OS X Gestures Stopped Working!!

Troubleshooting
November 14, 2014
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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.

For a permanent solution, please join us in forwarding your feedback at Apple’s Feedback page and hope that things improve.

Mack

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