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I'm not trying to drag and drop to an invalid location. I'm just trying to drag files from one folder to another within the same path. Nothing crazy.

I tap and drag the files, move to the destination directory and the folder opens like I've been hovering over it. I lift my finger from the trackpad like I've been doing for years, and nothing happens. The files remain stuck to the cursor. I move it around and they won't drop anywhere. I even hover over the source directory and they won't drop. They ONLY way I can get them to drop is to hold ESC while tapping again - found that thru massive trial and error.

This just started today and NO, a reboot does not help. Any clues??

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UPDATE: This is not limited to files. I just found out that if I select a block of text and drag it, it won't drop. WTH??? – jtalarico Aug 29 '11 at 0:40
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Related: superuser.com/questions/328063/…, but for snow leopard – Vervious Aug 29 '11 at 0:53
Yah, that's not the solution. I've already gone through the whole process of enabling/disabling usability features, etc. with no luck. Even if it were the problem, why would they just start messing with system behavior randomly? – jtalarico Sep 1 '11 at 15:12
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NEW UPDATE: a solution, but still no idea why it's happening. On a lark, I put my MBP to sleep (closed it) and when it woke, the problem went away. A day later, the problem resurfaced. Sleep, wake, no problem again. All of this started since the Lion upgrade, so I'm really concerned. I've also seen odd behavior in a Win7 VM (Virtualbox) that ALSO cleared up after a sleep-wake cycle. Reboots have no effect, but sleep does. fun. – jtalarico Sep 1 '11 at 15:14
Try enabling three-finger drag. Does that work? – CajunLuke Oct 4 '11 at 0:33
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I have the exact same problem, only current solution I've found is to sleep the machine. I think it is a problem with drag lock. I even hear a lock sound when I wake the machine. I've tried toggling on and off the drag lock setting but this has no effect.

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Are you absolutely sure this isn't drag lock? That sure is what it sounds like. If you continue to have this problem, create a new profile in OSX and fully logout of your current profile and login to the new one. If your problem is gone, you have corrupted preferences which isn't all that uncommon. You can also try disk very/repair and permission verify/repair. But I think you may have some SL artifacting. Hope this helps.

Cheers!~Chris

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It's definitely not drag lock. The behavior is the same when it's on or off. And it was off when this started happening. – jtalarico Sep 4 '11 at 4:07
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I've had the same problem too. I don't have drag lock or any weird functions enabled, I'll just click on a file to drag it and it won't release. My problem went away on its own after I put the computer to sleep and switched desktops several times. But it still happens occasionally.

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