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Trouble removing items from the dock
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Jan 2006
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Hey everyone, just a quick question.
For some reason, I've recently had difficulty removing applications from the dock. I used to be able to drag items from it and let them vanish, but for some reason this method is no longer working. I've tried checking in System Preferences for a configuration that might have been changed recently, but there doesn't seem to be an option to lock or unlock the dock. Any recommendations?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Orlando, FL
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This might sound silly, but make sure the application isn't running when you try dragging it out.
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Nope, the application's not running. I'm still able to click on the icons in the dock, I just can't drag them at all. This is very odd.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
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I don't know if this is a new development or if I just haven't noticed it until now, but I can't actually drag any files for some reason. If I need to take something to the trash, I have to right click on it and use the "send to trash" option. I'm also having trouble copying and pasting, with a variety of different applications. Anyone else seen problems like this?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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It sounds like there's a problem with the program coreservicesd, which is responsible for drag-and-drop. A couple of questions:
1) What version of OS X are you running?
2) Have you tried restarting since the problem showed up?
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Chuck
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
It sounds like there's a problem with the program coreservicesd, which is responsible for drag-and-drop. A couple of questions:
1) What version of OS X are you running?
2) Have you tried restarting since the problem showed up?
1) 10.3.9
2) A couple of times, and the problem still persists. I've also tried restarting finder, which I've heard can sometimes solve problems like this. No dice.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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A bit of Googling suggests that this will probably solve the problem:
Go into the Terminal (in the folder /Applications/Utilities) and enter the following commands
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cd /Library/Caches
rm com.apple.dock.iconcache.*
Then restart. Hopefully you'll have dragging back after that.
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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