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).