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After upgrading to Ventura on an iMac Pro, I can no longer drag and drop files in Finder. How do I fix this? A strange looking pop-up box showing the file name comes up when I attempt to select the file to be moved.
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Lownote wrote:
After upgrading to Ventura on an iMac Pro, I can no longer drag and drop files in Finder. How do I fix this? A strange looking pop-up box showing the file name comes up when I attempt to select the file to be moved.
Have you shut down and rebooted more than once since your "Upgrade"..(?)
Did you try a Safeboot How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies
If no insight or resolve— it would be most helpful to post a screenshot of the "strange looking pop-up box" hard to guess what this may look like(?)
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Lownote wrote:
More information about my problem. I've figured out what is happening when I select a file or folder and then push down on the left side of my trackpad to drag the file/folder to its destination. It doesn't allow me to drag--instead, up pops the Quick Look box. I've tried this in both icon and list view in Finder and it is the same. I did reboot into Safe mode but couldn't duplicate this and in fact my Finder was behaving very slowly and very poorly, almost not working.
Have I got a wrong setting on my trackpad perhaps?
Did you make changes and compare your results..? Differ the combinations to suit your needs.
turn off that Look up and secondary click for starters
ref: Change Trackpad settings on Mac - Apple Support
More information about my problem. I've figured out what is happening when I select a file or folder and then push down on the left side of my trackpad to drag the file/folder to its destination. It doesn't allow me to drag--instead, up pops the Quick Look box. I've tried this in both icon and list view in Finder and it is the same. I did reboot into Safe mode but couldn't duplicate this and in fact my Finder was behaving very slowly and very poorly, almost not working. Have I got a wrong setting on my trackpad perhaps?
You are pressing too hard and activating "force touch".
You can turn it off if you find it inconvenient:
Ah Hah--I think I've solved it. I took a look at the Trackpad Settings and discovered that the default setup turned on "Force Click and haptic feedback." As soon as I switched this off, I can now select and drag files and folders in Finder. Hope this helps someone else with the same problem.
I was posting my last note while you were posting yours. Thanks for the tip anyhow. I've never had a problem with this before and have been using Macs and trackpads since they came into existence, beginning with a 128-K Mac purchased in March 1984. Strange that Monterey caused a problem with this for the first time.
Lownote wrote:
I've never had a problem with this before and have been using Macs and trackpads since they came into existence, beginning with a 128-K Mac purchased in March 1984. Strange that Monterey caused a problem with this for the first time.
One possibility, external Trackpads didn't always support Force Click and haptic feedback. I still have an Apple Trackpad that doesn't.
Now that's interesting. The iMac Pro I'm using in Texas I bought as a refurb from OWC and it came with a (white, non-matching--grrrr) Magic Trackpad 2. I'm pretty sure in my UK office, I've just kept using the existing trackpad on my desk there which must pre-date 2015.
Thanks. It has been a while since I looked at all the choices here. Was a good refresher in gestures I had forgotten existed.
Just to add, the original Magic Trackpad (2010 -2015) did not have Force Touch. The Magic Trackpad 2 (2015 - present) does.
Finder Misbehaving after Upgrade to Ventura on iMac Pro computer
