Accidental drag and poof!

My mouse occassionally will drag and drop icons out of the dock and have a line it's creating, all on it's own. Why is this happening and what can I do to stop it?

First try a shut down, then a re-start.
Try this, click GO in the Finder menu>Go to Folder, enter ~/Library/Preferences locate the file com.apple.dock.plist and locate the file com.apple.dock.db and drag them both to the trash, do not empty the trash.
Logout, restart, login and try to see if it behaves correctly.
If no change drag the files back to where they were, following the path above, do this one file at a time. (it may say this file already exists, click replace.
This is not the issue, this is a first step.

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I've been working very hard to keep my play lists organized and every so often I'll accidentally drag and drop one play list into another. Is there a way to stop this from happening? I like the power to be able to drag groups of songs and such but I don't want to be able to just click on a play list's name and drag and drop it into another one. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

There is no way to prevent it, and no "Undo" if you do it accidentally. Sorry.
As an experiment, go to your Settings in Control Panel and try a lower pixel count. This may make the display and associated mouse operations a bit less error-prone.

I accidentally dragged the Lion download from the dock onto my desktop and it disappeared in a puff. This seems to have halted the download as it is now 8 hours since purchase and stuck at 1.75gigs. Help anyone - please?

I accidentally dragged the Lion download from the dock onto my desktop and it disappeared in a puff. This seems to have halted the download as it is now 8 hours since purchase and has stuck at 1.75gigs. Could anyone advise please?

The icon in the dock is NOT the file itself. You simply removed the dock icon. Go into your Applications folder and you'll find "Install Mac OSX..." and you have what you want.

I accidentally dragged my toolbar out of the window on Word, and now I can't find it!

As I was working on Microsoft Word today, I clicked on my Formatting toolbar to move it and I accidentally dragged it out of my screen. The box is still checked on the Formatting toolbar, but the toolbar itself has disappeared. I have tried resetting the Formatting toolbar and that doesn't work. I also know that re-installing Word won't work. From looking at many forums I found a temporary solution of clicking control + shift while opening word, but each time I re-open word I have to do that in order for the toolbar to show up. Also, my Word doesn't have that oval button in the top right corner that is supposed to control the toolbars.
Any ideas how to get it back?
Thanks

Hey Claudia, look around on the home page(s). May be on any one of them. If you don't see it, look inside each app button, it could be buried in anyone of them. Your looking for an app button with little app buttons inside it. When you find it, press and hold on any app button until they all start to wiggle, then drag the music app button back to your bar or where ever makes you happy. Then tap the home button to lock / return the app buttons to normal use mode. Hope this helps. Cheers.

I am using Zotero, I accidentally deleted several entries in my library. I have not been able to restore them by dragging and dropping. What can I do to resotre the items that are currently sitting in the trash?

I accidentally deleted a few of the items in my Zotero library. I have tried to restore them but I cannot drag and drop them back into the library. I went through the forums to see if I found a solution but none of the suggestions work.

Does this forum thread help?
[http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/10941/restore-from-trash-can/ Zotero Forums - Restore from Trash Can]

Is There A Way To LOCK Items To The Dock (to prevent accidental drag off)

Is there a way to lock items to the dock to prevent accidentally dragging them off? Every now and then, I'll accidentally drag something I just meant to click (really, I click too hard while moving my mouse) and I'll see a POOF as the icon disappears... which means I have to dig for it in the finder and replace it. D'oh!

run the following terminal command
defaults write com.apple.dock contents-immutable -bool true; killall Dock
to unlock it change true to false in the command.

No longer able to drag and drop files to an iPhone in iTunes.

I accidentally unplugged my iPhone 3G before it was finished syncing in iTunes and I lost all of music, playlist, podcasts, etc. I had copied to it. The problem I am now having is that I can no longer drag and drop anything to my iPhone in the Devices list. The only way that I can now get files onto it is by syncing with my existing play lists, etc from iTunes. I can't even select it in the Devices list and create a new playlist on it by clicking the new playlist button at the bottom. I really liked the option to just drag whatever I wanted onto it. It's really a pain now. It does sync properly, so thankfully that works.
Does anyone know why I know why I'm no longer able to drag and drop music, etc. to an iPhone in iTunes.
Thanks

Man, I can't believe it...that was the fix. I had it checked previously, obviously because that's how I was doing it before. Don't know how it got unchecked, but that IS the solution. I thought something bad had happened and wasn't thinking clearly – feel like an idiot now.
THANKS for you help.

How to reinstall a hard drive on a mac pro that was accidentally dragged out of Finder

How to reinstall a hard drive on a mac pro that was accidentally dragged out of Finder? I have files on this drive that I don't want to loose or corrupt.

