You can drop any application on the left-hand side of the dock divider and any folders on the right-hand side of the dock divider. You can only drop individual files inside a folder that's already on/in the dock. You can't drop an individual file on the dock as a stand alone icon. How many apps do you have on your dock? If you have a lot of apps on/in your dock (where your whole dock is filling your entire screen and the app icons are tiny), maybe there's a limit to how many items you can put on/in the dock at this point. I don't know why you are having this problem. If the information I just gave you didn't help to clear things up for you, I suggest you call Apple so they can help you with this problem. Keep scouring the net; I'm sure there's bound to be a solution to this problem.
Hi, need some help.
Somehow I can't drag and drop files/programs/icons any more. Not on my desktop, not within my dock. When I click on an icon to drag, it will stick to my mouse pointer, but only as a ghost. When I try to release it, it won't drop to the designated area or folder. The icon just keeps sticking to my mouse pointer, where ever I take it. Only after using esc and clicking, I can get rid of the ghost, but the icon will stay at it's previous position.
I using Mac OS X 10.6.2
iMac
iMac8,1
Intel Core 2 Duo
3,06 GHz
Can anyone help. Thanks Steven

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