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belosh Author

Level 1

3 points

Can't Drag and Drop Anything

I've installed OS X Lion and now when I click on an icon on my desktop and drag it, it follows along nicely, only letting go of the mouse button doesn't drop it. In fact, nothing does. Instead the icon hangs onto the cursor as if I have kept holding down the mouse button. If I want to drag something to the trash, when I hover over the Trash icon and let go, it acts like I'm still holding down the mouse button and instead opens up the Trash folder. It's not limited to trash, it's just where I first noticed it. I can't move files between folders.

This pretty much happens across the board, too. Drag an icon off of the dock to remove it, it just hangs onto the mouse pointer and never goes away. Drag an icon from the icon bar at the top (command-click) and you can pick up the icon and move it, but never drop it. Is there a solution to this?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 6:11 PM

261 replies

lwr5109

Level 1

0 points

Sep 21, 2014 3:18 PM in response to belosh

I am having this problem, and the sleep/wake option does not work for me. Any suggestions?

TheB741

Level 1

4 points

Oct 19, 2014 1:05 PM in response to lwr5109

In terminal type killAll Finder or relaunch Finder. See if that helps.

Jul 1, 2016 7:54 PM in response to belosh

My fix on a MacBook pro 15″ 2015 with forceclick was
– system Settings
– Accessibility
– Mouse and track pad

– DOUBLE CLICK DELAY
(I have mine on the setting 3rd from the right- ‘fast’)- I have had problems with opening files with a double click, if this was too slow

– SPRING-LOADING DELAY
***(unclicking this for me solved the drag and drop issue)

Good luck!

extrah

Level 1

4 points

Apr 24, 2017 1:01 AM in response to belosh

Double clicking (not tapping) worked for me.

Jul 15, 2017 2:27 AM in response to sachl

It's 2017 and I'm still facing this issue, luckily the quick fix still works. But this is kinda weird that we'll still be facing something like this 😐

stapel

Level 1

4 points

Nov 16, 2017 6:17 AM in response to belosh

Interestingly enough, I have this same problem in MacOS High Sierra (13.1) and the sleep/wake solution still works! Who had guessed that, after six years it's still valid!

Can't Drag and Drop Anything