How do I drag files in Finder to a different folder?

First, open one Finder window, and then, open another one pressing Command and N keys.
On one window, go to the folder where the files are, and on the other one, go to the folder where you want to put your files. Choose them with the Command key (or select all if you want to transfer all of them, with Command and A keys) and drag them to the other Finder window

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No, there is no error message. Your second question, asking if I first selected thumbnails, etc., prompted me to go back to the organizer to review exactly what happens when I try to select and drag a file to a new folder. And, because of your question, I have discovered new results: the first time I tried to select a picture, the normal hand appeared, but when I attempted to drag the file to a folder, all I got was the hand drawing a dotted rectangular box, and I could not drag the file to any folder. I tried this two more times with the same result. Then, I discovered that if I click on the far right side of the file thumbnail, I could actually drag it to a different folder. So, now I know precisely where to click on a thumbnail in order to successfully drag it to a folder. However, in previous versions, I could click anywhere on the thumbnail and drag without any problems. So, I will consider this problem "mostly" solved, and hopefully Adobe will address this problem on a future update. Thanks for your help!! Jeff

How do i drag files from finder to external hard drive

AS my Mac Air doesnt have huge storage capabiities I have bought myself a 1tetrabite seagate drive in order to store all my photos - of which I have many. I cannot seem to drag/transfer the files from the Mac onto the drive. Can anyone advise how to do this.

Have you formatted the Seagate HDD in Disk Utility Erase to Mac OS Extended (Journaled)?
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Two finger scrolling while dragging files in finder

Hi guys.
I'm new to this forum but have used it in the past so I'll start by saying thank you for all the people who post on here.
Now for my query, and this one is driving me nuts because it seems like such a simple thing that is either missing or I can't figure out how to use for the life of me.
I know while dragging files in finder when you take them near to the bottom or top of the window it will scroll up or down. The problem is the area on which you have to move you mouse is about 5 mm big and if you go too far it stops scrolling etc. It's very clumsy. It amazed me that while dragging a file I could not still two-finger scroll, which would mean that you could control the speed. It would also be a lot more efficient.
I have searched countless forums and through google but cannot find an answer. If anyone can tell me how to two-finger scroll while dragging files please help me?! Or if there are any plug-ins that have more customisability that could allow it.
Thanks in advance for you help!

It is not possible to two-finger scroll while dragging.

Aperture 3.1.2 When exporting files to Finder is creating a folder for each file, that means export 200 files is creating 200 folders for each files. Does anyone knows how to fix this. Thanks

Aperture 3.1.2 When exporting files to Finder is creating a folder for each file, that means export 200 files is creating 200 folders for each files. Does anyone knows how to fix this. Thanks

No. This is NOT true. I've been battling with this for a couple hours.
I choose Export>Versions
choose
Subfolder Format: Project Name
no custom subfolder
Name Format: Current Version Name.
Aperture creates project folders for each image and names them Projects1, Projects2, Projects3 etc.
To be sure, I have no project named Projects
x
This particular Aperture library has 16 projects. you can see in the screen grab it's created more than 30 folders
If I uncheck the Subfolder, that is say NONE, I just get images and images and images, not in their project folders (of course, because I've said NONE, so why would it put them in project folders?)
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How can I drag files from my macbook to my external hard drive?

Hi! I can't seem to drag files to my hard drive using my macbook pro? How can I do that?

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What happens when you try to drag a file to the external drive? If it just doesn't copy, it's because the external drive is formatted in NTFS, and OS X can't write in NTFS hard drives. There are some solutions:
1. Buy a third-party application like Paragon NTFS, which will allow you to write in your external drive.
2. Format the external drive with exFAT or FAT32, so you will be able to use the external drive with PCs and Macs.
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Dragging files cause finder to crash and restart

I've noticed when I'm moving files either from a folder to attach on a e-mail or moving files from one folder to another finder crashes and immediately restarts. I can then move the files no problem until I move on to another task and come back to move a file.
I can copy or cut and paste files fine it just seems to be a problem when you begin dragging the file.

I have the same problem, had Total Finder installed thinking it was the problem. Now with a fresh install its the same.
It happens when i haven't used Finder for a while, trying to move a file and Finder just restarts.
I also happens when my LaCie USB 3.0 discs is starting up from sleep.
Looking in the activity log errors i see:
21/10/14 11:33:47,859 ReportCrash[6730]:
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Was no problem under Developer versions nor the GM3.

How do you drag files into folders on the new mountain lion?

