How To: Enable three finger drag in OS X El Capitan

Having used OS X E Capitan for a few weeks, something I noticed is that Apple has disabled the three finger drag feature on MacBooks and Mac desktops when using a Magic Trackpad. This has also been moved to a different location within the settings app, which is a bit strange.

The first thing you need to do it go to Settings on your Mac. In the past, this could be altered by going to System Preferences > Trackpad. Now, Apple have moved it to System Preferences > Accessibility. Anyway, below is the step by step.

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Go to system Preferences from the  in the top left of the screen

Step 2

Click Accessibility within the System Preferences app

Step 3

Once in the Accessibility pane, click the “Trackpad Options…” button

Step 4

Tick the “Enable Dragging” box then open the drop down and click on “three finger drag”

This is actually a really useful feature, it allows you to easily move windows in and out of view when using a MacBook. Thats all you need to do to reenable Three finger drag, hope this helps everyone.

How To: Enable three finger drag in OS X El Capitan

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Alex Lowe

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