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How to properly use drag and drop with MacBook Pro on OS X 10.7?
It seems extremely hard to be able to drag and drop files between two finder windows with a single move on the trackpad - as soon you reach the end of the trackpad you'll drop the files,… in the wrong ...
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Is it possible to drag the Dock around the screen?
As a Windows/Mac/Ubuntu/Fedora user, I have seen many different ways to manage windows. Some of these, like the Windows taskbar and the OS X Dock, are very interesting and highly useful.
One feature ...
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Moving files in Finder with drag and drop opens a new window
I'm trying to move files around in Finder by using my trackpad to drag and drop files. The problem is that I'm using tap to click with dragging enabled. So, when I decide to drop the files onto a ...
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How to create an alias with drag and drop?
In MacOSX, when dragging a file or folder one can force a copy instead of a move by pressing option. I think that there used to be a way to alternatively create an alias but can't find which key to ...
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Dragging selected text using the Three Finger gesture
Mountain Lion here. I can select text using the Three finger swipe. But to drag that text (for copying into another window, for example), I have to resort to the old fashioned (:)) ...
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Select and drag text on Mac OS X 10.6 doesn't allow me to drag
I have just been enlightened on what I previously thought was a short-coming of the whole Mac OS X platform - that like Windows, a user may select a block of text and drag it. This is particularly ...
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How to right-drag using trackpad only, for Windows on MacBook
Is there ANY way -- either from Apple or via third party utility software -- to enable the built-in TrackPad on a MacBook Pro laptop to do a real "right-click drag" function?
Note I'm asking for ...
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Dragging a window out of screen
I've a 13" Macbook Pro. Due to having a widescreen display, it can't properly display windows of any app, which has much taller than the screen. If it was Windows OS, I'd have dragged the application ...
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Moving app icons on iPad home screen - dead area when dragging icons
There seems to a be a dead area in the middle of my iPad 4's home screen that prevents me from moving app icons below it. Some more details:
I hold the iPad in landscape mode, with the button to the ...
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Cannot drag and drop files from the Dock folders
On the Dock I have two folders, Documents and Downloads.
I was used to drag files from the Downloads folder and drop them on the Desktop or somewhere else.
Now I can't do it anymore. I'm only able ...
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Drag and drop from iPhoto may remove the pictures from iPhoto Library, how to recover it?
I modified the "Recursive Image File Processing Droplet" example provided from Apple in AppleScript Editor to rename any dropped file and move it to a custom folder. It worked seemingly flawlessly ...
