant

    I was able to make it clear up instantly by unplugging my keyboard and mouse, then plugging them back in.

     

    Now the Drag and Drop, plus the contextual menus are working great.

  • by S Burt,

    S Burt S Burt Nov 18, 2014 6:51 AM in response to cromestant
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    Nov 18, 2014 6:51 AM in response to cromestant

    Thanks, l.i.am. Your link http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/finder.html did the trick. If you are having this problem, please, try that link, first!

     

    Your OS X install might hide the Library folder from you. (I hate this change so much.) If your Finder is usable, you can press Shift-Command-G and type in ~/Library to bring up your hidden Library folder.

     

    Simply restarting the Finder didn't work, though. After I trashed the plists, I needed to restart before it was fixed. I believe this was a problem with the Favorites panel. While I was suffering from the crashing Finder, most of the time I could drag and drop without a crash as long as I didn't drag the file icon across the Favorites panel.

  • by Truda_0,

    Truda_0 Truda_0 Nov 21, 2014 9:55 PM in response to cromestant
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    Nov 21, 2014 9:55 PM in response to cromestant

    Hello to you all.

     

    Just here to say that I've been having the same issue for months, and I can't find a solution anywhere.

    Apple doesn't seem to take a look at this topic either.

     

    About some characteristics of the issue:

    -It is NOT only with Finder. It is with ANY drag and drop situation.

    -Restarting Finder do NOT fix the issue neither deleting Finder preferences. Only rebooting fixes it. Temporarily.

    -When trying to drag an item it gets stuck on the cursor for a few seconds, and if you won't constantly type "esc" or right click on something it can get stuck for a long period of time.

    -It happens on Mavericks and Yosemite. So an update won't work for this issue.

     

    Hope anyone up there could start working on this. It is really annoying and unproductive.

  • by Truda_0,

    Truda_0 Truda_0 Nov 21, 2014 10:02 PM in response to dovbm
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    Nov 21, 2014 10:02 PM in response to dovbm

    Just tried. Did not work here...

  • by jtalle,

    jtalle jtalle Nov 21, 2014 11:01 PM in response to Truda_0
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    Nov 21, 2014 11:01 PM in response to Truda_0

    RE: Just tried. Did not work here...

     

    Unplug your mouse. Unplug your keyboard.

    Plug in your mouse. Plug in your keyboard.

     

    See if that works.

  • by orbit504,

    orbit504 orbit504 Nov 22, 2014 5:39 AM in response to jtalle
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    Nov 22, 2014 5:39 AM in response to jtalle

    Yosemite solves all the issues Mavericks had.

    Since upgrading to 10.10 all issues have gone.

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