Trackpad gestures no longer work with Sierra

DDone that. Other app works dine except for Preview. Are you facing the same problem or you're fine? Not sure if it's the new OS issue.

Yes, it's working here with no issues.

Another place to check in in System Preferences > Spotlight and 'Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Lookup'

This setting should only stop the additional lookup panes from appearing but toggling this and the trackpad setting may force it to work again.

'Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Lookup' is checked .. wonder what could have happened ><

Same issue here, at least with 4 finger swipe left and right to switch desktops. Option no longer there. REALLY not good. I use this all the time on both my iMac/trackpad and Macbook Air.

OSBel wrote:

No, BTT doesn't seem to be the root of the issue.

I disabled it etc. yet I still had the same trackpad problems.

A couple of things you can try.

1. Set up a new user and test that all gestures work as expected.

Go to System Preferences > Users and Groups and set a a new user.

Log into that new user and the default trackpad preferences are set.

Set the preferences as required and test.

Note: To swipe between desktops/fullscreen apps, the new user account will only have one desktop enabled, so you will need to enter Mission Control and add desktops in the top right corner.

If everything works as expected then,

2. Delete the trackpad preferences in your normal account and see if that resolves the issues.

Launch Finder and navigate to your user Library.

If you don't have that normally enabled, In Finder's menus, Select Option + Go - Library

Navigate to the folder 'Preferences' and look for 'com.apple.AppleMultitouchTrackpad.plist' and/or 'com.apple.driver.AppleBluetoothMultitouch.trackpad.plist'

Move them both to Trash and then Reboot you Mac.

Once logged back in, you will need to reset your trackpad preferences in System Preferences and then test to see if the gestures are all working again.

On my system when I tested this, I had to toggle some of the preferences to make them work again, even though they were shown as set.

I have deleted both the files.But the settings in the Preference don't change , after I reboot my mac.

open the files by safari...

I have the same problem. The only gesture that works is the scroll up & down. Very frustrating!

I had this problem too; specifically, the 4-finger swipe to switch between full-screen apps. However, I just fixed it. I simply went to system preferences and changed it from 4-finger swipe to 3-finger swipe and it worked like normal. I then switched back to my preferred 4-finger swipe and everything now works fine. This worked for me. You can try and see if it works for you too. Apply this to the other swipe problems you're having and see if it helps.

The 3-finger drag needs to be activated in the Accessibility > Trackpad options > Enable dragging. I've noticed that every time there is an update, the accessibility options are reset.

it still works, it's just been changed to 3 fingers swiping fwd.

Here's quite a good explanation of all that's new on the initially clunky, appearing sierra

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had EXACTLY the same issue immediately after upgrade

DON'T have the Better Touch Tool you mention.

simply unchecked and rechecked in Trackpad preferences.

and now I can three and four finger swipe as before (Mission Control/space/Launch Pad etc)

Same trackpad issues without using any tools like BTT

Also solved by unchecking/checking back trackpad prefs

Had the same issue. Just did this and it worked!

Which MacBook Pro do you have?

All gestures work just fine for me on a 13" Retina running Sierra.