If you mean you dragged the hard drive shortcut out of the sidebar of a Finder window, you're quite all right - that's just a shortcut and you haven't lost any files. You can get it back by going to Finder preferences (the Finder menu, then Preferences), click Sidebar, and tick the "hard drives" box fully to show all hard drives.
Post back if you did something different though.
Matt

I am organizing my external HD and want to move files NOT COPY them. How do I drag and drop folder contents without Mac automatically copying them to the "drop" location?

I am sorting out all the clutter and duplicate files on my external HD. In doing this I am moving the entire contents of folders to new locations. Some of these folders cointain gigs of info. I do not want to have to spend large amounts of time waiting for hundreds of gigs to copy somewhere then moving the originals to the trash and wait even longer deleting all of them. All I want to do is move the files up a subfolder, but the way Finder goes aobut doing it can be a 400 GB swing taking hours. How do I just "move" them?

Check out this discussion. Worked for me.
http://tinyurl.com/7dmh9p5
Quote:
When I do a drag and drop in Finder to move a folder into another folder it makes a copy of the folder in the new location instead of moving it like the help documentation says and like it used to do in Snow Leopard. I have looked all over in preferences for a setting the contols the move/copy outcome of drag and drop and have been unable to find anything. Is this the way Lion is supposed to work?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
This solved my question by jsd2 on Oct 9, 2011 6:33 AM
I did a global change of permissions for the entire documents account in the currrent user account using the get info and apply to enclosed items.
I think what is happening is that the Documents folder normally carries an "everyone deny delete" ACL, meant to protect it from accidental deletion:
$ ls -lde ~/Documents
drwx------+ 6 t1 staff 204 Oct 9 08:51 /Users/t1/Documents
0: group:everyone deny delete
ACLs are special types of permissions that do not show up in GetInfo, but can get propagated if you click "Apply to Enclosed Items" on a folder that carries them. Affected files that acquire that ACL would require password authentication to move or delete them.
I think the following Terminal command (copy and paste it) should remove such ACLs from items within the Documents folder:
chmod -RN ~/Documents/*
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Missing files after drag and drop

In the newest FCP X, I accidentally imported a couple .mov files into the wrong event. I dragged and dropped them into the correct event but now they are missing. I've checked each event in FCP, and also looked for the files in Finder (opening each event from FCP), for the files and can't find them. I can't find them at all in the FCP X created backup versions. Any other ideas on where to find the files?

Ah ha! Now I bet I know where they are! Go to the original Event, or the Event you copied them to. Dont' search names, look at the clips them selves. FCPX by defualt changes the names to creation time/date. Select everything in an Event, go to the Modify menu, to "Apply Custom Name", and select "Original Name From Camera". I bet they show up.
From now on, when you move or copy stuff, to verify it will work properly, and for peice of mind, highlight what you want (Event, Project, media file), go to the File menu and select the move or copy command.
And remember that FCPX renames your video when you import it. I hate it, too. But, that's how they do it.
Also remember when you rename the file in FCPX, the creation time/date name stays in the Finder.

Drag and Drop Characteristic to Rows in QD

I am trying to drag and drop ship-to characteristic from infoprovider pane to the rows pane in query designer but the system is restricting me from doing that, but I can move other characterisitcs from other dimensions and drop them in the rows area. Only ship-to is the problem. Have I accidentally pressed some key or what? The "ship-to party" was provided as filter in the characteristics restriction section as a variable with manual input, so I removed it as a filter thinking that might be causing some problems but still no success. Any help would be appreciated.

LMAO..You are so right, I knew it would be something simple, but it usually takes an hour or two for my brain to warm up before I can start thinking and functioning.
Thanks, bro..points awarded!

