Alias in Dock not allowing drag

Thanks for reply Dan. I understand I can put actual documents folder into dock (I actually had that set-up), but this set-up requires me to use option-click in order to open the folder in a separate window. I just want to click once like the alias of Documents folder.

I was worried that might be the case, although it seems odd why Apple wouldn't want people to drop files into alias folders within the dock. I guess I'll just have to put aliases just outsdie the dock instead. Thanks for your help.

Thanks, this is an excellent idea, but I also wanted to have an alias for photo folder, too. Oh well, I really appreciate your feedback, though.

Dansyacht wrote:

If you really want to be able to one click open the documents folder from the dock you can set the Finder > Preferences > New Finder window opens > select Documents. Now when you click on the finder icon in the dock you will get a finder window opened to Documents. You could also drag the Documents folder to the dock. That would allow you to drag/drop a file onto that dock icon.

Interesting thought, but I believe the issue is still the dock. I just did a test where I made an alias of a folder, and then made an alias of the just created alias---so I have original, an alias, and the alias of the alias. Both aliases work just fine----until I put either one in the dock.

noondaywitch wrote:

The Dock icons created when you drop the original onto the Dock are aliases. Putting an alias of a folder there means you have an alias of an alias. Hence your problem.