stryjek4
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Q: How to select a portion of message in macOS Sierra?

In previous versions of OSX I was able to select a part of message (text / iMessage) in the Messages app. Now, if I try to do the same, Tapback gets activated. It's really annoying as I frequently have to copy full message body, paste in some editor and then do the editing.

MacBook Pro, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 11:33 PM

by John Galt,Solvedanswer
John Galt John Galt
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A:

Shut down your Mac and restart it in "Safe Mode". To learn how to do that please read: Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up. Determine if the same problem occurs in "Safe Mode", or not.

Posted on Sep 26, 2016 10:34 PM

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Q: How to select a portion of message in macOS Sierra?

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  • by John Galt,

    John Galt John Galt Sep 26, 2016 12:13 AM in response to stryjek4
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    Sep 26, 2016 12:13 AM in response to stryjek4

    That shouldn't occur if you merely select message text by double-clicking or click-drag. That action works the same way it always has.

     

    Tapback will occur if you press and hold – in other words if don't move the cursor quickly enough.

     

    If you still can't get it to work please examine your Trackpad preferences. Perhaps changing an arbitrary setting will correct what you are experiencing. Check Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad in the same manner: change a setting to determine if that corrects it.

  • by stryjek4,

    stryjek4 stryjek4 Sep 26, 2016 2:12 AM in response to John Galt
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    Sep 26, 2016 2:12 AM in response to John Galt

    No, apparently it doesn't

     

    • Triple-clicking the message selects it whole body
    • Double-clicking does nothing
    • Single-clicking selects the whole body with a delay, like triple-click.

     

    The same applies to my mouse and trackpad.

  • by John Galt,Solvedanswer

    John Galt John Galt Sep 26, 2016 10:34 PM in response to stryjek4
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    Sep 26, 2016 10:34 PM in response to stryjek4

    Shut down your Mac and restart it in "Safe Mode". To learn how to do that please read: Try safe mode if your Mac doesn't finish starting up. Determine if the same problem occurs in "Safe Mode", or not.

  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 26, 2016 1:51 PM in response to stryjek4
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    Sep 26, 2016 1:51 PM in response to stryjek4

    Hi,

     

    I can get this:-

    Screen Shot 2016-09-26 at 21.50.32.png

     

    I can highlight part of the text.

     

     

    3Sigcopy2.png

    9:51 pm      Monday; September 26, 2016

     

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  • by stryjek4,

    stryjek4 stryjek4 Sep 26, 2016 10:35 PM in response to John Galt
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    Sep 26, 2016 10:35 PM in response to John Galt

    It did work in Safe Mode and now it also works in regular mode as well. Thank you very much