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March 22, 2023
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Drag and drop in photoshop fail on MacBook Pro

  • March 22, 2023
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Wish to drag and drop an image onto another image in Photoshop on MacBook but failed. The image being dragged just won't 'stick' to the new location...Please help! Much appreciated!

Correct answer melissapiccone

It looks like you are trying to drop it in from a dialog box? You should be able to just drag and drop from your desktop. In Finder, locate the image - I see a png file. Then just drag and drop it from there. 

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Conrad_C
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Conrad_CCommunity Expert
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March 28, 2023

It looks like you’re doing it right, because when I try it on my Mac the same way that you showed, it works for me.

 

When a drop is rejected, it usually has to do with something about the receiving document that is not compatible with what is being dropped. In your video it looks like it is a Photoshop document with a Background layer, right? Normally that should work. What does it say under Image > Mode?

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    IngIngAuthor
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    March 29, 2023

    Sir, thank you very much for your reply. I've tried images of mode>RGB>8Bits and mode> RGB> 16Bits but failed.

    Been following steps of others as I'm still new. I'll reread and retry☺️.

    Kevin Stohlmeyer
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    Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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    March 22, 2023

    Hi @IngIng can you show a screen shot of the two images in the workspace? or better yet screen record the process failing.

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      IngIngAuthor
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      March 24, 2023

      Thank you sir for your reply!

      Kevin Stohlmeyer
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      Kevin StohlmeyerCommunity Expert
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      March 28, 2023

      Hi @IngIng Go to Apple System Preferences/Security and Privacy/Full Disk Access and making sure PS is listed and active.

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