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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Dragged files show up in the corner
Date: 17 Feb 2014 20:22:34 GMT
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On 2014-02-17, isw <isw@witzend.com> wrote:
> Often (but not always), when I drag a file from some other folder onto 
> the desktop, the file shows up half off the screen in the upper left 
> corner, no matter where the cursor is when I let go. If I drag several 
> files, they wind up in a pile at that location.
>
> Why does that happen, and how can I stop it?

Sounds like a bug in older versions of Finder. Perhaps it's still
lurking for some edge case...

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