Making It Easier To Drag And Drop On a Mac
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- macmost.com/e-2683 If you have difficulty dragging and dropping with a trackpad on your Mac, here are some suggestions. Note that you can drag with one finger or two, so try the both methods. You can also use double-tapping to start a drag, and Drag Lock. Three-finger drag is another option. There are also ways to move things without using drag-and-drop at all.
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Drag Using One Finger
01:07 Drag Using Two Fingers
01:40 Click Vs Tap
02:24 Accessibility Options
03:00 Dragging Without Drag Lock
04:19 Dragging With Drag Lock
05:00 Three Finger Drag
05:21 Copy and Move
06:15 Moving Objects In Apps With the Keyboard
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The Beginning…is a delicate time. The best time to listen most intently when learning something is in the beginning. Thank you Gary for this video! I always learn and re-learn the best tips with you! It’s these things that should be a foundation of knowledge that trip the most of us up. Thank you all that you do!
Hey Gary: Excellent distinctions. Always giving people new insights so they realize they have enough options to choose what they're most comfortable with. As for me, I like command x and command v INSTEAD OF command c and option command v
A very useful video tutorial and I must add very helpful too. I’m off to practice drag and drop. Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
Thank you for this video. I watched it twice for two different macs. the drag lock is nice to have one.
Great tips and tricks. I have been working on teaching people how to drag, click, etc and you are exactly right: it can get fiddly for folks who aren’t using the correctly timed click(s)/pressure. Then they get stressed out as I try to help them with it.
Another common event is clicking on a file and going into edit mode to rename it. Before it can be moved copied or pasted, you have to get out of edit mode. Recognizing that you’re in it in the first place is challenging and frustrating for some people.
Reminds me of Hermione’s instruction with magic wand: “Swish and flick! Swish and flick! Wingardium leviosa!”
These are some great tips. I'm going to rewatch several times, so that hopefully the next time I encounter a need to drag and drop, I can employ these methods. Thank you.
Thank you so much,I moved from windows to Mac and was majorly missing my double tap features especially to copy and paste text and move files. You are a savior.
You are always a lifesaver for me. I have learned so much from you. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Dragging things has been my biggest problem with the trackpad. So this particular video was the best one yet for me!
Glad to help
That’s going to be very helpful to me. Thanks a lot Gary! Your content is gold!
That some of these controls are under Pref > Trackpad, and some under Pref > Accessibility > Trackpad, was my "flickering light bulb over the head" moment for today. Thanks!
Very helpful. I had all but given up on the trackpad because of dragging with one finger. Going to give it another go with these tips. Thank you!
Tks. Being a long time PC user before Windows, I am cannot get the trackpad to work for me and have found I need a mouse for serious work. Excellent tip on the option button and I am now able to move more reliably with the track pad. I will go back and try again with the gestures. I have been using my MacBook Pro M1 for FCPX p and much better than Windows for video editing for me.
Thank you so much for this video going to the basics , Gary🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽!!
Three finger drag changed my life :) I've never liked trackpads but that simple ability along turned everything around. Definitely useful!
even with drag lock i swear that shit is so garbage to use
3 finger is the only one that is actually nice to use
Thank you! Very helpful stuff.
You've just solved a massive issue for me, thank you so much!
Really could not get used to the default dragging setting so glad I found this video!
Super helpful video. Thanks Gary!
Thanks Gary! I've been wondering where the three finger drag went, and now I know how to activate it again!
Thank you Gary! Very helpful concise explanation of the various ways to drag and drop. Just got a new Macbook pro in 7/22 (my previous Macbook died just shy of its 10 year anniversary BOO) and been struggling a bit getting used to some changes in trackpad behavior.
same here.
It used to be much simpler... just moved from my Mac Air 2012 to a new a Mac Air M2. I thought my trackpad was broken.
Without you we would all be lost! Thank you for taking the time to make these videos!
