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  1. solouki

    Invisible files and Apple's Finder, tar, rsync, and GNU tar

    Preface: I know most individuals do not use the tar utility, but this problem affects not only tar backups but also the Apple Finder's Drag-and-Drop, Copy-and-Paste, AirDrop, and the Universal Control's Drag-and-Drop. File...
  2. L

    Drag/drop files in MacOS - does it retain all info/time stamps as original?

    Hi, I'm new to MacOS (kind of the last major OS I've worked with). I used Windows extensively in the past, then switched to Linux for desktop. IOS is my primary daily driver but we finally tried the M1 Mac mini. I'm curious, I've had issues the last several months on Linux with drag/drop of...
  3. T

    iPhone 7/Plus Windows 10 computer doesn't recognize iPhone as external drive

    I have an iPhone7 version 12.2 and a Windows 10 computer. When the iPhone was new, I could connect the phone to my computer via USB and view the photos on my phone using Windows and copy photos from the phone without any issues. Now there are two fairly consistent problems: Lengthy delay...
  4. inkswamp

    Finder slow to create desktop items via drag-and-drop

    Does anyone else experience slowness with creating desktop items via drag-and-drop? It's been like this for the last couple years and it's still an annoyance. I'm wondering if it's just me and some software I have installed or does the Finder really have issues with drag and drop? Here's a...
  5. T

    iPhone 7/Plus Transferring photos/videos to a Windows computer

    I'm having a couple issues accessing my photos via the USB on my laptop - issues which are never seen with another external storage device. 1) Lengthy delay before I can even see the preview thumbnails of the files 2) Copy process from my iPhone to my laptop abruptly stops for no apparent...
  6. 0

    MacBook Pro - Drag & Drop w/ TrackPad - Delay on Releasing Finger

    Hi everyone, I have just enabled dragging on my new MacBook Pro and have enabled "Without Drag Lock" in the accessibility settings. This should mean that when i release my finger after dragging, the action should stop immediately. However, this is not the case! There is about a 1 second delay...
  7. Laisha

    Drag & Drop on Desktop Items Opens Items

    My husband got a new MacBook Pro, which is good. But he keeps yelling at it, which is bad. When he uses drag & drop on the desktop, sometimes it works but much of the time, it will open the file he is trying to drag. He's not a novice, so he knows how to D&D. Is there a setting or something...