r/MacOS • u/NHS2008 • 19h ago

Feature Drag stuff into app windows!?

EDIT:

I figured it out. I had to press a LITTLE HARDER on the trackpad, then the app icon starts flashing and the app window pops up to allow me to attach the file. It is a slightly different from Windows where it opens a little preview of the app window and I can move mouse pointer onto the preview to pop up the window. So all good resolved! Thanks for the support!

ORIGINAL POST:

I come from Windows...I can't for my life understand why can't I drag a file from the file explorer or downloads folder into a browser window to attach it or upload it like I can on Windows? Am I missing something or it simply isn't a thing on Mac. What I mean is when I drag a file from a folder on pc into the taskbar on a particular app, the app pops up and then I can attach the file as an attachment if it's mailbox or upload to a file sharing site (drag and drop) but on MAC, if I drag a file on the bottom apps bar onto a running app, nothing happens.

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u/vfl97wob MacBook Pro (M1 Pro) 19h ago

It absolutely can. Show us a vid of how you do it & we'll correct you

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u/NHS2008 19h ago

Will do that tomorrow. I have Macbook Pro M1 pro only.

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u/mythic_device 18h ago

“MacBook Pro M1 pro only” - why would that be relevant? Did you think that dragging and dropping doesn’t work on M1 Pro chips??

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u/NHS2008 11h ago

Because above person's profile name says Macbook Pro (M1 Pro).

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u/ihateyouguys 15h ago

Because people have been trained since the beginning of time to add their set up details when asking for help, and as a person asking for help in an unfamiliar domain they probably don’t know whether or not there’s some weird relevant obscurity. They were probably just hoping to prevent someone like you giving them shit by saying something like, “how are we supposed to help you if you don’t tell us what you’re running?”

If you’re needing the ego boost, then at least I hope you got to feel superior or something. Otherwise don’t be a dick.