So I now have a Macbook Pro for work. My work is split between working at home and in the office. The setup is similar in both, Dual monitors on a Dell Firewire Dock.
Because I’m not going to but a separate keyboard and Trackpad for both places, I decided to use the MBP in an open configuration giving me 3 screen, the keyboard and that MASSIVE trackpad to work with.
But I’ve hit a real head scratcher.
On the MBP, it doesn’t seem possible to drag and drop file from one Finder window to another, using the Internal MBP trackpad.
I can drag things around Word Documents, I can drag files from Outlook into Edge, but specifically in Finder, I cannot drag a file. It looks like I’ve “picked it up” but then it goes nowhere.
I can do it with a mouse, no worries, but not with the internal trackpad.
Does anyone have any ideas what setting governs this please?
The behavior of your pressed down finger. It’s far easier to hold down a left mouse button until you reach the desired drop location then it is to continue to hold down a finger with the right amount of pressure for that far of a distance. You also have to remember to start the gesture at the far left edge of the trackpad in order to give you enough room.
The trackpad’s distance it travels per inch may be set too coarsely so that it won’t let you move that far with your finger.
Is “Drag Lock” the feature that lets you do a kind of “tap, then tap-and-drag, then tap again to drop?” I cannot use a trackpad without that! I don’t know why it isn’t more prominent. I think it’s hard to figure out how to do, but once you get it “down,” it becomes second nature.
I know a lot of folks like the three finger drag, but I’m with @EricWEvers in preferring the drag lock approach. It’s way more natural for me, especially once you get used to how long you can actually let go for (it’s longer than you might think).
I was surprised to find my new Lenovo for work accepts a lot of the macOS gestures under Windows 11, but it does not have drag lock which, frankly, means its broken as far as I am concerned.
I had the same issue a while ago. I did fix it with settings - I want to say it was disabling force click and haptic feedback. I have to think about it. But try that in the meantime.
Do you have a mouse to check if that gives you the same issue?