Drag and Drop with multiple targets

I'm having a problem find a solution to my drag and drop problem. Here is what this flash piece is basically supposed to do:
9 dragable items on the stage
5 targets, numbers 1 - 5, where the items can be placed
5 of the 9 dragable items are the correct answer and the user needs to drag them to the correct target, and have to be in order from 1-5. (eg. let's say the instructions are:
Please place the, in the correct order, the 5 steps to getting ready in the morning
Drag items                                               Targets
Brush teeth                                       1.
Change oil in car                                2.
Wash face                                         3.
Put pants on                                      4.
Shower                                              5.
Get out of bed
Do tax's
So far I have it so if you drop the correct answer into its correct target it snaps to it and disable it's eventListeners. If you drop the drag item on the other targets they snap to it and disable it as well. They only problem is if the user accidentally drops the item anywheres else on the stage it locks it in place. Instead I want it to return to the orginal x and y position. Can anyone help?!?
Here is my code
DragDrop.as
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
public class DragDrop extends MovieClip
public var _targetPiece:*;
public function DragDrop()
   this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragMovie);
   this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMovie);
   this.buttonMode = true;
private function dragMovie(event:MouseEvent):void
   this.startDrag();
   this.filters = [new DropShadowFilter(0.5)];
   this.parent.addChild(this);
private function dropMovie(event:MouseEvent):void
   this.stopDrag();
   this.filters = [];
public function disable():void
   this.buttonMode = false;
   this.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, dragMovie);
   this.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, dropMovie);
DragGame.as
package
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import DragDrop;
import BL;
import BR;
import BM;
import TL;
import TR;
import TM;
import BC;
import TC;
import BA;
public class DragGame extends MovieClip
private var bl:BL;
private var br:BR;
private var bm:BM;
private var tl:TL;
private var tr:TR;
private var tm:TM;
private var bc:BC;
private var tc:TC;
private var ba:BA;
private var _totalPieces:Number;
private var _currentPieces:Number;
private var _submit:Number;
private var _reveal:Number;
public function DragGame()
   _totalPieces = 5;
   _currentPieces = 0;
   createPieces();
   _submit = 6;
   _reveal = 1;
private function createPieces():void
   bl = new BL();
   addChild(bl);
   bl._targetPiece = blt_mc;
   bl.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition1(bl);
   br = new BR();
   addChild(br);
   br._targetPiece = brt_mc;
   br.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition2(br);
   bm = new BM();
   addChild(bm);
   bm._targetPiece = bmt_mc;
   bm.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition3(bm);
   tl = new TL();
   addChild(tl);
   tl._targetPiece = tlt_mc;
   tl.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition4(tl);
   tr = new TR();
   addChild(tr);
   tr._targetPiece = trt_mc;
   tr.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition5(tr);
   tm = new TM();
   addChild(tm);
   tm._targetPiece = tmt_mc;
   tm.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition6(tm);
   bc = new BC();
   addChild(bc);
   bc._targetPiece = trt_mc;
   bc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition7(bc);
   tc = new TC();
   addChild(tc);
   tc._targetPiece = trt_mc;
   tc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition8(tc);
   ba = new BA();
   addChild(ba);
   ba._targetPiece = trt_mc;
   ba.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
   piecePosition9(ba);
private function checkTarget(event:MouseEvent):void
   if(event.currentTarget.hitTestObject(event.currentTarget._targetPiece))
    event.currentTarget.x = event.currentTarget._targetPiece.x;
    event.currentTarget.y = event.currentTarget._targetPiece.y;
    event.currentTarget.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
    event.currentTarget.disable();
    _currentPieces ++;
    _submit --;
    if(_currentPieces >= _totalPieces)
     wrong_txt.visible = false;
     answer_txt.visible = true;
    if(_submit <= _reveal)
     submit_mc.visible = true;
     submit_mc.buttonMode = true;
   else
    event.currentTarget.x= event.currentTarget.dropTarget.parent.x;
    event.currentTarget.y= event.currentTarget.dropTarget.parent.y;
    event.currentTarget.disable();
    if(_submit <= _reveal)
     submit_mc.visible = true;
     submit_mc.buttonMode = true;
private function piecePosition1(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 87.2;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 87.1;
private function piecePosition2(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 109.2;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 109.2;
private function piecePosition3(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 131.2;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 131.2;
private function piecePosition4(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 153.3;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 153.3;
private function piecePosition5(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 175.3;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 175.3;
private function piecePosition6(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 197.3;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 197.3;
private function piecePosition7(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 219.4;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 219.4;
private function piecePosition8(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 241.4;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 241.4;
private function piecePosition9(piece:*):void
   piece.x = 50.2;
   piece.y = 263.7;
   piece._origX = 50.2;
   piece._origY = 263.7;

create an array of your droptargets (eg, droptargetA) and check if the object is dropped on a droptarget. you don't even need the if-branch of the following if-else unless you do something that depends on whether the correct droptarget is hit.
function checkTarget(event:MouseEvent):void
   if(event.currentTarget.hitTestObject(event.currentTarget._targetPiece ))
    event.currentTarget.x = event.currentTarget._targetPiece.x;
    event.currentTarget.y = event.currentTarget._targetPiece.y;
    event.currentTarget.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, checkTarget);
    event.currentTarget.disable();
   else
var x:Number=event.currentTarget.dropTarget._origX;
var y:Number=event.currentTarget.dropTarget._origY;
for(var i:uint=0;i<droptargetNum;i++){
    if(event.currentTarget.hitTestObject(droptargetA[i] )){
x=droptargetA[i].x;
y=droptargetA[i].y;
break
event.currentTarget.x=x;
event.currentTarget.y=y;

Drag and drop between libraries...

