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Magic Mouse swipe stopped working

Everything else works fine - zoom, scroll, etc.. Two finger swipe worked great yesterday for navigation. Just stopped working today. And, yes, I did check that Swipe is enabled in Mouse Preferences.
I did installed couple of new SW since yesterday ( iWorks, Skype.. ) so wondering if it's SW issue or HW defect?

Anyone else had the same problem?

PS - I did called support number , but they put me on hold forever.....

Message was edited by: Alex_pbkg4

iMac 21.5" 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Oct 25, 2009 4:11 PM

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Oct 26, 2009 12:38 PM in response to Alex_pbkg4

same happened to me.

Swipe is not working right now. Couldn't be bothered to reboot yet to see if that brings back the functionality.

Shame really, as I am missing the middle / side buttons on my mighty mouse, but was happy to trade that in for the forward / back swipe.

Im not too fussed, though, as I am sure that the magic mouse is only the beginning of what it will be capable of doing, and that a simple software tweak or two will solve this in time.

Also got the choppy performance in Safari as reported elsewhere..... fingers crossed that this is all fixable ! .... every time I cannot resist being an early adopter 🙂

Oct 26, 2009 1:02 PM in response to stocklen

By way of a small update....

A reboot did NOT fix it. I am surprised. It does look like my '2 finger swipe' functionality on the magic mouse is no more !

Rationally, this must be a software issue - as the one finger scrolling still works.

I remain confident that this will be swiftly rectified by Apple, but a bit disappointing that things seem ever so slightly flaky on the new iMacs.

Oct 27, 2009 10:06 PM in response to Dave Stowe

They will probably find that the installer tells them that they do not need this software. This is spoken of in the Apple website for the Magic Mouse as a requirement to operate the Magic Mouse when purchased separately;
System Requirements
Bluetooth-enabled Mac computer
Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later with Wireless Mouse Software Update 1.0
Existing keyboard and mouse for setup

This should already be installed on new Macs that are shipping with this mouse.

But I hope that in fact I am wrong and that this does help the issue.

Dah•veed
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Oct 28, 2009 2:41 PM in response to Alex_pbkg4

Here's the fix: (Courtesy of the Apple Support Rep I just got off the phone with).. I'ts simple and I'm embarrassed I even called and didn't think of it myself.

Delete the following preference file:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist

Reboot.. and Viola! Swipe is working again.

NOTE: This will reset the Keyboard and mouse preferences.

Enjoy! and happy Mac-ing

Magic Mouse swipe stopped working

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