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Q: Magic Mouse doing "swipe back" when trying to scroll down post-Yosemite

I've been using my magic mouse for 3 years since I purchased my iMac, and have never had any issues with it. Since upgrading to Yosemite, much of the time (enough to be extremely annoying - 20% or so?), when scrolling down on a web page, the mouse reads the gesture as a swipe back instead of a scroll. I've attempted to hold the mouse at a different angle, which is uncomfortable and doesn't really help any in any case. Is there a way to recalibrate the gestures so that it re-learns what scrolling down looks like (and stops going to the previous page, gah!)? Another solution?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jan 4, 2015 9:06 PM

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Q: Magic Mouse doing "swipe back" when trying to scroll down post-Yosemite

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  • by aquinas0000,

    aquinas0000 aquinas0000 Jan 5, 2015 3:40 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 5, 2015 3:40 PM in response to avalei

    Similar issue for me, and it appears to be intermittent.  On some pages, when scrolling up via the Magic Mouse I get the "Swipe Back" behavior.  This is a pain when completing forms and accidentally navigating away.

     

    I just starting testing this and it's definitely intermittent.  I'm using trello.com, and when inside a board or list, I can scroll up repeatedly, then start to get Swip Back when scrolling up.  I've been noticing this behavior for a few weeks now, and just put it together that it may be the Yosemite upgrade.

     

    Funny thing is it doesn't seem to happen for me on Apple.com. 

  • by Paul Is The Name,

    Paul Is The Name Paul Is The Name Jan 7, 2015 8:08 AM in response to aquinas0000
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    Jan 7, 2015 8:08 AM in response to aquinas0000

    This suddenly started happening with me too.

    I'm still on 10.7

  • by CAGCAG,

    CAGCAG CAGCAG Jan 9, 2015 9:01 AM in response to avalei
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    Jan 9, 2015 9:01 AM in response to avalei

    I am having the same exact issue. Glad to know it's not all just in my head! Would love to know if there's some way to fix this issue.

  • by Open G,

    Open G Open G Jan 9, 2015 3:12 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 9, 2015 3:12 PM in response to avalei

    Yes, this is very frustrating. Magic Mouse has been working fine for many years. Once I upgraded to Yosemite, you have to be very precise about scrolling in a vertical manner on the mouse. Unfortunately, the way our hands are shaped, scrolling is usually done in a diagonal manner. I've also noticed this issue on my Macbook Pro's trackpad (also after upgrading to Yosemite).  It's worth noting that I believe this issue mostly applies when the "natural scroll direction" is disabled.

  • by CAGCAG,

    CAGCAG CAGCAG Jan 12, 2015 7:13 AM in response to Open G
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    Jan 12, 2015 7:13 AM in response to Open G

    My scroll direction is set to "natural" and I still encounter the problem.

  • by Adrius,

    Adrius Adrius Jan 13, 2015 4:59 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 13, 2015 4:59 PM in response to avalei

    This started happening for me after upgrading to Yosemite as well, it's driving me nuts. Glad I'm not the only one that has this issue, maybe it has a chance of getting fixed.

  • by avalei,

    avalei avalei Jan 13, 2015 7:58 PM in response to Adrius
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    Jan 13, 2015 7:58 PM in response to Adrius

    Huh. Well, glad I'm not the only one. Seems we are rather lacking in solutions, though! Hey Apple.... /poke

  • by GoyVanDeBerg,

    GoyVanDeBerg GoyVanDeBerg Jan 14, 2015 7:21 AM in response to avalei
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    Jan 14, 2015 7:21 AM in response to avalei

    Got the same problem here. Really annoying...

  • by Gexx,

    Gexx Gexx Jan 19, 2015 12:50 AM in response to avalei
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    Jan 19, 2015 12:50 AM in response to avalei

    I have this problem too

     

    Most common in Chrome

     

    The workround for me is clicking in the whitespace of the webpage (i.e. focusing on) then the swipe back does not trigger

  • by satokki,

    satokki satokki Jan 19, 2015 12:21 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 19, 2015 12:21 PM in response to avalei

    This is also happening to me on the Macbook Pro trackpad. I'm trying to be patient with it, but it does gets frustrating. It might not help that I'm left-handed, and my downward scrolling motion tends to go slightly diagonally to the left. But this definitely wasn't a problem at all before upgrading to Yosemite. I hope Apple has a fix for this soon!

  • by Climbntigger,

    Climbntigger Climbntigger Jan 24, 2015 7:20 AM in response to avalei
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    Jan 24, 2015 7:20 AM in response to avalei

    I have been having the same exact issue.  Tried all the items listed above as well.  I thought it was the way I was using the mouse but it looks as though there is an issue, just frustrating.  Any help Apple?

  • by pshadrin,

    pshadrin pshadrin Jan 25, 2015 1:00 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 25, 2015 1:00 PM in response to avalei

    The same problem here. Very annoying. Seems like the sensitivity area on the mouse for scroll/swipe has changed and got very narrow for scrolling.

  • by Dimitriss,

    Dimitriss Dimitriss Jan 27, 2015 2:56 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 27, 2015 2:56 PM in response to avalei

    Same issue with OSX 10.9.5

  • by ExMonk,

    ExMonk ExMonk Jan 28, 2015 5:53 PM in response to avalei
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    Jan 28, 2015 5:53 PM in response to avalei

    Same with me.  Chrome is a mess, and it seems once the accidental back/forward behavior starts, it gets even more sensitive.  Moving the mouse around a little and carefully scrolling seems to get it back to its senses a little, but it's really tricky to get it not to back/forward at that point.

     

    I've had this mouse with no problems since 2010 until recently.  I'm don't remember if it started with Yosemite or late in Mavericks, but I'm pretty sure I had the problem slightly before Yosemite.

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