Dragging Safari bookmarks to open Finder windows doesn't work.

When you drag a URL from the top of a Safari window to a window in the Finder, a bookmark ("web internet location") file is supposed to be created. Since I upgraded to Yosemite, this has worked only sporadically. Now the URL just flies right back to its origin at the top of the Safari window. (Dragging a URL to an icon of a folder works fine, however.)

But when I eject the CD, then mount it again, Finder gives me a mess of one-on-top-of-the-other icons all over again
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