Trackpad command "Swipe left or right with three/four fingers to swipe between fullscreen applications" not working with gestures

sagbee wrote:

1. Hello all.

I've bought a MacBook Air M1 2020 in Nov 2023; currently up-to-date with Sonoma 14.2.1.

It came out as an extreme surprise to me when I found out the trackpad is unable to execute just one particular command, "switch between fullscreen apps".

All the other trackpad commands work perfectly-well except this one. In the past two days, I've tried:

Re-assigning different triggers to this gesture,

2. Re-assigning the four-finger swipe gesture (the gesture works fine for other commands),

3. Assigning three-finger swipe gesture to the 'switch application' command (still doesn't work),

4. Turning on and turning off the "Dock" and "Stage Manager" functions multiple times,

5. Running Mac in Safe Mode,

6. Re-installing MacOS.

Nothing helped.

Any further suggestions?

I've raised a ticket with Apple Care and am in talks with them already, however, they too are flabbergasted to learn this niche issue.

Any other users with the same issue?

Thank you.

I have never encounter the glitch; currently Sonoma 14.2.1

I would look for conflicts in the gesture being assigned elsewhere...(?)

To trouble shoot further you can:

—Test issue in another user (or guest user) account Change Users & Groups settings on Mac - Apple Support

This will tell you if it a universal issue or isolated to your user/admin account. 

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

if no insight or resolve—

To be proactive you can file a bug report /submit your Apple Feedback here: Product Feedback - Apple

Bug Reporting - Apple Developer

https://developer.apple.com/bug-reporting/

My set up has worked through at least 3-4+ macOS upgrades without fail...

Any haxies installed? If so, remove all of those.

Same issue arises in a different and newly-created login?