Force Touch 'spring-loading' not working in Finder after macOS 26.0.1 update on MacBook Air M2

In System Settings > Accessibility > Pointer Control, is Spring-loading turned ON? If so, no Force-click is required, just drag the file over a folder, wait a bit (you can adjust the delay in that same settings pane) and the folder will spring open. However, if you do Force-click then the folder will NOT spring open. That's the same behavior I see in Sequoia (on my other Mac) – force click = no spring loading, just drag the file over the folder = spring loading.

Not sure abut your recollection, but Force Click does not activate a spring loading folder opening in Tahoe or in Sequoia (I have two Macs side by side running those versions of macOS).

How to use the Force Touch trackpad - Apple Support

If you drag the file over the folder holding down the Command key what happens?

Xaper wrote:

Yes, it's all enabled, if you just drag and wait, the folder will open, but before, I could press and immediately open the folder or press the back button, to the previous directory. For example, force touch doesn't work exactly like a second click, when I first pressed the file, and with the second I have to press and open the folder or go along the path.

I don’t think Force Click ever worked like that, but I don’t suppose I would have ever tried. The documented way to immediately spring open the folder is to tap the spacebar while hovering.

Like others, I was never aware of force touch for spring loading, but pressing SPACE does immediately open the folder. This has been around for a long time, maybe the very beginnings of Mac OS X, and is ingrained in my muscle memory :-)

Same for me on my MacBook Air M1. 

Since the update to macOS Tahoe, I can no longer use the Force Touch to open a folder while dragging an item. 

I confirm this feature existed before, I was using it a lot.

It is really frustrating to have to wait for the folder to open automatically (even with the fastest opening speed) or use the spacebar to open it.

I thought it was a simple bug and would be fixed after some time, but it is still the same weeks after.

Hope it will be fixed soon.

PietroSanta wrote:

Exactly! I'm really disappointed that Apple removed this feature. I hope it is a bug, because I could easily just use trackpad instead of space bar.

It wasn't removed because it never existed.

I will join the other long time Mac users in never hearing of a "Force Touch 'spring-loading'" function for macOS. Selecting a folder and pressing the Space Bar works, as others have mentioned.

Exactly! I'm really disappointed that Apple removed this feature. I hope it is a bug, because I could easily just use trackpad instead of space bar.

+1