TigerFrank

Q: 4 finger swipe not working

Downloaded Lion this morning and the 4 finger swipe to move between full screen apps isn't working at all.  It doesn't even try.  I've tried toggling the settings, etc.

 

This is on a 27 inch iMac with a Magic Trackpad.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks.

Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 12:52 PM

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  • by Klege,

    Klege Klege Jul 21, 2011 9:49 AM in response to TheSmokeMonster
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    Jul 21, 2011 9:49 AM in response to TheSmokeMonster

    Yes your right, thanks for that.

  • by Eric Carpenter,

    Eric Carpenter Eric Carpenter Jul 25, 2011 11:10 AM in response to madmat
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    Jul 25, 2011 11:10 AM in response to madmat

    Excellent. Thak you, and thank you Rudy for helping me solve this.

  • by TheSmokeMonster,

    TheSmokeMonster TheSmokeMonster Jul 25, 2011 11:22 AM in response to Eric Carpenter
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    Jul 25, 2011 11:22 AM in response to Eric Carpenter

    how did rudy help you solve this? are you guys sure you're not just turning back on the dashboard space?

  • by DChamplain,

    DChamplain DChamplain Jul 29, 2011 9:18 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic
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    Jul 29, 2011 9:18 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic

    Rudy Milkovic wrote:

     

    I'm having the same issue on my iMac 24 with Magic Trackpad. It worked the first time and now it's not working anymore.

     

    On my Macbook Pro, it's still working - so I think there is something that went wonky. I read somwwhere tha tif you turn off all the selections and trun them on again, that may fix the issue. I'm not at home so I can't try that.

     

    Any help would be great appreciated.

     

    Cheers

    Rudy

    That worked for me. Thanks!

  • by Wingedwraith,

    Wingedwraith Wingedwraith Jul 30, 2011 3:30 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic
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    Jul 30, 2011 3:30 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic

    Rudy Milkovic wrote:

     

    I'm having the same issue on my iMac 24 with Magic Trackpad. It worked the first time and now it's not working anymore.

     

    On my Macbook Pro, it's still working - so I think there is something that went wonky. I read somwwhere tha tif you turn off all the selections and trun them on again, that may fix the issue. I'm not at home so I can't try that.

     

    Any help would be great appreciated.

     

    Cheers

    Rudy

     

     

     

     

    Yes, Rudy is ccorrect, this fixes the problem.

     

    Nice one!

     

    Neil

  • by changingparadigm,

    changingparadigm changingparadigm Aug 4, 2011 2:52 PM in response to TigerFrank
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    Aug 4, 2011 2:52 PM in response to TigerFrank

    A few things you may want to try.  I was able to get my track pad to work by doing the following:

    1. Deleting the device in your bluetooth devices and repair it

    2. Turn off all your gesture preferences in the trackpad settings

    3. Close your preferences

    4. Go back to your trackpad preferences and re enable all the gestures

  • by thezimbo,

    thezimbo thezimbo Aug 11, 2011 10:24 PM in response to changingparadigm
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    Aug 11, 2011 10:24 PM in response to changingparadigm

    I had the same problem on my MacPro. The fix was very simple, I turned off all options for the trackpad under system preferences and merely turned them back on and voila all working again. One thing to note however before I did this I tried the four finger swipe holding down the option key and this worked.

     

    Just as a recap.

     

    1. Turn all options off in trackpad under system preferences

    2. Quit system preferences

    3. Re-open system preferences, open trackpad

    4. Turn all options required back on, all should be working as normal by now

    5. Quit system preferences.

  • by Joe Free,

    Joe Free Joe Free Aug 15, 2011 6:28 PM in response to TigerFrank
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    Aug 15, 2011 6:28 PM in response to TigerFrank

    I had the same problem on my imac.

     

    Here is what worked for me.  First, turn off the 3 finger drag.  Then go to the "swipe between full screen apps" and set it to 4 finger.  Then go back and turn on 3 finger drag.

     

    I think what happens is when it automatically switches to 4 finger it runs into problems.

  • by Richard Gaitskell,

    Richard Gaitskell Richard Gaitskell Aug 22, 2011 6:56 PM in response to TigerFrank
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    Aug 22, 2011 6:56 PM in response to TigerFrank

    I have the same issue with Lion 10.7.1. Any word if Apple are going to fix it?

     

    For the time being does one have to take the steps recommended above for every user account on the machine, or does fixing it for one user, benefit all on that machine?

  • by Krissypaps,

    Krissypaps Krissypaps Oct 22, 2011 5:23 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic
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    Oct 22, 2011 5:23 AM in response to Rudy Milkovic

    I was having the same problem.  I deselected all of the gestures and then reselected them.  It seems to have brought the 4-finger swipe back.  For now.

  • by DualiCah,

    DualiCah DualiCah Oct 31, 2011 1:06 AM in response to Krissypaps
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    Oct 31, 2011 1:06 AM in response to Krissypaps

    Yepp, that did the trick for me too.

    Just deselecting all options for the trackpad and then reselecting them was all I had to do!

     

    Thanks for the help

  • by JamesHDenver,

    JamesHDenver JamesHDenver Nov 8, 2011 9:13 PM in response to TigerFrank
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    Nov 8, 2011 9:13 PM in response to TigerFrank

    Oddest thing, this has been happening to me on Lion but it seems like it kind of mangles the 3-finger and 4-finger motions. I have mine set to 4 for mission control, expose etc. This gets translated into 3 finger gestures.

     

    The fix for me? Pulling the batteries from the trackpad and putting them back in.

     

    I definitely think it is a bug of some nature.

  • by osXCanada,

    osXCanada osXCanada Dec 17, 2011 12:22 PM in response to TigerFrank
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    Dec 17, 2011 12:22 PM in response to TigerFrank

    I have a brand new macbook pro, 500 gigs of SSD drive!! Boots in 10 seconds... Anyway, point is, suddenly the 4 finger swipe up to get to mission control, stopped working. It seemed to kind of go like F11 does. I am posting this, because none of the threads I saw tried what I did ,and it worked for me. Restart your computer and hold down the command key, option key and letters r and p. All four of those keys together. When you reboot, keep holding those keys, until the computer chimes twice. (The boot chime). This is called zapping the pram, and it got my Mission Control working properly again. I earn my living taking care of 1,000 macs and 100 laptops as well as 18 servers.Not that I know it all, cause I don't, but I see a lot of stuff!

  • by TheSmokeMonster,

    TheSmokeMonster TheSmokeMonster Dec 17, 2011 12:24 PM in response to osXCanada
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    Dec 17, 2011 12:24 PM in response to osXCanada

    That is what is called a PRAM reset

     

    Glad it was able to work for you however I've suggested and I've seen others suggest doing this when it sounds right to do so.

     

    PRAM http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1379

  • by kevin spake,

    kevin spake kevin spake Mar 16, 2012 8:36 AM in response to TigerFrank
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    Mar 16, 2012 8:36 AM in response to TigerFrank

    Same problem. Like many others suggested, I unchecked all the trackpad options, shut down, then restarted and reset the options and it works fine now.

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