Its unexplainable and has been occurring since the first introduction of Gestures into OS X in 2005 where two-finger scrolling was first debut to the world.
Once in a while.
Without warning. Explanation.
Gestures just suddenly stop working.
The fix?
- Hold down CMD + Option + ESC to summon the Force Quit window;
- Select Finder from the list of running applications (Finder will always be on the list as it is a system application that can never be terminated);
- Click Relaunch
Viola! Gestures should be back and working again.
No muss, no fuss and no need to logout or restart OS X.
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