When i select the file i want to drag into a folder, it drags normally but i can not place it in the new folder. nothing fancy just rying to move pictures into the same folder.
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Hi there...
I'm in the same boat.
I clean installed Mountain Lion no problems, everything seems to be a little quicker even... .a bonus.
But then I stumbled across something.
I am unable to move or drag files around.
Let's say I have a file jpg in the desktop, and I want to move it to the pictures folder... Normally I would just hold down the trackpad, and physically move it in to the open pictures finder... but it just will not move. I can select it, open it, rename it, everything... but I just cannot drag anything anywhere.
Lets say the jpg on my desktop needs work and I want to open it in Photoshop. I have the Photoshop icon in my Dock, and for years have simply dragged whatever jpg onto the PHotoshop icon in the Dock to open it.. .but now I can't.
At the moment I am copy/pasting everything, which is time consuming and sooo annoying you have no idea.
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Wesley Johnson wrote:
I have several .sf2 files, and the problem is in order for my various music programs to access them, it needs to get into the contents of the .sf2 file (which is really a folder/package) and recognizes it as the end of the directory line. How can I get OS X to recognize (or is there any software that does) the type of file is a package or a folder?
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I read posts on delete but am concerned I'll mess something up - I have never used Terminal and am hoping there's an easier way.
I recently switched from Windows to Mac for my development computer.
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The easiest way is to tell Finder to show hidden files. Open Terminal and copy this to Terminal window:
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How to replace a file in Finder

I am trying to back up my iPhoto library, which lives in an external hard drive (My Passport) to my Seagate external hard drive. Usually, I can go in Finder and drag and drop the most recent Library over-top of the backup. A pop-up will appear asking if I want to replace the existing file (yes) and the backup takes like 5 or 6 hours... I have 300 GB of pics.
With OS X Yosemite, when I drag the file and drop it in the backup hard drive, it doesn't recognize that there is already a file with the same name, so it tries to make room to add the new library, when in reality I want it to replace the existing (outdated) backup.
I downloaded this for the Seagate external, which hasn't proved useful http://www.seagate.com/support/external-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/backup-p lus-desk/ntfs-driver-for-mac-os-master-dl/
and I tried holding down Option, and Command, then dragging... nope. I can't figure out how to get it to replace, or merge, the files. It just tries to keep putting it in as a separate file.
Please help!

OS X cannot write to an NTFS formatted drive. Whatever driver you got from Seagate probably doesn't work with the version of OS X you have. Is there any reason you could not reconfigure the drive for OS X? If you can the first thing you will need to do is to reformat that drive to MSDOS (FAT.) It's best to do that on a PC, but you can try reformatting it on your Mac using Disk Utility and setting the Format type to MSDOS. It may take a couple of tries. Once you get it formatted for FAT, then you can repartition and reformat the drive for OS X.
Drive Partition and Format
1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
If you are preparing an external or a non-startup drive, then open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
Steps 4-6 are optional but should be used on a drive that has never been formatted before, if the format type is not Mac OS Extended, if the partition scheme has been changed, or if a different operating system (not OS X) has been installed on the drive.
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Dragging file to Finder-icon in dock doesn't open Finder

Dragging a file from my desktop (e.g. a jpg) to the Finder Icon (so I can archive it in a folder), doesn't open Finder.
The icon in the dock does blink for a second, and then doesn't open FInder, but shows an empty desktop...
What to do?

Bruikbaar wrote:
Thanks Barney,
It works with a window open. I just thought it did also work when there wasn't a window open yet :-)
It used to. I haven't found a hidden preference to turn it back on.

How to copy selected files in Finder (applescript)

I don't like to use hotkeys (such as CMD+C, etc.) and would prefer to copy and paste files in OS X with the mouse just like I did in Windows.
Unfortunately Finder has no such copy and paste buttons in its toolbar like I know them from Windows Explorer. It bothers me that I always have to use the context menu or hotkeys. So I intend to write small scripts with AppleScript and move them into the Finder toolbar to have my custom made buttons.
Unfortunately I am newbie to Applescript and did not yet manage to get such simple script to work despite many trials.
The first script must only copy marked/selected files or folders in Finder to the clipboard so that I can paste them into another Finder window.
The second script should simply paste the clipboard content into Finder.
I tried this but nothing is being copied:
tell application "Finder"
activate
end tell
tell application "System Events"
key down {command}
keystroke "c"
key up {command}
end tell
Would be great if somebody can help me with these few lines.
Thanks in advance

meanwhile got a reply in another forum that works like charm exactly as I want...I post it here below for future newbies...
tell application "Finder" activate
delay 0.2
tell application "System Events"
tell process "Finder"
keystroke "c" using command down
end tell
end tell
end tell
save as program and then drag to Finder toolbar.
You can even change the icon.
Thanks for your attention guys

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