Hi,
When moving files into another folder by dragging them over that folder's icon, they hang there for a much longer delay than with El Capitan, before they go in. This becomes worse when I drag about 40 or so files at the same time.
This problem doesn't happen when I drag files between open folder windows.
Any idea how to fix it?
iMac with Retina 5K display, macOS Mojave (10.14), null
So I am running the latest version the Mojave OS and am having the same issue. The fix is this... open accessibility, select Mouse & trackpad, then select Spring Loaded Delay - Set to the 3rd line from the left going right. Now you will be able to drag files directly to your folder without the folders immediately opening, if you let it hover for a second the folder will then pop open. I hope this helps.
I second that!
Thanks for the reply.
I have tried shortening spring-loading and turning it off completely.
Neither reduces the time the file hangs over the destination folder, regardless of whether it springs open immediately or not at all.
I am not talking about the delay before the folder pops open.
I am talking about the delay before the dragged files disappear into an unopened folder.
It is possible to drag files into a folder before it pops open.
If I drag the files over the folder and release them (by releasing the mouse button) before the folder pops open, they disappear into it and the folder does not pop open.
The problem is that when I release the mouse button, the files just hang over the folder for a while before disappearing into it. This delay has become much much longer in Mojave. I want to reduce it.
Playing with spring loading does not affect this (the time it takes for a file to disappear into an unopened folder).
Thanks for the GIF.
Dragging seven PDFs totaling 6.3MB from one folder on my desktop to another folder on my desktop results in a lag of about 5 seconds versus your less-than-a-second. The files hang there over the destination folder with the red number '7", then finally disappear inside the folder. This gets worse the more files I drag.
Yeah, I tried a new user account (tried standard and admin) and logged out of main admin while testing.
Also tried in Safe Mode.
Made no difference. I still have that long hang over the folder before they pop in. When it is more than 30 files, I get the multicolored swirly wheel, spinning-rainbow-ball-of-****, or whatever it is called, for a few seconds.
Hi I tried Safe Mode again with a new Admin account and I also deleted some plist files related to Finder and Dock in the Preferences folder within the "Username" Folder (I also took screenshots of my Finder sidebar, Desktop layout, and Dock, plus related preference settings before doing so, to remember how to set them up again later). After that restarted the iMac.
That seems to have done the trick at least for now.
To add some more detail:
Dragging a file in the following manner is fast:
Desktop --> Open folder
Desktop --> Closed folder
Open folder --> Desktop
Open folder --> Open folder
Application --> Open folder
Dragging a file in the following manner hangs the UI for a full second on my laptop:
Application --> Desktop
Application --> Closed folder
Open folder --> Closed folder
Changing the "Spring-loading delay" has ZERO effect on this behavior (the file is dropped immediately and the folder doesn't, and wasn't intended to, ever open).
Where are you dragging from and to? Same drive? External drive, etc.
I have no delay to speak of with Mojave. Certainly less than a second.
Does yours get any slower when you drag, say, 30 files like that?
I just tried dragging 32 files over to a closed folder and it was instantaneous.
Thanks. Sounds like I have a problem. I often drag several files around between folders and would like to remove this delay. Any idea how to fix it?
Try doing this in a new user account. Same problem?
Try doing this while booted in Safe Mode. Same problem?
Do you remember which plist files you deleted? I'm have the same problem and this didn't fix it. Tried: .dock .finder and .launchservices.sercure, as well the "ByHost" versions. No joy.
Drag and Drop broken after Mojave update
