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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 ExMonk,

    ExMonk ExMonk Mar 18, 2015 5:35 PM in response to cromwellcarl
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    Mar 18, 2015 5:35 PM in response to cromwellcarl

    Thanks for that info! Too early to say for certain, but this seems to have resolved the issue. I've updated Chrome last night, and I've haven't had the problem behavior since then.

     

    I thought I'd had the same issue with Firefox, but I use it only of occasional necessity, so I'm not certain. I'll work with it some to see if it does also, but for now, this seems fixed with Chrome 42 Beta.

  • by mcewen98,

    mcewen98 mcewen98 Mar 20, 2015 7:44 PM in response to cromwellcarl
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    Mar 20, 2015 7:44 PM in response to cromwellcarl

    Awesome, the latest Chrome beta works WAY better with the back and forward page gesture.  Google Maps works way better too. 

  • by pnosko,

    pnosko pnosko Mar 23, 2015 1:40 PM in response to ExMonk
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    Mar 23, 2015 1:40 PM in response to ExMonk

    My Chrome just auto-updated to Version 41.0.2272.104 (64-bit) and it looks like the back/forward swipe navigation is disabled entirely in Gmail. But the problem still exists in Google News and other websites.

  • by savidon,

    savidon savidon Apr 2, 2015 11:30 AM in response to pnosko
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    Apr 2, 2015 11:30 AM in response to pnosko

    I am on the same Chrome version (on Mavericks) and still seeing the problem.    It also happens on Safari and Firefox as well.

  • by rxbike,

    rxbike rxbike Apr 5, 2015 11:45 AM in response to avalei
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    Apr 5, 2015 11:45 AM in response to avalei

    I had this happen after security update 2015-002 , had to roll back to previous time machine back up which restored functionality. Took a chance and ran 2015-002 again and it worked fine the second time. Security Update 2015-003 and now I have the same problem again. Swipe back freezes safari at the edge and the swipe feature is nulled on chrome. Five finger grab is now disabled also unless I reboot then it will work until swipe back freezes . I've been on the phone with Apple support and all they can tell me is revert to previous version or reboot.

    Apple are you listening ? Your trackpad software bites the big one

  • by johnnyangel666,

    johnnyangel666 johnnyangel666 Apr 6, 2015 6:08 PM in response to avalei
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    Apr 6, 2015 6:08 PM in response to avalei

    Yosemite was released in October of 2014 and I haven't noticed this happening until recently. I swapped mice with another computer in the office that was not having this problem and now BOTH computers are doing it. I purchased a new mouse and it does it too. I'm going crazy! I don't want to change my settings to 2 finger swipe (I use multiple desktops a lot!) or anything else I just want it to work like it did before!

  • by colin225,

    colin225 colin225 Apr 8, 2015 9:04 AM in response to avalei
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    Apr 8, 2015 9:04 AM in response to avalei

    I have the same problem and it's very annoying!

    I had to take an online exam multiple choice (like 40 questions) and when I reached the bottom of the page guess what happened?

     

    APPLE / GOOGLE CHROME PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE. I WILL DONATE MONEY TO YOU (ON TOP OF YOUR BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE FROM US)

  • by colin225,

    colin225 colin225 Apr 8, 2015 11:15 AM in response to cromwellcarl
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    Apr 8, 2015 11:15 AM in response to cromwellcarl

    I installed 42 beta and it works. Problem solved. Thanks

  • by MrModo,

    MrModo MrModo Apr 14, 2015 3:57 AM in response to colin225
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    Apr 14, 2015 3:57 AM in response to colin225

    I have this issue too, its driving me wild

     

    I'll try 42 beta and see...

  • by carloshenrique153,

    carloshenrique153 carloshenrique153 Apr 15, 2015 8:01 AM in response to MrModo
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    Apr 15, 2015 8:01 AM in response to MrModo

    My Chrome updated automatically to Version 42.0.2311.90 (64-bit)

    and the problem is gone

  • by pnosko,

    pnosko pnosko Apr 15, 2015 8:30 AM in response to carloshenrique153
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    Apr 15, 2015 8:30 AM in response to carloshenrique153

    Thanks for letting us know that version 42 was released. I've been using Safari for a month now and badly wanted to like it, especially with the integration with Safari on my iPhone. But I just find Chrome a little more friendly (more readable bookmark toolbar, pasting images into Gmail are just a couple). And Safari's "Share" using Gmail sends me back to Chrome when it could have just as easily kept me in Safari, the default browser. So it's back to Chrome for me.   

  • by Traveler42,

    Traveler42 Traveler42 Apr 18, 2015 5:29 PM in response to pnosko
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    Apr 18, 2015 5:29 PM in response to pnosko

    Yes, it is much much better with Chrome 42.

  • by richardsonheights,

    richardsonheights richardsonheights Apr 28, 2015 10:09 AM in response to Traveler42
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    Apr 28, 2015 10:09 AM in response to Traveler42

    I do think it is better, but I'm still seeing it happen, particularly on reddit.com.  For example, scrolling in certain spots on the front page causes the browser to go back a page.  Really driving me crazy. 

  • by richardsonheights,

    richardsonheights richardsonheights Jul 17, 2015 8:03 AM in response to richardsonheights
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    Jul 17, 2015 8:03 AM in response to richardsonheights

    This seemed to have fixed itself in Chrome 42, but now I'm on Chrome 43.0.2357.134 and the problem is back.  I tried to swipe back on some pages and the page just seems to "scroll".  Driving me nuts.

  • by Vootshi,

    Vootshi Vootshi Aug 23, 2015 1:14 AM in response to avalei
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    Aug 23, 2015 1:14 AM in response to avalei
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