How To Drag & Drop Files On Mac

Let's drag and drop any files you want on your Mac in this quick and easy guide.

Whether you're working on a Mac desktop, Macbook Air, Macbook Pro, etc. you can use the trackpad or mouse to drag and drop files from one place to another. This is helpful if you need to, for instance, move an image or PDF from one folder to another folder. Or if you want to upload a file and drag it onto the upload area. I walk you through steps to adjust the settings so you can drag and drop easily.

I hope this video helped solve your problem. Is the app still not working? If so, drop your question in a comment below!

[TrevorNace]

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[auntie_said]

YES! I just switched over to a MacBook from being a PC user for 40 years and dragging and dropping is such a small task but I just spent 30 minutes trying to figure it out, and I couldn't so I YouTube it and your video saved me! Thank you!

[thrivefinancials]

Thanks for that!! Just switch from an older Air Mac to a new one and this simple feature wasn’t active 🙄

I mean .. seriously?? You actually have to enable the dragging feature ? 🤷🏼‍♀️

[williamdavidson]

Thank you for showing us this solution in an easy to understand method.

[DosBrosSouthbay]

Thanks bro this was driving us crazy in our creations … thanks for the video

[DjGCue]

life saver. i thought my new 2022 mbp was broken. thank you

[deezelaya]

Thanks men … my drag and drop was not working and I was freaking out … you saved me

[Sara]

Thank you! Have been Mac user for over 20 years and never had to enable this before. Just got new MacBook and wasn’t able to do this for 3 months. So annoying!

[kelleyfein]

Thanks Trevor! I just got a new Mac and you saved my life with this :)

[AR]

Thank you! New Mac use and this was making me crazy!

[cafe]

Thanks a lot, this was really helpful day before a final exam at high school, where I need to bring my USB with presentations.🙂

[StefanKukurugya]

Thanks so much! I noticed that I don't even have to select the file first to drag. I can just place three fingers on the icon and drag it. And Command+Z lets me uno a bad drag if I blow it, haha.

[coolperson]

Thank you! This was really helpful and easy to follow! I appreciate it.

[nicolacooper]

OMG! Thank you so much! This has been driving me mad! So easy to follow! THANK YOU!!

[ronfleck]

exactly what i was looking for...thanks!

[akimakishima]

Thank you! This works great. This also works to select text.

[dr.quianabradford]

You just saved me soooo much time. Thank you!!!

[m]

I've been a mac user for 12 years and used to be pissed why my dragging doesn't always work. lol Now I know.

[danneeman]

Bloody awesome!!! I am use to windows so thanks