MacOS – Can’t rename/move file from an OS X application title bar anymore

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I noticed this a while ago: I used to be able to click on the title bar of applications like Preview or TextEdit and rename or move the file opened at the moment. Now if I click on the title bar nothing happens.

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Has this feature been removed in a recent update? Is there any way to reactivate it?

Best Answer

I am working on finding a resolution, maybe by next week. So far I have discovered this since I have been using this for a long time--simply going to the application title bar and clicking on the name and having a dialog box drop down, changing the name and hitting return. (NO DROP DOWN MENU WITH RENAME IN IT>). It stopped working recently and these are some of the facts:

  1. It is not an application plist that controls it. This renaming process happens with lots of apps.
  2. It does not appear to be an error in the system files because I can create a new user and it works.
  3. It is not a network thing because my wife's system still works while mine on the same network does not.
  4. It seems that it is somewhere in my user files.

I have sent some files to Apple Care and will know next week if they can tell me what plist or parameters control this so I can fix them..

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