It seems that the new Big Sur dropped the ability to have two finder windows open, which made moving files from one folder to another easy. I cannot figure out how to do that without wasting a lot of time. I have a boatload of scanned documents that I want to file quickly. Help please!!!
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
You can have as many windows as you like. Command-N opens a new window.
When you open a folder, it usually will open in the same window, but you can choose to open in another window or tab.
In this regard everything works exactly the same as it has for many years.
You can have as many windows as you like. Command-N opens a new window.
When you open a folder, it usually will open in the same window, but you can choose to open in another window or tab.
In this regard everything works exactly the same as it has for many years.
If you have the General System Preferences to always open in tabs, and you want to keep that setting, just drag the new tab off the Finder window and it will be its own window.
here's two open finder windows, big sur 11.2.3
since it's not working as expected for you, you may want to try starting in safe mode:
Start up your Mac in safe mod - Apple Support
if that doesn't work, you can try these steps.
How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support
Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support
moving files