You literally just saved me!! THANK YOU!💯💯💯 I just switched from Windows to Mac and it was driving me crazy that I couldn't double-tap 😂😂
Super useful! Thank You for the video!
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Nice, short and useful vid. Thanks pal!
I am an old due turning 60 with a brain injury and never took the time to learn proper file management when I bought my first mac 10 years ago and I am paying the price for it know. So I decided late in life to start fresh and restored factory settings and am literally learning how to use my Imac correctly for the very first time (yes everything is backed up). I am so grateful I found your channel because your style of explaining things is so easy to follow and everything flows so perfectly and makes so much sense. Every topic you go over is so concise and just clicks with my damaged brain. The video of file management as simple as it was blew my mind. Same with customizing the various apps in settings. I had no idea these things were possible and too scared to try to figure out on my own. You made me comfortable to start exploring more options so thanks so much for the quality videos. I only wish I new the order you recommend to watch every video. Almost makes no difference because each video is a separate entity in its own and I learn from everyone. You are a Godsend my friend🙏
Just became a patron $5 member to get the 50% off your courses. Thanks so much.
Bummer. The 50% code you gave me says its expired and is not applying the discount with the coupon code to told me to use. I sent you a private message from your website hopefully this is a quick fix later today. I know you have those type of computer skills😎
(For others: Bob was using the code from March instead of April. We got it sorted out.)
So that’s the distinction between tapping and touching! I don’t have a trackpad but I think this explains the difficulty I have with iPhone touch, assuming iPhone functions in the same way.
Kinesthetic subtleties (how hard is a tap vs a click, what is the timing between clicks that evokes different outcomes, etc.) are generally underappreciated and under-discussed and probably because kinesthetic language is under-used most people find it difficult to represent what happens kinesthetically leaving it under-discussed and round and round. Thank you for taking a good shot at a difficult subject. My clients and I appreciate the work you put in to make these videos available.
Ahhh, Double Tap to drag is back in my life again. Thanks!
Oh thank you I found how to get my lovely gesture from Windows - double tap and drag. But it is weird because I had it by default on Windows and here are I need to go through 4-5 panels
Great info.
You're the best! When will I learn that when I have a Mac question, I should ask you first instead of searching the internet. Gary, You're smarter than the internet!
Thanks so much, this video was helpful
again.... you give me another precious, genius, conveniences and simple to use right now tips. nice~ ;)
this is so helpful wow THANKS!!!!
You’re a life saver. Thank you. ✌️
Gary you are on another level as a power user
Thanks for your help ：） It's really helpful ~
never quite understood drag lock and I've been on mac for 2 years. thanks.
Thank you, Gary.
thank you so much!!! i just bought the m2 air, upgrading from a 2011 MacBook pro. I have no idea why they would disable the dragging option in future models. i was worried sick cause lets be honest, click & drag is ridiculous!
I KNEEL BEFORE YOU. I have been using the pain in the srae that is three finger drag & drop & I scream at my computer daily as it just stops then dumps files in places I often find hard to find. Your two finger tip is a life saver. Thank you. ( I will remain kneeling until the sun goes down
.... 😁)
Thank you!
Love the tip, two fingers.. I hit the edge of the trackpad all the time
Why didn’t I search for this earlier????? The years of pain I could have avoided 😫
brilliant
Thanks bunches
Hi Gary, don't know if you look at comments from your older videos. I've been using 3-finger drag-n-drop on my laptop ever since you showed it to us here, it's fantastic. HOWEVER, just now I discovered something else: when it is enabled, you can ALSO use 3 fingers to drag-select text, without touching any modifier key! I've tried it on EweTube and in Pages, and I assume it works everywhere else. Neat!
Wow! TIL
You can also use 3 fingers to select multiple files!
Thanks Gary for this very useful video! I have a question about the "Without Drag Lock" mode: is it possible to reduce or eliminate the delay when you lift your finger? I know you can just tap on the trackpad to prevent further dragging, but using even Windows laptops it's hard to get used to two different drag and drop modes. Thank you!
