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Apple M1 Units - I select items and they always want to move

Roderick Anderson
Contributor

Has anybody noticed this also and found a way to make this behaviour go away?

 

I select any element (either on plan or 3D view) and if I don't wait for 1-2 seconds after selecting the item, the element will always think I want to move it.  Therefore, if I am trying to work quickly and just select the item and then move the mouse over the the Info Box to edit any settings, the settings will be grayed out because the element is in the middle of a move command !

 

I've been using Archicad since version 10 and this has now been happening on version 26 and 27, but only if I use any of my Apple M1-equipped Macs.   I use a MacBook Pro and a Mac Studio, both of them with the Apple M1 Max chip and they both behave the same.

 

Does anyone think of any possible setting in the Work Environment that could help with eliminating this behaviour?  It gets kind of tiring trying to quickly select items, but having to wait a couple seconds after selecting a wall, a slab, an object, etc., because if I don't wait then it'll think I want to move the objects.

AC8.1 - AC27 ARM SPA + CI Tools
Apple MacBook Pro M3 Max Chip 16C CPU/ 40C GPU
64GB RAM OS Sonoma 14.3
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furtonb
Advisor

Here is the reply from the developers which I've received yesterday night:

 

 

Thank you for reaching out. We are aware of this issue. Magnet performance improvements from the last update are in conflict with Archicad non-standard window handling. We are doing our best to submit a fix to the App Store as soon as possible.


Hopefully this fix will arrive soon.:)

odv.hu | actively using: AC25-27 INT | Rhino6-8 | macOS @ apple silicon / win10 x64

The same here! Thanks, saved me from a lot of anger!

Thank for the tip! It works if in settings you deactivate the option Mouse: Snap windows by dragging. The problem magically disappeared 🙂

Architect, Switzerland
Archicad 28 on Mac OS15, Apple MacBook Pro M1 Max
Vladimir Tataranu
Participant

i can confirm that magnet was the problem for me to.

i used magnet for years.
i guess is a bug caused by the latest os updates.
i had the same problem in AC 27 and AC 28

Works like a charm now. I MO Archicad shouldn't have conflict with Magnet. Developers should check it. 
Managing windows in Sonoma is way from perfect on Mac.

 

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