Making It Easier To Drag And Drop On a Mac

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.

Comments: 6 Responses to “Making It Easier To Drag And Drop On a Mac”

    Monet Claire
    2 years ago

    I’m unsuccessful using drag and drop to move phones around in a file. Suggestions?

    2 years ago

    Monet: What do you mean buy "phones arounds in a file?" What type of file, exactly, and which app are you using? What are you trying to move?

    Monet Claire
    2 years ago

    OMG, I don't mean "phones" I mean "photos!" Sorry
    Monet Claire

    2 years ago

    Monet: OK, Photos. But still, what are you trying to do? What app are you in and type of document are you working on?

    Susianty
    1 year ago

    Is there any keyboard shortcut (without trackpad) to drag and drop? On Windows we can use F8. Is there anything similar to that on Mac?

    1 year ago

    Susianty: Sorry, I'm not familiar with how using F8 would simulate a drag-and-drop. Surely one key can't read your mind and know what you want to drag and where you want to drop it? What do you do, exactly? As for using the keyboard to drag and drop, I don't see any way to do that outside of using accessibility functions for those that can't use a mouse or trackpad. But there are ways to get things done with just the keyboard. Can you explain exactly what you are dragging and dropping and what your goal is?

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