I don't think so, but play around with the settings to make sure.
What annoys me about dragging in Monterey is dragging between full-screen apps, e.g. dragging a file into a browser form, which is open in full-screen mode. On my old Mac with Catalina installed it works seemlessly simply "picking up" the file with thumb and pointing finger, holding the thumb down and swipe to the next full-screen space with 3 or 4 fingers. In Monterey it often jumps back while performing the swipe and then I need to lift all except for one finger (except the pressed thumb) to "finish" the swipe
Wow. Magic fingers!
THANK YOU... i was dragging past the edge >_
Great video! Can you help me out? If I double tap the file opens rather than just selects. What am I doing wrong?
Double-click does open a file, yes. To select a file, just use one click.
Some settings on trackpad and accessibility gets reset when I restart my mac.
One thing that I really LOVE about Mac track pad is the 3-finger drag. I was just wondering: is there a way to make it work if you get to the edge while dragging?
Try it with the technique for handling edges that I mention here. See if that works for you.
Thank you Gary, it's a bit awkward and uncomfortable, but seems like if I "click" with three fingers and then drag with another finger, it does the 3-finger drag. The only downside with this is that I need to anticipate if it's gonna reach the edge or not (but I guess that's also the case for the "normal" case reaching the edge)
I got a Magic Trackpad with my M1 iMac, but I never use it because of things like this. I use an external mouse instead, but I understand the appeal of the trackpad on a laptop. I just find the mouse easier, and with extra side buttons, I have access to Launchpad, Mission Control, App Expose and Show Desktop. Still, good to learn the trackpad because there's a Macbook in my future anyway.
Anybody can tell me how to get rid of the release delay when using the "Without Drag Lock" option?
you should also explain quick drag and drop from Desktop to the Finder. or somewhere else. or Sending a Drag and Drop file to WhatsApp. or other App (specially from Desktop)
Hi - thanks for the video. How come on my sidebar I am unable to click and drag my bookmarks? Whenever I click to drag it, it just highlights it to rename. However, I am able to click/drag items on my desktop and everywhere else. Thanks in advance! - Mary
Go to Bookmarks, Edit Bookmarks.
Could you pls tell how to take sensitivity analysis from numbers graph
Sorry, I don't know what that is.
Drag and drop used to work with Control+Click (full click) but that quit working a couple of months ago and the behavior changed to some Spotlight Preview idiocy. I looked at Apple forums and most solutions suggest restarting in safe mode and then I quit reading because I recognize stupid when I see it. The Macbook needs Clippy, "Oh! It looks like you're trying to drag-and-drop".
Are you trying to drag out of the results of a Spotlight search (using the Spotlight menu, Command+Space)? If so, don't Control+click, just a plain drag will do it.
I'm currently trying to copy a folder from an old laptop onto a USB drive but to no avail though unfortunately, so with that being said judging from what you've explained in this video here, I can simply copy and paste this folder onto my USB then? did I understand that correctly?.
Not sure what problem you are having, but drag and drop should work.
Hey Gary thanks for the video as always man I had a quick question I’ve been looking at a whole bunch of videos and I can’t find the question anywhere every time I change A Folder from list few to icon view etc. it forces every other folder to do that I want each folder to be separate for icon list etc. do you know how to do that I’ve changed the finder preferences I’ve changed the general everything and nothing‘s working thanks man.
It is all about how you are traveling to the "other folder." For instance, if you open up 3 Finder tabs looking at 3 different locations, and you set the first tab to Icon View, and the other two to List View, then you'll see different views in those different tabs. But if you dig down from one folder to another in the same tab, it will stay in Icon View.
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New Mac user here. Very helpful channel. Keep up the good work!
