3 finger tap on Data Detectors no longer working

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3 finger tap on Data Detectors no longer working

ever since upgrading to Monterey, i cannot get the data detector feature to work via a 3-finger tap in both Mail.app & Messages.app.

i do have System Preferences > Trackpad > Look up & data detectors with three finger tap IS selected.

i did experiment by UNchecking this and using the force-click option, but i personally hate doing it that way. i'm constantly over-clicking everything. so i would prefer to go back to the 3-finger tap if possible.

am i missing something? did Monterey change how this works?

btw: i'm on a new Macbook Pro M1 Max.

thanks.

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Mar 17, 2022 9:17 AM

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Answer 1

c_luc9

Community Specialist

Apr 5, 2022 3:51 PM in response to syberknight

syberknight,

We would like to try to isolate the source of this and create a test user account to see if this issue occurs the same way under this new account. Here are the instructions on how to do that:

Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac

Let us know if it occurs on that user account as well.

Best Regards.

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Trish313

Community Specialist

Mar 18, 2022 12:40 PM in response to syberknight

Hi syberknight,

Thanks for posting in Apple Support Communities! In macOS Monterey, you can detect data using the steps in this guide: Detect dates, contacts, and more in documents on Mac.

Hope that helps!

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syberknight Author

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Apr 5, 2022 3:21 PM in response to Trish313

oh, hi, sorry for the delay, missed the notification.

thanks for your reply but unfortunately, that link does not apply to my situation. i'll try to explain better...

specifically in MAIL and in MESSAGES - data detectors do not work with a 3-finger trackpad tap like they used to in prior OS's.

in MAIL, when hovering over a link, i do get the little arrow icon that appears at the end of the link, & i can click that to open the link in a data detector popup window. but that little icon is very small & i miss click often. would prefer to go back to the 3-finger tap method.

note: the 3-finger tap method DOES still work in SAFARI.

so is there a corrupt preference file or something i can do to get this functionality back?

thanks.

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3 finger tap on Data Detectors no longer working

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