When moving a file using drag and drop, as I hover over the destination folder it no longer opens, so I can't drop the file into the folder. Why?

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When moving a file using drag and drop, as I hover over the destination folder it no longer opens, so I can't drop the file into the folder. Why?

When moving a file using drag and drop, as I hover over the destination folder it no longer opens, so I can't drop the file into the folder. Why? I have a heirarchical embedded folder structure under \Documents. Usually, as I drag the file to be moved over the various folders, they will blink twice, then expand/open to reveal contents (in Finder). Now, when the file to be moved is held (hovering) over the destination folder, it will not blink or expand, so there's no place to drop the file. If I release the mouse button, the file image disappears, showing that it is "going back to the place it came from", a.k.a. was not moved. This just started happening. I noticed it after upgrading to Mavericks. Is this a bug or could anything else be causing this?

MacBook Air (13-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Finder will not open any foldersD&D

Posted on Jun 6, 2014 10:24 AM

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Niel

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Jun 6, 2014 10:28 AM in response to Stephen450

Choose Preferences from the Finder menu, click on the General tab, and check the settings for spring-loaded folders and windows.

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Stephen450 Author

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Jun 6, 2014 11:31 AM in response to Niel

That box is checked and delay set on medium. No matter how long I hold the file hovering there over the folder, it doesn't open.

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Stephen450 Author

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Jun 12, 2014 12:22 PM in response to Stephen450

As of today, Apple Support discovered during a remote support session with me that the same thing happens on their own system. It is isolated to "Column View"; the Icon and List views in Finder behave correctly. Issue is being escalated to engineering, and Apple will call to report status in a couple days. In all likelihood, this is a bug that will need to be addressed in a future update.

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Apr 12, 2015 6:48 PM in response to Stephen450

Depending on the system version there is always/usually/often(?) a place where you can check ON or OFF the desired behavior. On 10.10.2 (and earlier-- how earlier I don't know) there was a checkbox in Finder Preferences-->General tab. That went away in 10.10.3 but in 10.10.3 in System Preferences-->Accessibility-->Mouse&Trackpad there is a similar checkbox for "spring" behavior.

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Jun 11, 2015 8:01 PM in response to DavidArnow

BLESS U!!!!!!!!!! THIS SAVED ME

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Aug 3, 2015 7:27 AM in response to aeverhart82

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Jan 12, 2016 12:53 AM in response to DavidArnow

Thank you, David!! I was having the same problem - the behavior box (second checkbox) in System Preferences-->Accessibility-->Mouse&Trackpad was unchecked, once I checked it, everything returned to the normal behavior. Great!!

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Jan 23, 2016 9:09 AM in response to aeverhart82

Thanks David!

This worked, buy only after I toggled the setting and relaunched Finder

The steps:

1) Go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Mouse & Trackpad

2) Toggle the behavior box "Spring-loaded display", off then on

3) Once the box is "on", relaunch Finder by going to  menu > Force Quit

Cheers!

Saafir

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