I have a MacBoo Pro M2, and the drag and drop is not working. I am physically disabled md cannot use two fingers. I use to be able to click and hod for 3 seconds, then drag wth a trackball, the click again to release. This function stopped working with the M2. Is there a way to turn the drag/drop back on? Thankyou for your advice.
Try some of the things I show in this video, in particular the drag lock and three-finger drag. Others too.
Once you have dragged into file. How do you save it once you dragged in a particular order to not go back to arranged by Jpg number order. I spent so much time dragging images in a certain order for video but when I sent to editor it was all out of order. How do you save in the order you dragged it in. Help😫
As files? There is no way to manually order files. If you want to send them to someone and have them use an order in a project, then supply them with a list of filenames in order, or rename them all so they are alphabetical.
Hi Gary, could you possibly make a video about the new iWork updates that came out a few days ago?
I've got a video soon on using the new Shortcuts actions for Numbers. But other than that, there wasn't much to talk about.
@@macmost Yeah, that's fair. What about the updates to iMovie? The new features added to it seem substantial enough.
@@nicholashunt5230 The only update to iMovie was today and it was to allow importing of the new video project types from iMovie for iOS. So nothing new by itself. The new iOS version does have those two new project types, which look interesting, but not sure if I'll be doing tutorials on them. Have you tried them yet? They are basically "wizards" for creating video projects.
@@macmost Yes, I was referring to the iOS version of iMovie. The "wizards" are very interesting in how they work. Zollotech did a pretty good demonstration of them on his RUclips channel.
Hey Gary, I’m a MacBook Pro owner and my charging cable has been damaged and therefore as a result I’m currently unable to use the laptop etc.
Here’s the deal I’m currently in a country that’s under economic sanctions, my point is there isn’t easy access to Apple products here, so with that being said for the time being it looks like I have to rely on a close alternative charging cable though.
When I plug both ends in with this alternative charging cable I’m met with a black screen and empty battery icon.
With that being said, does that mean I should leave it to charge up for a while then?
Hard to say. If your Mac is recent, you can charge through any of the USB-C ports and use almost any charger. But get one with a decent amount of power. A small 5W phone charger isn't enough. Get one close to the W on the original charger.
Hi, on older macs you could click in with your thumb, drag a file with your index, and then release your thumb click and the file would drop and you could start moving your index finger without having to lift your index finger from the trackpad which would then move the pointer so you could get on with your next task, now with the newer macs it seems you HAVE to release both fingers? This is most noticeable to me on Google maps when I am looking around on Streetview which I do quite regularly. Can you confirm if there is any way to tweak this or am I stuck having to lift both fingers?! It's far inferior from a user experience point of view. Thanks!
I usually release both fingers. I don't think it would work with one finger still dragging. I mean my index finger is barely moving a millimeter up so it isn't an issue.
@@macmost thanks for the reply. My last macbook before this new one was the late 2013 model, honestly you should try an old one and compare, it's so much better! Let me know if you do try it! Or come across a way to tweak the new ones to operate like the old ones did. Thanks very much 👍🏻
Do not forget to tell about the tap delay you will get when enabling dragging. Thats the reason I am not using this, your work really gets slowed down when enabling dragging. Every single tap (click) gets delayed then.
I just bought a new M3 iMac. My windows go to the left in a column and I can’t drag and drop between windows. How do I fix that? I only ever have one active window at a time because the others sit in that bay on the left.
It sounds like maybe you have turned on Stage Manager? See ruclips.net/video/dbndfDB6EEA/видео.html
@@macmost ooh yes, at setup… now I have vocab to work with. Thank you 🙌❤️🦘🇦🇺👍
when i drag and drop files into a folder, the folder opens with this action. is there any option to stay in the previous screen? thanks.
A quick drag-and-drop shouldn't open the folder. Maybe try a different Finder view?
@@macmost thanks.
At the end of the day, the only viable way is to use the thumb and index finger. I do realise though that many people have trouble getting used to it, especially when they have to use a mouse at work for example.
