drag and drop using VoiceOver

By Alicia Krage, 17 March, 2025

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macOS and Mac Apps

Hi, I was hoping someone here could assist me with the drag and drop feature on Mac. I'm trying to install crome, and according to the instructions online, I'm supposed to open the downloaded file and drag and drop it into the applications folder.

Anyone have experience with this and can explain it?

Thanks so much!

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By Brian on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Unless something has changed since last year, which was the last time I used my MacBook, you don't really have to, "dragon drop", but rather just copy and paste the app into your applications folder.
1. Press command plus option plus L, to open downloads. Arrow down to the chrome.app file, and press command plus C to copy.
2. Press command plus shift plus a, to open the applications folder. Press command plus option plus V, to move the file over to the applications folder from the downloads folder.
3. That should do it. You may, or may not, get a dialogue about permissions for the chrome app, since it is a third-party app, but I may be wrong on this.

HTH.

By Alicia Krage on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Hi Brian

I'm still having issues. comand option D doesn't seem to do anything.

By Brian on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Try command plus option plus V (as in Victor). :-)

By That Blind Canuck on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Does the Drag and Drop feature still work in Sequoia? I've been wanting to reorder my email accounts in the Mac Mail app, and although dragging seems to work, dropping it never seems to work correctly.

By Tyler on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Member of the AppleVis Editorial Team

I believe Chrome, and many other macOS apps downloaded from websites, are contained in disk images ".dmg" files. To install apps distributed in this manner, first open the disk image, and then copy the app to your Applications folder.

HTH

By TheBlindGuy07 on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

Answered by pure mistake in the other thread of yours I didn't even see your question here, but yes. At least I can reorganize my mailboxes however I want.

By TheBlindGuy07 on Monday, March 17, 2025 - 22:14

In fact, in my opinion the easiest view in finder is column view. Each dmg has an alias pointing to the application folder and VO just announces alias I think. You just cmd c on the .app with down arrow, up arrow, cmd v and it will be copied into the application folder.