Moving windows with modifier keys on hover doesn't seem to work anymore

Configuration Help & General Discussion
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I’ve recently upgraded to macOS Tahoe and now the Move windows function with modifier keys doesn’t work anymore, neither does the Resize windows one. Both under Settings > Window Snapping & Moving > Moving & Resizing Modifier Keys

This is how it’s set up.

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Tried on the 5.800 version and also in the 6.0 Beta one

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most likely the tahoe upgrade broke your macOS permission database. I'd try to quit BTT, then run this terminal command :

sudo tccutil reset All com.hegenberg.BetterTouchTool

on next launch of BTT you will then need to grant the permissions again

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Hi Andreas, thanks for your message.

I did what you suggested and it’s still not working, after quitting it, running the command, reeopening BTT and granting all permissions again. How can I get log or full settings I can send you to help debug it better?

Best,

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Hey Andreas, I am on Monterey 12.7.6 although planning to upgrade soon. However, I haven’t done any kind of upgrade recently.

Sometime in the last few days, I’ve ended up with the same issue. Doesn’t matter which modifier keys I select, I can no longer move windows. Is there anything else that could be interfering?

(Oh and to clarify, I reset the permissions as you suggested above, and was prompted to grant them again)

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same issue here as well.. somehow can’t seem to move windows anymore. or resize for what it’s worth

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@wiffle you are probably on the latest alpha, correct? There was an issue yesterday after some refactorings - this should be resolved in 6.055 (uploading now).

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Thanks - working now. Appreciate it!

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Awesome, fixed for me too, thanks!

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Same problem now for on my machine. Tried both latest and alpha. Currently 6.341
Resetting permissions did not help.

One thing that I noticed is that I it does bring the window I want to move to the front. But it can’t move it. Snapping is also not working anymore.

This happened after update to Tahoe 26.4 (25E246). So 99% related to that

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If it happened after a macOS update it is most likely a permission issue. Try to quit BTT, then go to System Settings => Privacy & Security => Accessibility, then remove BTT (via the delete button, disabling is not enough) and add it back manually again.

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Thanks Andreas

I was obviously in a really weird state. Also used Claude for debugging… I literally did this 5 times in a row including tccutil reset and then my system stoppend taking any inputs anymore. But then after a hard hardware shutdown it now works again.

Thanks again. Much appreciated