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User profile for user: Kristopher Ross
Kristopher Ross Author
User level: Level 1
6 points

Swipes in Safari stop working

When using Safari in Mavericks, I can scroll up and down as usual with the 2-finger gestures, but if I try to do a 2-finger "back" swipe to go to the previous page that page freezes (can't scroll at all, no links respond and if try to click on the back/forward button, the page title and URL changes, but the page is still frozen as it was). I can go to another tab and navigate with the arrow keys, but all trackpad gesturing within Safari stops working. When I quit and relaunch Safari, all is back to usual. I deleted all Safari extensions, deleted all preference files, deactivated/reactivated the gesture in System Preferences and still acts the same. Any thoughts?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Oct 22, 2013 5:03 PM

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User profile for user: Edoardo Allievi
Edoardo Allievi
User level: Level 1
15 points

Oct 23, 2013 9:28 AM in response to Kristopher Ross

ok guys i found a solution. Resetting the PRAM seems to have worked here and the 2 finger swipe is just fine now.

to reset the PRAM do the followings:


  1. Shut down your Mac.
  2. Locate the following keys on the keyboard: Command (⌘), Option, P, and R. You will need to hold these keys down simultaneously in step 4.
  3. Turn on the computer.
  4. Press and hold the Command-Option-P-R keys before the gray screen appears.
  5. Hold the keys down until the computer restarts and you hear the startup sound for the second time.
  6. Release the keys.
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Swipes in Safari stop working

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