drag n drop not dropping

So, i was just updated by email of Bikrrr's post. I had this issue a long time ago (not sure how far back it goes) but I have not had it appear in months. I can say a while back I did uninstall Air Display and no longer have this issue. I don't know what solved the issue, but its gone. Based on reading some of the post again, it was likely Air Display.

I wish could be more definitive, but my gut leads to Air Display, or some other extension like app, that causes this bug. I remember how awful it was when I had it. Best of luck.

Thanks Clarknet, I'll have to do a process of elimination on the utilities I use.

While I don't use Air Display, I do use other utilities like BetterSnap, USBOverdrive, xScope, and ScrollReverser. I wonder if it's one of those is causing the problem in my case. I'll need to turn them off one by one and see if I can find the root cause.

Drag and Drop wasn't working, Contextual menus were not functioning. This was with applications and the Finder.

I pulled the plugs on the Keyboard and Mouse and plugged them back in.

Immediately started working again.

I've got it handeled also !

AIR PARROT is the big culprit here too.

I could solve the issue by putting the 2009 Macbook Pro 17" under Mountain Lion 10.8.5 to sleep like suggested and then waking up would 'solve' the drag & not dropping issue.

But actually, AIRPARROT is what was causing this in the root system.

I have unistalled all files, and now the PROBLEM IS SOLVED !

If this can help anyone, I have used this little REMOVAL TOOL by Airsquirrels that worked perfectly for me. After reboot, all is fine.

You will have to click on the link in the text to download it.

http://help.airsquirrels.com/support/articles/1000106969-i-need-to-remove-airpar rot-

Or you can do this :

For Macs running OS X 10.6, the following commands can be run from the terminal:

• sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/APExtFramebuffer.kext
• sudo rm -rf /System/Library/Extensions/AirParrotDriver.kext
• sudo rm -rf ~/Library/Preferences/com.squirrels.AirParrot.plist
• sudo rm -rf /Applications/AirParrot.app

For users using OS X 10.9 or 10.10 the following additional commands may be necessary:

• sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/APExtFramebuffer.kext
• sudo rm -rf /Library/Extensions/AirParrotDriver.kext

Be sure to reboot when you're finished.

Hope this helps !!!

Fred.

I am having this problem as well. I am running a 2008 3,1 Mac Pro and recently upgraded from Yosemite to Mountain Lion 10.8.5 because Yosemite is the worst.

Everything has been running smoother than butter until just a couple days ago when drag and drop began sticking. I don't have AirParrot AirDisplay iDisplay etc etc. This literally started happening randomly and I haven't installed any new applications in a while.

It doesn't seem like there is a solution to this issue at all but if anyone has any ideas, please let me know.

I have the same problem on a new iMac 5k and Yosemite. I've installed the OS from a time machine backup of my MacBook Retina Pro 15" mid 2014. On my rMBP everything works great, on the iMac there is this problem 😟

OS X 10.10.5 and the problem continues. This bug has been present for nearly a decade.

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cursors-gets-stuck-in-drag-will-not-drop-mou se-trackpad.1058216/ (post 5)

Although I first experienced it with Yosemite.

Each update brings new bugs and doesn't fix existing ones; Now my Magic Mouse and Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard keep dropping when I leave my machine overnight with the display off...

Impossible to reproduce reliably, and fixed by sleeping, even if for one second. Regardless, in my own software I prefer to get things working right BEFORE I add new features that only make things worse. Wish I were a multibillion dollar company so I could ignore all my products' problems unless they're sensationalized by the media...