Can I drag and drop songs from one iTunes library to another? I have one main library that I don't want to change, but I would like to put some of those songs on my kids iPods (I've created separate libraries for each of them). Is this possible? TIA.

Hold down the Shift key as you launch iTunes, that lets you create a new library -- just pick a different folder location for the other library. If you do this, keep in mind the following:
1- iTunes will remember which library you last booted from and will (by default) start up with that library until you change to a different library. If you change to a different library, iTunes will default to that one until you change it again.
2- To change to a different library, exit iTunes and hold the Shift key as you re-launch iTunes. At the prompt, instead of creating a new library just select "Choose library" and navigate to where you saved the .itl file of the other library.
3- Be careful auto-syncing separate iPods to separate libraries. If you accidentally sync your daughter's iPod to your son's library, her iPod will be erased and your son's library will be loaded onto it. Always boot up the correct library before auto-syncing iPods.
4- As an alternative, keep one iTunes library and separate the music using playlists, then set each iPod to sync only to selected playlists. That way you don't have to remember to toggle between iTunes libraries.

How to disable drag-and-drop tabs to search bar?

I always have a lot of tabs open in Firefox, and oftentimes I move tabs around, whether intentionally or habitually (and accidentally). The problem is that a lot of times the tab is dragged on/near the search bar and this causes Firefox to respond by copying the tab's address to the search and start searching.
I would like to disable one or both of these. I never use this, especially since whatever address I'm at is already found and if I actually wanted to search for it then I would just copy it and search myself. I want to disable the auto search and if possible, also disable copying the address.

''guigs2 [[#answer-714993|said]]''
<blockquote>
It is possible for window creation, note this work around: [http://www.ghacks.net/2012/12/04/firefox-disable-tab-drag-and-drop-window-creation/] However I did not find one for general dragging/moving tabs.
Another add on that provided more customization tricks is known as:
"[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tab-mix-plus/?src=search]"
Did this help?
</blockquote>
No; as I said, my problem is tabs and the search bar. I drag tabs into new windows practically everyday and the other doesn't seem to have anything related to this either. I only read the description and looked at the pictures and etc, so I did not download it to give it a thorough review prior to declining it as it doesn't seem at all related.
Curious:
Does that ghacks thing also disable the tab-search thing in addition to disabling new windows, or did you just post a completely different tab-drag-drop related issue?
(not rhetorical or sarcastic, I'm actually asking)

Drag and Drop Apps to and from Dock, doesn't work for one account?

Hi there,
I have 2 accounts on my Macbook, one of them is my main account which is admin and nothing is wrong with it. The second account though is also admin but I cannot drag and drop applications to and from the dock. I can open the program, hold left click down till it pops up with options and in which you can untick Keep in Dock. Which would be fine but as soon as the computer restarts or I log out then in again, the application reappears. Any help or ideas would be much appreciated.
Note that I have deleted both plist files from library/preferences and I have also enabled parental controls and ticked the allow users to modify the dock option. I also tried downloading Onyx and setting it up through there but it was a no go. Anyway, if anyone has any idea then that would be awesome.
Cheers

TheArtieChoke wrote:
The second account though is also admin but I cannot drag and drop applications to and from the dock.
Ok, you can drag applications from your Applications and Utilities Folders to make a "alias" (aka shortcut) in the Dock, but if you drag the icon off and drop it, it "poof's" away as your deleting the alias. The program itself isn't in the Dock at all at any time.
TheArtieChoke wrote:
I can open the program, hold left click down till it pops up with options and in which you can untick Keep in Dock. Which would be fine but as soon as the computer restarts or I log out then in again, the application reappears.
Right, when you run a program from where ever, it places a alias icon in the Dock, which you then right click and choose to keep the alias in the Dock which survives reboots and logouts/in as normal.
If you right click and choose "open at log-in" the program will automatically run when you restart or log back into the account.
TheArtieChoke wrote:
Note that I have deleted both plist files from library/preferences and I have also enabled parental controls and ticked the allow users to modify the dock option. I also tried downloading Onyx and setting it up through there but it was a no go. Anyway, if anyone has any idea then that would be awesome.
I don't see any problem, other than your not knowing the icons in the Dock are aliases.
You should set the same user controls and preferences on the second admin as the first and your problems should disappear.
OnyX is a great program, I recommend it highly, but I don't see it fixing your problem in this case. Unless there is something your not being clear on.

Accidental drag and poof!

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