Have upgraded to Sonoma and cannon change the order of the icons in the dock by long pressing any more. Anyone else having same problem and is there a workaround for this. It only gives you option to remove from dock.
This is a bit more complicated than it used to be. If you're running Sonoma and are unable to drag your dock icons around like you always could before, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control > then Click the Button to "Use Trackpad for Dragging" (until you see the Blue, which confirms you've turned it on) and then finally choose your "Dragging Style" (without Drag Lock is simplest). For some reason, our friends at Apple decided to set the option for "Use Trackpad for Dragging" to Off by default, so none of this is possible unless you navigate around as described above. I set up a new MacBook Pro today, updated to Sonoma 14.3.1, and that was the case for me. The simplest of all tasks, rearranging Dock icons, was impossible. The steps above immediately restored that useful functionality.
The only other nuance to be aware of is that you have to start your icon drag immediately after you "grab" the icon. If you wait just a half second, a pop-up menu will appear directly above the icon you want to move. That menu will give you various good and useful options (which vary based on the icon / app in question), but once that menu appears you've lost the chance to drag the icon. Just release the trackpad and grab the icon more quickly next time.
Hope this helps!
This is a bit more complicated than it used to be. If you're running Sonoma and are unable to drag your dock icons around like you always could before, go to System Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control > then Click the Button to "Use Trackpad for Dragging" (until you see the Blue, which confirms you've turned it on) and then finally choose your "Dragging Style" (without Drag Lock is simplest). For some reason, our friends at Apple decided to set the option for "Use Trackpad for Dragging" to Off by default, so none of this is possible unless you navigate around as described above. I set up a new MacBook Pro today, updated to Sonoma 14.3.1, and that was the case for me. The simplest of all tasks, rearranging Dock icons, was impossible. The steps above immediately restored that useful functionality.
The only other nuance to be aware of is that you have to start your icon drag immediately after you "grab" the icon. If you wait just a half second, a pop-up menu will appear directly above the icon you want to move. That menu will give you various good and useful options (which vary based on the icon / app in question), but once that menu appears you've lost the chance to drag the icon. Just release the trackpad and grab the icon more quickly next time.
Hope this helps!
On the MacBook Pro: click gently on the icon until you sense that “haptic touch”. Then, immediately drag that icon out of the dock, and you can move it around. If you continue to press your finger on it before you’ve dragged it out of the dock, a pop-up window with options shows above the icon - and you’ll have to start over.
I found that by un-toggling the ‘Show Suggested and Recent Apps in Dock’ option in Desktop and Dock settings solved the problem, now able to move icons as before and it got rid of the ‘extra’ recent icons appearing in the right hand side as well, which I found annoying.
I was having this issue too but turns out I was clicking too hard. I had to lightly click and drag.
I discovered (by accident) that using 3 fingers on the trackpad and swiping in an upward motion allows me to move icons around the dock in Sonoma.
Did you try just clicking and dragging? That is how it has worked for as long as can remember...
On my Mac mini M1, click and drag still works, however you have to begin dragging as you click.
The double click and immediately drag does the trick. I knew I had accomplished it before but couldn't get it to work again until I read this. Thanks.
Hi Luis rebooted and it seems to work now but a bit laggy. Hopefully this is sorted.
I just tried it. Double click and hold on second click.
FWIW, "long pressing" an icon in the Dock opens the pop up menu, the same as control or right clicking on it. That's been the case since Monterey if not earlier.
Double clicking works, but oddly only if you double click twice!
HA! So I finally got the double tap TWICE to worked for me. (not very intuitive ??)
Cheers Luis thanks for your comments. Seems to be working ok now since reboot. Thanks for your advice.
When I bought my first apple, I was told that I couldn't tell the computer what I wanted but had to do what Apple wanted me to do. I got used to it, and love my Apple devices. After many years with Apple, I just got a MacBook Air, and was disappointed that I couldn't control the dock. Your explanation solved the problem. Thank you!!!
Rearranging icons in Dock in Mac OS Sonoma
