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3-finger 4-finger multi-touch gestures/Expose not working after upgrading to Snow Leopard

posted 17/09/2009 | 16 Comments »

I don’t know why, but after transferring my account from my old Macbook to the new one, 3-finger and 4-finger multi-touch gestures stopped working (in Snow Leopard). To solve this, just reset the PMC. The following procedures is for Macbooks which have internal batteries.

Shut down your computer normally.
Press (only once and shortly) left shift + left control + left option keys and the power button.
Wait 5 seconds
Turn the computer on. The sleep light should blink shortly.

After doing this the 3- and 4-finger gestures started working again.

posted under: tips&tricks. Tags: 4-finger, bug, expose, multi-touch, not working, snow leopard.

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jonathan schellack » Blog Archive » Fix Multi-Touch Trackpad Gestures on Mac Snow Leopard on 23/11/2009 at 14:12

This is pure win! Fixed my problem. Thanks!

Daniel Huckstep on 13/10/2009 at 07:24

This worked brilliantly! Thanks a lot!

Christian Willman on 25/10/2009 at 03:24

Thanks a lot, worked PERFECT!!!!!!!

Miguel Torres on 09/11/2009 at 02:43

Thanks for the quick tip. Worked perfect. I also recommended this link in google search.

Nikolay Andreev on 11/11/2009 at 14:06

This works great! I had this problem after upgrading to snow leopard. I reset the PMC and it fixed the problem. I have a Macbook Pro 15″.

Tom on 22/11/2009 at 04:26

Worked great!! Got my moves back!! :D

Miguel on 24/11/2009 at 22:03

thanks it helped me fix my new macbook pro!!

oscar on 14/12/2009 at 14:58

Thank you so much! Saved my day! :-)

Ole Eilifsen on 14/12/2009 at 23:12

Great! thanks a ton…

Akshat on 25/12/2009 at 13:46

well, it worked once, and again it has failed… i’ve to do it everytime after a restart…

Akshat on 26/12/2009 at 07:13

also found that this improved my boot time… ? took away a leading (pre-apple logo) grey screen that i had. weird.

d.thorek on 31/12/2009 at 23:53

Jeeze, didn’t think it’d work. But it did! thanks a lot

Dontoh on 07/01/2010 at 04:49

Excellent tip! It worked on my almost-new MBP perfectly.

Brian Barnard on 13/01/2010 at 17:49

It works!!!

Steve on 25/01/2010 at 01:45

This worked perfectly for a long while. I had to do this little trick now and then when 4-finger gestures stopped working. But now the fix has stopped working, Resetting the PMC does not fix it any longer. Has anyone experienced the same?

Test on 08/02/2010 at 11:04