Mohammed Alsehli

Q: In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Jul 25, 2012 8:53 PM

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Q: In Finder , why i can't go back and forward using the trackpad in Mountain Lion?

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  • by Barney-15E,

    Barney-15E Barney-15E Jul 25, 2012 9:07 PM in response to Mohammed Alsehli
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:07 PM in response to Mohammed Alsehli

    You have to enable swipe between pages with two or three fingers.

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  • by Cribbage fan,

    Cribbage fan Cribbage fan Jul 25, 2012 9:30 PM in response to Mohammed Alsehli
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    Jul 25, 2012 9:30 PM in response to Mohammed Alsehli

    Four finger gestures are broken. I'm using a 2008 Mac Pro with trackpad. If I change back to three finger gestures, I can enter mission control and switch between desktops. I like to use three finger drag and four finger mission control but it's not working. If someone knows what I'm doing wrong, let me know.

  • by Cribbage fan,

    Cribbage fan Cribbage fan Jul 26, 2012 6:59 AM in response to Cribbage fan
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    Jul 26, 2012 6:59 AM in response to Cribbage fan

    I'm not having the four finger gesture problem on my MBP updated to ML.

  • by Liviars,

    Liviars Liviars Sep 19, 2012 7:18 PM in response to Barney-15E
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    Sep 19, 2012 7:18 PM in response to Barney-15E

    That worked, thanks!

    But I didn't like this change, they shouldn't disable that... I use that "back" & "forward" gesture A LOT in Finder, so it should be a "must have", not a mysterious tweak. It is not clear that you have to set it to "enable swipe between pages with two or three fingers" to get the "back" & "forward" gesture to work again in Finder: if you haven't told us, I would never figure it out and I couldn't find this information anywhere else.

  • by RandomAppleID,

    RandomAppleID RandomAppleID Nov 27, 2012 7:57 AM in response to Liviars
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    Nov 27, 2012 7:57 AM in response to Liviars

    It worked for Finder too?

     

    Because for me it works on web pages and already did but not for Finder.

  • by RandomAppleID,

    RandomAppleID RandomAppleID Nov 27, 2012 7:57 AM in response to Barney-15E
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    Nov 27, 2012 7:57 AM in response to Barney-15E

    That's there but how to make it work in Finder?

  • by npanh610,

    npanh610 npanh610 Nov 30, 2012 5:14 PM in response to RandomAppleID
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    Nov 30, 2012 5:14 PM in response to RandomAppleID

    Hi. I also got the same problem but just learnt a way to resolve it. No need for 3rd party software.

     

    If you don't care much about the Three finger drag gesture, and just want to swipe between pages in Finder and web browsers, please follow these:

     

    1. System Preferences/Trackpad/More gestures/Swipe between pages/Scroll left or right with 2 fingers. This option works solely for web browsers.
    2. In order to swipe between pages in Finder, web browsers and other apps as well,change the option to Swipe with two or three fingers. (3 for Finder and apps, 2 for web pages)


    If you also want to use Three-finger drag to move windows and drag-select:

     

    The problem occurs once you change to "Swipe with 2 or three fingers", Lion will automatically disable/uncheck the Three finger drag function in Trackpad/Point&Click. Or the other way around, you tick Three Finger drag, Swipe between pages automatically switches to Scroll with two fingers because these 2 functions are overlapped.

     

    My solution is:

    1. stick with initial option Scroll with two fingers for navigating between web pages.
    2. Re-tick Three finger drag in Point&Click.
    3. Use combination: Option+Swipe 4 fingers for Finder and other apps (although it functions reversely, Swiping left to go backward, swipe right to go forward)

     

    My current gesture routine:

    - Swipe between web pages: Scroll with two fingers.

    - Swipe between pages in Finder and other apps: Combination Option+swipe 4 fingers

    - Swipe between full-screen apps (desktops): Swipe left or right with 4 fingers

    - Drag select and navigate windows: Three finger drag

    - Mission Control - Swipe up with 4 fingers. (avoid conflict with three finger drag)

     

    * You can actually use combination Option+Swipe 4 fingers for everything (apps, finder, web pages) but I personally prefer swipe 2 fingers for web browsing. It's just easier and quicker and avoid conflicts with other gestures.

     

    Hope this help.

  • by Liviars,

    Liviars Liviars Dec 27, 2012 11:54 AM in response to npanh610
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    Dec 27, 2012 11:54 AM in response to npanh610

    Hi,

     

    Thanks for sharing. Your solution seems interesting but I have a question:

     

    How/where do you set the "combination: Option+Swipe 4 fingers for Finder and other apps". I couldn't find a way to add the key "Option" as part of any of the gestures..

  • by bsantero,

    bsantero bsantero Jan 17, 2013 4:28 PM in response to npanh610
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    Jan 17, 2013 4:28 PM in response to npanh610

    npanh610's tutorial did fix it for me, partially.

     

    The only issue is that Three-Finger Swipe doesn't work in every Finder window. It only works in the original window that opens.

     

    Very frustrating... I thought it was supposed to be magic? Turns out it's just buggy software.

     

    I'm glad it kind of works now though. Thanks for your help and having this up there.

  • by sharmarr,

    sharmarr sharmarr Nov 2, 2013 3:26 AM in response to Mohammed Alsehli
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    Nov 2, 2013 3:26 AM in response to Mohammed Alsehli

    Just submitted a detailed feedback to OS X team.

  • by Schpil,

    Schpil Schpil Nov 6, 2013 4:46 AM in response to sharmarr
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    Nov 6, 2013 4:46 AM in response to sharmarr

    Same problem here! Works in Safari, NOT in Finder...

  • by burdell2,

    burdell2 burdell2 Jan 19, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Schpil
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    Jan 19, 2014 5:35 PM in response to Schpil

    Has anyone found a fix for this yet?

  • by Schpil,

    Schpil Schpil Jan 20, 2014 2:01 AM in response to burdell2
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    Jan 20, 2014 2:01 AM in response to burdell2

    No! And this is really bothering me!!!!

  • by kfir avrahami,

    kfir avrahami kfir avrahami Feb 13, 2014 3:43 AM in response to Schpil
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    Feb 13, 2014 3:43 AM in response to Schpil

    hii,

    Anyone know a fixed that

    If you can move a Finder 3 fingers back

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