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Q: Trackpad gestures no longer work with Sierra

Immediately after upgrading to Sierra, the regular trackpad gestures that I had previously used with OS X have stopped working on my Macbook Pro. These include the 3-finger drag, 4-finger swipe up to open mission control, 4-finger swipe down to open the App Exposé, and the 4-finger swipe left/right to switch between desktops.

 

I have checked in the trackpad section of System Preferences, and all these gestures are enabled and should be working fine, which leads me to believe that it is a problem with macOS Sierra.

 

Has anyone experienced anything similar and/or found a solution for it?

 

(PS. Yes, I do use Better Touch Tool, but that does not provide a satisfactory solution)

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Posted on Sep 23, 2016 4:27 AM

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  • by positie,

    positie positie Sep 27, 2016 6:08 PM in response to OSBel
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    Sep 27, 2016 6:08 PM in response to OSBel

    open the files by safari...

  • by mturnbow,

    mturnbow mturnbow Sep 27, 2016 8:41 PM in response to OSBel
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    Sep 27, 2016 8:41 PM in response to OSBel

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

  • by ChuckE.,Apple recommended

    ChuckE. ChuckE. Sep 30, 2016 5:13 AM in response to OSBel
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    Sep 30, 2016 5:13 AM in response to OSBel

    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.

  • by blackpuddle,

    blackpuddle blackpuddle Oct 1, 2016 6:24 AM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 1, 2016 6:24 AM in response to OSBel

    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

    ttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qlEnDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT23&lpg=PT23&dq=trackpad+ges tures+on+sierra&source=bl&ots=eipn4n3WoS&sig=RLRZYOrdUcjXiXX8_pRjZqh_yIY&hl=en&s a=X&ved=0ahUKEwiG08zc1rnPAhXHL8AKHcPrBGsQ6AEIVzAJ#v=onepage&q=trackpad gestures on sierra&f=false

  • by havinabubble,

    havinabubble havinabubble Oct 1, 2016 6:38 AM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 1, 2016 6:38 AM in response to OSBel

    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)

  • by cisit,

    cisit cisit Oct 2, 2016 12:48 PM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 2, 2016 12:48 PM in response to OSBel

    Same trackpad issues without using any tools like BTT

    Also solved by unchecking/checking back trackpad prefs

  • by darkvane,

    darkvane darkvane Oct 2, 2016 11:22 PM in response to havinabubble
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    Oct 2, 2016 11:22 PM in response to havinabubble

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

  • by William Kucharski,

    William Kucharski William Kucharski Oct 3, 2016 12:10 AM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 3, 2016 12:10 AM in response to OSBel

    Which MacBook Pro do you have?

     

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

  • by cisit,

    cisit cisit Oct 3, 2016 12:18 AM in response to William Kucharski
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    Oct 3, 2016 12:18 AM in response to William Kucharski

    Macbook Pro 13in late 2012

  • by blackpuddle,

    blackpuddle blackpuddle Oct 3, 2016 12:32 AM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 3, 2016 12:32 AM in response to OSBel

    It isn't a software failure related to upgrading to sierra. Sierra has just changed and added to the trackpad gestures eg 4 finger swipe away has changed to 3 finger swipe away. an eg of additions is spider like five fingers on track pad all pinching in to the middle: this brings up launch pad

  • by havinabubble,

    havinabubble havinabubble Oct 3, 2016 12:50 AM in response to blackpuddle
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    Oct 3, 2016 12:50 AM in response to blackpuddle

    blackpuddle wrote:

     

    It isn't a software failure related to upgrading to sierra. Sierra has just changed and added to the trackpad gestures eg 4 finger swipe away has changed to 3 finger swipe away. an eg of additions is spider like five fingers on track pad all pinching in to the middle: this brings up launch pad

     

    NONE of my gestures worked until I unchecked and rechecked them

     

    My first reaction was that Mission Control/spaces had been removed (and I was cursing! )

     

    So something got knocked during the upgrade.

     

    once I had done that I could three finger up for Mission Control and Swipe Between Full-Screen App with four (which I then changed back to three)

     

    All's good in the reality distortion field once again

     

     

     

    MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)

  • by jake from albany,

    jake from albany jake from albany Oct 5, 2016 11:01 PM in response to actionmarker
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    Oct 5, 2016 11:01 PM in response to actionmarker

    That did the trick, thanks for sharing!

  • by jwildman,

    jwildman jwildman Oct 6, 2016 5:14 PM in response to OSBel
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    Oct 6, 2016 5:14 PM in response to OSBel

    I also have the same problem.  How can it be fixed?

  • by jwildman,

    jwildman jwildman Oct 6, 2016 5:35 PM in response to jwildman
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    Oct 6, 2016 5:35 PM in response to jwildman

    The scroll and zoom page doesn't work altho the 'more gesures' page does work.  What's wrong?

  • by MacBookBear,

    MacBookBear MacBookBear Oct 8, 2016 9:19 AM in response to jwildman
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    Oct 8, 2016 9:19 AM in response to jwildman

    I can no longer do a three finger swipe from left to right to reveal my Dock. Is there a way to solve this please?

     

    Macbook Pro 2012

    OS X Sierra

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