Spurious Double Clicks on Sequoia

I have the same problem. Double clicking no longer works after Sequoia update to rename a folder in Finder. Increasing the double-click speed has no effect. I have to right click to rename a folder in Finder. And it is only a problem in Finder and not other software. It is the same on my mac desktop (Apple Studio M1 Max ) and my Macbook Pro (M1 Max.) I upgraded last week, but this only started happening yesterday. I have closed down both and reopened and the problem still exists.

Double-click to rename a folder? Would you car to elaborate on that?

AFAIK, that was never a thing. You can click once, then press return, you can right click and choose Rename, but double always opens a folder. That has been that way since the first mac in 1984.

DISREGARD - FIGURED IT OUT - Talking about double clicks, I have always double clicked to open folders/files in Finder but now it is not working in Sequoia. Did something change with this upgrade? I now have to right click to open folders/files in Finder. I also don't like how it keeps opening tabs. How do I turn that off?

It is definitely worth trying a different mouse or trackpad to determine if this may be particular to your mouse.

Also: if the tiling features are getting in the way, turn these OFF in

System Settings->Desktop & Dock.

Sorry but it seems one ( you ) are attempting to apply the Microsoft Windows Double Click method to macOS form Apple

Like my Learned Colleague @ Luis Sequeira1 , has rightly outlined, there are various macOS methods that do work

One of them is not double click

1Faison wrote:

I have the same problem. Double clicking no longer works after Sequoia update to rename a folder in Finder.

Luis Sequeira1 is correct. That has never been the way it has worked on Macs.

marcelafrommontreal wrote:

It is very annoying the double click is not working in Sequoia. I have not find a solution apart from right click and open document.

The other thing I did when previewing a doc ( without pressing space bar - meaning using another hand to manage controls) was to set up trackpad to "Tap three fingers for look up & data detectors."

Double-click works fine in Sequoia.

Your issue appears to be different. The OP wanted double-click to rename, which was never a thing.

You seem to want double-click to open - that IS a thing, and it works.

Perhaps your problem is that you have the double-click speed set too high, and your double-clicking is registering as two separate clicks.

Go to System Settings->Accessibility->Pointer Control and adjust the slider, moving it a bit to the left until you're comfortable.

M1Balthazar wrote:

Maybe I read too quiclky, but everybody is focused on your folder rename while the issue is simply double-clicking. Due to overuse of the mouse killing my arm, I have programmed every mouse and foot pedal with the double clic function and every mouse has stopped working correctly since the move to Sequoia. This is my main concern. When this is fixed, I guess all other functionalities will come back to some normal. Yes, I tried changing the clicking mouse speed.

It seems that your issue is different from OP's.

I remember some time ago, there were also problems with using a foot pedal (I can't remember the OS version). It is possible that you are facing a regression to an old bug.

Since not many users use this sort of input device, I think it might help if you submit a bug report to Apple using the feedback page:

https://www.apple.com/feedback

Preface - Apple does not support downgrading

This does not mean it is impossible

Which MBP 16" is this computer ?

Intel Computer or Apple Silicon computer ?

incredible. It was indeed the double-click speed. This was a new thing.. thanks so much for getting back to me.

IdrisSeabright wrote:

1Faison wrote:

I have the same problem. Double clicking no longer works after Sequoia update to rename a folder in Finder.

Luis Sequeira1 is correct. That has never been the way it has worked on Macs.

;-)

PRP_53 wrote:

IdrisSeabright wrote:

1Faison wrote:

I have the same problem. Double clicking no longer works after Sequoia update to rename a folder in Finder.

Luis Sequeira1 is correct. That has never been the way it has worked on Macs.

;-)

And you were also correct!

This is for all and thanks for all the responses. I ejected my external drives and all is back to normal. I can rename a folder in Finder for files on my external drive with a double click. The bad news is it still does not work on my laptop. The only difference in my laptop and my desktop is that I have external drives connected to it. For folders on my desktop and laptop, it works if I click once and move the pointer up.

Maybe I read too quiclky, but everybody is focused on your folder rename while the issue is simply double-clicking. Due to overuse of the mouse killing my arm, I have programmed every mouse and foot pedal with the double clic function and every mouse has stopped working correctly since the move to Sequoia. This is my main concern. When this is fixed, I guess all other functionalities will come back to some normal. Yes, I tried changing the clicking mouse speed.

Nope. A third device is also not working. I might have to use a key modifier software and reprogram the double click manually. The double-click on my Pi Software X-Keys stopped working for my foot pedal. Standard Logitech mouse app also stopped working correctly.