I am in deep trouble and wonder if you can help me. Yesterday after a made an factory reset on my iMac I have accidently deleted all my data and emptied my bin. So I don’t have any Time Machine point to go to. Can you advice me a trust software for me to recover that data. I am desperate. I know that it’s not free but I just lose money and keep the problem.
Sorry, I don't have a recommendation for that. But you said you do have a Time Machine backup? Just restore from that. Go to the Time Machine drive in the Finder, look at the top right and you'll see "Enter Time Machine."
@@macmost I do not have a Time Machine backup. Ty anyway
@@patriciapinto6208 Oh, sorry, I misunderstood your initial comment then. If you don't have a backup, then you are probably out of luck. Remember to start a backup ASAP so it doesn't happen again.
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As a windows / chrome / linux user (with trackpads) I've tried MACOS on numerous occasions and noticed erratic behaviour with the double tap, drag implementation. Assuming we're moving a window / dialogue box, 1 of 2 things sometimes happens a). after an operation (i.e. 2x tap, drag, release), a fresh operation within a short time fails to grab the dialogue window. b). after an operation, the movable item still moves, as if draglock WAS enabled (but it's not). This has done my head in for last 10 years+... but after watching this, I now see it's an issue because of MACOS implementing PARTIAL draglock, even when it's OFF. Whilst this might be ok in the engineers eye's, anyone used to ALL other OS's implementations (and drivers) for the touchpad, this is totally unhelpful. I realise they prob think this clever, but it's actually deterimental to usability. If drag lock is OFF, it should be ALWAYS OFF
Meant to add, any NON mac user would likely enable double tap drag (without draglock) to mimic their previous (and the majority market share) devices. This was the settings I use and has to be enabled (as per the video) as a special accessibility option (which in itself beggars belief), as well as "tap to click" being OFF.... Why oh why.
I want to be able to tap and drag with one finger without having to double tap first or use 3 fingers. I also don’t want to wait a fraction of a second for it to drop. Why is this so hard?
I prefer to use 1 finger drag, how do i enable?
One finger drag? Nothing to enable, you can do that if you want.
@@macmost for some reason i cant
OK, maybe e I missed it, but you never discussed how to do this with a mouse… some of us do not like track pads… I have Ventura, and out of nowhere a few days a go it stopped working… which is a real pain… I currently have to screen cap on my computer, then drag it into a folder, then it will let me rename the file… oh, and I also can no longer drag a URL and save it… the only way past this is to share or mail the url (if available) and copy paste the URL from the mail, and then copy paste it onto an indesign file… what a pain… help? if you can, much appreciate it
This is a video for those having trouble dragging and dropping with a trackpad. (See the description). Not sure what the problem could be from your description. Sounds like you certainly know how to drag and drop, just that you changed something and things aren't working now. Check through your Mouse settings and Accessibility settings.
@@macmost Didnt see the track pad part, just the drag and drop, my bad, well I've been dragging and dropping for decades… I used to screen cap everything, till I discovered the drag and drop… anyhow, apparently this issue is an issue, unfortunately so far, the suggested fixes dont work… guess apple is next… thanks
No. it doesn't work with me in online drive :\
Leave it to a Post-Jobs Apple to veritably shit the bed on a function that worked just fine for decades. The English language doesn't even contain enough curse words to allow me to communicate my sentiments on the current iteration of drag-and-drop via the trackpad on a MacBook. Unreal.
Still... boring solution for dragging an insta printscreened file (option+shift+3).
It used to be much simpler... just moved from my Mac Air 2012 to a new a Mac Air M2. I thought my trackpad was broken.
people want to know how to decrease the inertia? delay with one one finder tap to drag method... because its way too long
Go out and buy a Logitech multi button wireless mouse. With rechargeable batteries. Then you can mess with the software on the mac. Then I can drag-and-drop switch things on and off. Do whatever I want without taking my hand off the mouse.
You the man, Gary!