I've installed Mountain Lion and most things are working fine but I am having problems with multi-touch gestures. Moving windows with 3 fingers is working but nothing else is, launching notification center/switching between full screen apps etc., Is anyone else seeing this problem?
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Multi-touch gesture problems
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They are.
Mission Control also doesn't appear to be opening, even when launching from application folder.
Mission Control also doesn't appear to be opening, even when launching from application folder.
multi touch isn't working for me. Three finger swipe up and down not working. I can't manually bring up mission control. Seems like a software fix is in order. 
I had this problem as well. A restart fixed it, but we'll see if it happens again. Didn't realize how much I rely on gestures until they stopped working haha.
Yes, same problem, multitouch gestures missing
Yes, I am having the same problem. I am running on a recent iMac and just installed 10.8. Some multitouch gestures are missing. I can't do anything with four fingers, but I can move the window with three and swipe between Safari pages with two. I cannot swipe between full screen apps or get to mission control or the launchpad.
Yes, I am having the same problem. I am running on a recent iMac and just installed 10.8. Some multitouch gestures are missing. I can't do anything with four fingers, but I can move the window with three and swipe between Safari pages with two. I cannot swipe between full screen apps or get to mission control or the launchpad.
I had this problem.
Before upgrade I could swipe three fingers to change full screen apps.
After update it changed the default to a 4 finger swipe.
To change it back I had to go System Pref>Trackpad>More Gestures. Then change "Swipe full screen apps" from 4 fingers to 3 fingers.
Before upgrade I could swipe three fingers to change full screen apps.
After update it changed the default to a 4 finger swipe.
To change it back I had to go System Pref>Trackpad>More Gestures. Then change "Swipe full screen apps" from 4 fingers to 3 fingers.
Everything was working fine last night - now this morning almost nothing works. I guess I will reboot, which is a PITA because it takes my Macbook a while to reconnect to my WiFi network.
My problem with gestures with my magic trackpad on my Mac Pro is:
Upon a fresh restart, when I do a three finger swipe left(back a page) or right(forward a page) in both Firefox and Finder, it would work fine.
However, after a certain period of time (I still haven't determined it), three finger swipe would no longer work, UNTIL, I use two fingers to scroll(even just a short 1mm drag on the magic trackpad), then the three finger swipe would work again. It would work until I switch windows (like from Firefox to Finder), and then the problem comes back, and i have to scroll with two fingers before three finger swipe activates...
This problem can be replicated without fail... kinda annoying... I dont want to have to restart my computer every half hour...
Upon a fresh restart, when I do a three finger swipe left(back a page) or right(forward a page) in both Firefox and Finder, it would work fine.
However, after a certain period of time (I still haven't determined it), three finger swipe would no longer work, UNTIL, I use two fingers to scroll(even just a short 1mm drag on the magic trackpad), then the three finger swipe would work again. It would work until I switch windows (like from Firefox to Finder), and then the problem comes back, and i have to scroll with two fingers before three finger swipe activates...
This problem can be replicated without fail... kinda annoying... I dont want to have to restart my computer every half hour...
Agree with posters with gesture problems. Gestures is flaky upon waking. None of my 4 finger swipes and the 2 finger Notification swipe worked until reboot. Am doing it right. Changed my right lower Hot Corner to Dashboard and invoking this seems to cause a 4 finger restart that compels the 2 finger Notification swipe to work too. Buggy behaviour.
2008 MBP, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
2008 MBP, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD
A problem with the Dock
A bit more sleuthing today revealed that this problem seems not to be one of gestures, but rather a problem with the Dock itself and it's ability to present Mission Control, Notification Center, or move between full screen apps.
I was able to get these features back by going to a Terminal window and typing "killall Dock" and hitting return.
The Dock (and my desktop background wallpaper) can take a long time to reappear, but usually it is pretty quick. When they do, the gestures work again as well.
A bit more sleuthing today revealed that this problem seems not to be one of gestures, but rather a problem with the Dock itself and it's ability to present Mission Control, Notification Center, or move between full screen apps.
I was able to get these features back by going to a Terminal window and typing "killall Dock" and hitting return.
The Dock (and my desktop background wallpaper) can take a long time to reappear, but usually it is pretty quick. When they do, the gestures work again as well.
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