Finder locks after option dragging to copy

The Finder is driving me nuts. I've had various problems with Finder, but the most disturbing one right now is Finder freezing when I copy files by option dragging them to another folder. It usually requires dragging more than one file, but has occurred when copying a single one. The "ghost" of the files I'm moving appears at the cursor, but upon trying to "drop" them into the new folder, the "ghosts" freeze in place and the finder becomes partially responsive. I can move, close and create new folders, but can no longer move or copy any files. I can rename files. The "ghosts" do not move, even when closing the underlying folder or anything else around them. They stay frozen on the monitor screen until I relaunch the Finder. At that point, the files have been appropriately copied to the new folder. This is happening regularly and predictably in both an administrator account and a non-administrator account. I have deleted every preference I can find that might remotely have anything to do with copying. My software is up to date. I installed Totalfinder (which I love, BTW) to see if that would make any difference and it doesn't. This problem, along with Apple's new versioning mandate, has slowed my work style down to a crawl. Any help would be appreciated. If you can solve this, I'll hang a picture of your avatar on my wall and salute it every evening.

I was just suggesting the file copy/paste as a work-around, in case no real solution was forthcoming.
Anyway, I should be able to option drag like I've done for many years, don't you think?
Yes, I do think so too! Have you filed a stern-but-polite complaint to Apple's Feedback page?
Of course, I also think we should be able to NOT have auto-save and we SHOULD have Save As, so obviously I'm just a dinosaur.....
And I too find the revised way the drag 'n drop things work silly at best, and distracting at worst. All the jiggling about nonsense, which appears all thru the interface, is yet one more reason I prefer to do actual work in Snow Leopard. With an older Mac Pro I can boot into whichever OS I want.
Francine

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Scott,
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