Drag and Drop Technique

Question

When I try to move a file by drag and drop to a folder location outside my window, I cannot do it. When I reach the bottom of the window, the display of files does not scroll any further. Now I drop into the lowest location, scroll up, find it, redeploy into the new lowest location, and continue in that manner. Is there a simpler way to move files from one location to another?

Answer 1

Rich15 wrote:
When I try to move a file by drag and drop to a folder location outside my window, I cannot do it. When I reach the bottom of the window, the display of files does not scroll any further. Now I drop into the lowest location, scroll up, find it, redeploy into the new lowest location, and continue in that manner. Is there a simpler way to move files from one location to another?
When you say "outside my window", do you mean a location that is scrolled off the bottom of the window? I'll also guess that you have that window set to "list" view.
When you want the window contents to scroll as you drag, try moving the mouse pointer up and down across the bottom of the displayed list. You may need to do this several times before the window contents start to scroll.
Here are three other approaches you might consider:
1) Open a second Finder window of the same folder. Position one window to show the source file and the other to show the intended destination folder. Then drag from one window to the other.
2) Use the FInder "column" view. The details will depend on just where the file is that you want to move.
3) If the file you want to move is on your local disk, move it out of its folder onto the Desktop. Scroll the window to show the destination folder, then move the file from the Desktop onto that folder.