Why can't I drag and drop documents into folder on desktop post macOS sonoma?

This did not work for me.

This does work for me. However, it's annoying that we should have to do this. I wonder if there's a separate setting somewhere that says that a hard click acts like a double click.

vesque (see above) had the solution that worked for me. In OS Sonoma on my MacBook, a lighter pressure on the trackpad till a subtle click is felt will permit drag and drop. Firm pressure opens a preview of the file. Extremely annoying to those of us who are accustomed to the old click and drag but are uninformed about this feature.

There are TWO different settings that need to be adjusted for this:

1. Accessibility > Pointer Control > Trackpad Options > Turn ON "Use trackpad for dragging" and set "Dragging Style" to Without Drag Lock.
2. Trackpad > Point & Click (you land here by default) > Turn OFF "Force Click and haptic feedback"

I had to do BOTH of these things for the drag-and-drop functionality to return to normal, where a regular/hard press selects the item and you continue holding down to drag it to where you want.

(If you want to not have to hold it down while you drag, check out the other options under the "Dragging Style" options in Accessibility settings above.)

Hi All,

Settings > Accessibility > Pointer control > Turn on Spring loading

Should be resolved.

Enjoy ;)