macOS Tutorial: Drag and Drop with a Trackpad in macOS Big Sur and later...

In this quick lesson from TheMacU.com see how to set up your Mac trackpad to click and drag with just one finger or with a 3 finger drag. I have used the 3 finger drag option for years and much prefer it over the standard "press with thumb, drag with finger" method.

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[edwardarchibald]

I don't think I ever would have found this option in Accessibility on my own. Excellent video! Thanks!

[iLegionaire]

Phenomenal video, cuts straight to the point, and now a barrier to Mac has lessened for me.

[masonleather_outdoors]

This video has saved me incalculable amounts of suffering, thank you!!!

[erikamason]

Oh my goodness THANK YOU!!!! I couldn't understand why I stopped being able to drag with my trackpad! I so appreciate you sharing this!

[Marc_Yu]

I searched the web pages but didn't find any solution. Your video indeed gave me a quickest solution. Thank you very very much.

[briangreenberg]

Recently updated to Mac OS Monterey. First thing I noticed was that three-finger drag and drop no longer worked. After watching your video. I was immediately able to enable three-finger drag and drop which I had been accustomed to using in previous OS versions. Before watching you video, I thought the trackpad preferences were where to find the proper setting. You pointed me to the accessibility preferences! Thanks!

[PRAVDACREATIVE]

"I wish I had more time to write a simpler video." THANK YOU for taking the time to produce an elegant approach to instruction. You have a special gift and have helped me find the drag-and-drop trackback accessibility I may not have found alone. We can't do it alone... Right?

[Tomurai]

This video deserves to have billions of views

[hmaustips]

This is so good! We're trying to teach seniors how to use the track pad and it's so hard for them to do two finger gestures. Thank you.

[cmo]

Thank you! I couldn't figure out why I couldn't drag and drop files on my mac with my new trackpad. This video helped immensely!

[tobysuren]

This video is a life saver. My laptop's trackpad is currently unable to click and whilst I'm set to have it fixed in a few days time and have found a setting to be able to tap to click, I've been completely unable to drag. Thanks :D

[XiaoNiu]

Thank God I stumbled upon your video. I had not been able to use my trackpad for weeks and had to resort to troublesome bluetooth mouse. TQVM!

[UECSoumyaRay]

This made my transition to Mac a whole lot easier.

[finom]

Not sure why this tip isn't widely shared but thank you very much, this helps a ton!

[k.berger]

Thank you so much. Just seconds for searching. Thank you!

[aimrytanemec]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I couldn't figure out why I suddenly couldn't drag and it was driving me NUTS. It took me a while to stumble upon this video. I had to enter my OS (Big Sur) and that FINALLY worked to lead me to this tutorial. I cannot thank you enough! (I'm into the three-finger drag as well, thanks for the tip.)

[smchalk]

Oh my goodness, I spent 10 minutes trying to figure out way I couldn’t drop and drag. Thank you so much!!!!

[debsfaves]

Just got a new Air and was going nuts not being able to do the simplest drag and drop. Bumbled around til I found your video and now can drag and drop like a boss! You simplified the options and techniques so well. THANK YOU! (ps. Apple, it wasn't broken so WHY did you "fix" it? LOL)

[JasonTRogers]

Thank you! I love this feature and was so sad when I couldn't find it on my new computer. I now love my new computer thanks to you.

[therealpatriot]

Thank you for the clear and simple instructions good sir.