I just updated to MacOS Sierra. Before in El Capitan I used to keep multiple spaces open in Mission Control, even if some of them were not in use with Apps. To easily switch between the spaces I swiped with 4 fingers on my MacBook touchpad. In Sierra that ability seems to have gone away even though there is an option for "full screen apps".
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
No. Have you checked the settings for the trackpad in System Preferences?
Yes, I checked the settings. The option is to Swipe between full-screen apps. A) this doesn't appear to work on my Mac with Sierra and B) before I swear it worked Swiping with 4 fingers between Spaces regardless of the number of apps/full-screen or not/or zero open apps
am I still missing something?
by-the-way, I'm on a Late 2015 MacBook Pro retina display
I do have the same problem. I can't swipe between spaces using 4 fingers since I upgraded to Sierra, although this apple page claims the feature wasn't removed : macOS Sierra: Work in multiple spaces
While waiting for an answer, I keep pressing ctrl+right or ctrl+left to move between spaces.
You did notice that it says "three" fingers, right... You can change it to 4 if you want.
In Sierra the gesture is for swiping between full screen apps....the question is in regards to swiping between Desktop Spaces. This gesture seems to have been removed in Sierra.
It applies to spaces as well as full screen apps, since each virtual desktop is treated like a 'full screen app'. It works just fine on my 2014 MBA.
It does not work on my 2011 Macbook Pro for either full screen apps or desktop spaces.
On a separate note, the notification center gesture is also not working.
Hey all, after I originally posted this question and sent the one reply, the problem has magically fixed itself. I don't know how it happened or what may have changed but the swiping is back to normal. I hope the same occurs for everyone else!
Seems to be a minor bug - you just need to reset the setting. Do the following -
You should now be able to swipe between apps and "spaces" or desktops with 4 fingers (or 3 depending on your setting). Seems to only be a problem if you had this setting on before you migrated. My wife's machine didn't have this problem when I turned it on for the first time on her MacBook.
Thank you, it solved it !
FYI,... these steps didn't solve the issue for me.
Fixed! Thanks!
Did Apple remove the ability to swipe between Spaces in MacOS Sierra?
