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Randomly, I am no longer able to click and drag files in finder or on my desktop. They can be highlighted individually or I can select multiple files by clicking and dragging, but I seem to have lost the functionality that allows you to relocate files by just clicking and dragging them.
thanks!
MacBook Pro
Log into another user account, Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac, and see if the problem persists (this tells us if the problem is limited to your user account or is system wide).
Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.
NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
Log into another user account, Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac, and see if the problem persists (this tells us if the problem is limited to your user account or is system wide).
Boot into Safe Mode (How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support) by booting with the Shift key held down and check there to see if the problem persists. Reboot normally and test again.
NOTE: Safe Mode boot can take up to 10 minutes as it's doing some system cache cleaning, volume verifying and directory repairing.
They don't even move in the first place. I am capable of highlighting them/opening them but that's it.
I tried clearing the Arrange functionality but that didn't work either.
Thank you for the suggestions!
That's odd, maybe some wonky Finder prefs, try rebuilding them.
From your Finder "Go" menu > "Go to folder" then copy & paste this file path:
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
Click Go.
Delete the plist file.
Then, restart, or log out and in again.
(You may have to reset some Finder preferences the way you like them)
Do they snap back? That can be a function of Arrange. Open a Finder window and press command-j keys then choose "Arrange by" = "None" and "Sort by" = "None".
Reboot your machine.
I can't click an drag files in finder
