Undo not working right in Lion

[uzapuca]

Hi guys,
In Snow Leopard if I put a File from Desktop to the wrong Folder, and pressed UNDO, the File would leap back to my desktop and I could then place it into the correct Folder.

I cannot do the same thing in Lion. Any work around?

Thanks

[DeltaMac]

Just tried that in Lion:
I put a file, sitting on the desktop, in a random folder, then pressed UNDO (which is also command-Z), and the file leapt back out of that folder, to the desktop again.
Seems to work (for me) exactly as you expressed it.
How is that different from what you say doesn't work in Lion?

[uzapuca]

i don't know but i threw some jpg from desktop into a folder, press command-Z and the files didn't returned to the desktop. By the way, i does work when the finder window is open...but not when the folder is closed. Strange.

[uzapuca]

is there any way to rebuild preferences for Finder?

[DeltaMac]

Sure, you can dump the com.apple.finder.plist file (from youruser/Library/Preferences) into the trash. Restart Finder, or logout/login to your user, or simply restart your Mac.

BTW, tried moving a file to a closed folder, both on the desktop, and then to a random folder in the Documents folder. And, Undo still causes the file to return - every time...
Perhaps you have a third-party finder replacement, copy "enhancing" app or other utility on your Mac, that may affect this feature? I can think of at least 15 or 20 different apps that might affect that directly - and others that simply allow you to adjust the OS X internal settings - or, maybe something else that you have installed.

[hayne]

Quote: Originally Posted by uzapuca i don't know but i threw some jpg from desktop into a folder, press command-Z and the files didn't returned to the desktop. By the way, i does work when the finder window is open...but not when the folder is closed. Strange.

Are you sure that Finder is still the frontmost (active) application after you close that Finder window (what I assume you mean by closing the folder)?

[uzapuca]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeltaMac Sure, you can dump the com.apple.finder.plist file (from youruser/Library/Preferences) into the trash. Restart Finder, or logout/login to your user, or simply restart your Mac. BTW, tried moving a file to a closed folder, both on the desktop, and then to a random folder in the Documents folder. And, Undo still causes the file to return - every time... Perhaps you have a third-party finder replacement, copy "enhancing" app or other utility on your Mac, that may affect this feature? I can think of at least 15 or 20 different apps that might affect that directly - and others that simply allow you to adjust the OS X internal settings - or, maybe something else that you have installed.

Now that you say it...i used to have Total Finder a while ago. I stopped using it and unistall it, but it showed me strange behaviour like list with alll the progrmas as the first option when i opened the finder. That was not the default choice before. Nevertheless, that stopped later on...but maybe there still some routine going on.