Trackpad loosing gestures

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Trackpad loosing gestures

Since installing Mountain Lion 2 days ago I have this intermittent situation. When waking the iMac from sleep the majority of magic trackpad gestures are lost. The scrolling arrow function remains but other 2, 3 finger and 4 finger gestures are removed. Also the F3 button on the keyboard remains inactive. I have unpaired, repaired the trackpad and keyboard to no effect. It is a shame it doesnt happen everytime the imac is woken from sleep and a reboot always cures it, but has anyone else experienced this?

iMac, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 5:52 AM

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PeteKettell Author

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Aug 4, 2012 4:43 AM in response to PeteKettell

Addendum: As this keeps happening i got out my old magic mouse and guess what? This has exactly the same characteristics of the arrow poiter and page swipe being active but no other gesture. So it isnt the mouse of trackpad hardware and both have been paired/unpiared. Bizarre. I also note that as I have had no replies to this problem no one else is experiencing it, even odder.

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PeteKettell Author

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Aug 7, 2012 1:21 AM in response to PeteKettell

A few days into this problem the iMac then hung and wouldnt respond to any command. I did an SMC reset and since then all has been fine. The computer wakes from sleep with all trackpad functions. Maybe it was a glitch and nobody else clearly has the problem, so I'm sorry for wasting anybodys time. Isnt the internet just full of Doom Merchants?

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PeteKettell Author

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Aug 21, 2012 3:56 AM in response to PeteKettell

Afraid, it's back, same problem, no 3 or 4 finger gestures on trackpad and no launch control F3 button on keyboard. Very annoying and it only seems to be little old me with the problem.

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Gat0r

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Aug 21, 2012 4:06 AM in response to PeteKettell

I have the issue too with 3 finger swipe when using full screen. It just happens randomly and doesn't correct itself until I restart. I'm assuming it's some sort of bug that will hopefully be corrected with an update.

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PeteKettell Author

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Aug 21, 2012 5:52 AM in response to Gat0r

Thank God you're out there, felt like I was lost and alone in the Apple wilderness!

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Gat0r

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Aug 21, 2012 5:59 AM in response to PeteKettell

Yep, you're not alone Pete. This has been happening since the ML download. There's another thread on it somewhere too but can't remember where. There are a few more of us!!!

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Gat0r

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Aug 21, 2012 6:02 AM in response to PeteKettell

Here's the other thread I was talking about. None of this stuff worked for me but apparently it has for some others..

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4145646?answerId=19324603022#19324603022

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PeteKettell Author

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Aug 21, 2012 7:43 AM in response to Gat0r

oh I feel much better now, thanks very much. It's like I've joined a club!

The other thread was interesting, thanks, but I'm not sure that any of the suggestions are much better than just rebooting or stopping the system from sleeping, which does seem, in my case, to be the trigger to the event.

First time in years Ive ever encountered a problem with an Apple OS update, I trust them to sort it. Thanks for all the help, you're a good man.

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