0

Disclaimer: I have actual clinically diagnosed OCD, so please, excuse my request if you find it silly, thank you.

Sometimes I misclick while using Finder, and as a result, files are dragged and moved between folders, or I double click to open a file and instead it gets me to rename it.

Can I use Terminal, or some kind of script, to prevent Finder from click-drag-moving or renaming files (unless a user defined modifier key is pressed at the same time, like alt or cmd)

There's the esc button in order to cancel an action, indeed, (as well as the Undo function), but unfortunately due to my OCD, it doesn't reassure me.

Improve this question
4
  • There is no setting, hidden or otherwise, that I know of to produce the desired behavior you are wanting. It is as it is.
    – user3439894
    Dec 30, 2020 at 16:29
  • @user3439894 I am aware of that, as I've searched Accessibility extensively and I have found no such setting, unfortunately. Which is why I mentioned Terminal and/or the use of a script. In the past, I have seen many similar issues being solved with the use of a simple single-line command in Terminal.
    – robinhoodhat
    Dec 30, 2020 at 17:24
  • RE: "Which is why I mentioned Terminal and/or the use of a script. In the past, I have seen many similar issues being solved with the use of a simple single-line command in Terminal." -- This has absolutely no bearing whatsoever in this use case scenario!
    – user3439894
    Dec 30, 2020 at 17:42
  • @user3439894 The use of Terminal or a custom script, that is? Or both?
    – robinhoodhat
    Dec 30, 2020 at 21:19

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
0

You may have better luck with customizing the UI if you use one of several "Finder alternatives". I googled "Mac replace Finder" and got several articles with titles like "Best Finder alternative solutions for Mac in 2023".

I don't know how they work, whether they may already have such a feature, whether they completely replace the Finder app, whether Finder will still control your Desktop icons, etc., but they may be a place to start. Some of them may even have developers who are sympathetic and would add your request as a customization feature in an upcoming release of their product. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Speaking of it "hurting to ask", my apologies on behalf of "user3439894" who obviously didn't either read or understand the disclaimer at the top of your question. Perhaps they have their own undiagnosed issues about how saying "that I know of" should be understood to be the last word on a subject.

Improve this answer

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .