So I wonder if there is a process I can call up when it happens again, to avoid restarting the machine.

I suspect the process interpreting multi-touch crashed when the malfunction happened. It involves properly shutting down apps, dismounting network storage, disconnecting VPN, etc - only to revert all the steps again on startup.

However, a restart in my case is a time-consuming process. Toggling trackpad configurations doesn't bring back the gestures.ĭisconnecting, reconnecting, removing bluetooth trackpad from list of bluetooth devices doesn't work. Hey, at least two-finger click -> right click still works. Gestures stopped working both built-in trackpad and bluetooth trackpad.īetterTouchTool still works. To switch the scroll directions automatically when you change devices, read our scroll direction guide.After a clean install of Yosemite, multi-touch gestures have stopped working on two occasions on my Macbook Pro 2011. Whereas, with the trackpad, natural makes more sense. With the mouse, the unnatural scroll direction is mostly used. This feature is enabled for users who (often or occasionally) switch between mouse and trackpad. If disabled, the scroll works in the opposite way-which is the unnatural direction. This means that the page goes up when you slide two fingers up and goes down when you slide them down. When enabled, it makes pages or apps scroll in “natural” directions when you scroll using trackpad. The Scroll Direction: Natural gesture is at the top of the Scroll & Zoom tab. All of these are either from the Scroll & Zoom or the More Gestures tabs you can find by going to System Preferences > Trackpad. In this guide, we’ll explore what these gestures are, how you can use them, and how you can tweak them to suit your preferences. In contrast, the Apple trackpad has almost a dozen tricks and gestures that you can use for shortcuts and activating different features. Apple’s trackpad is unlike typical laptop trackpads, which only come with a couple of standard features like scrolling and clicking.

Mac trackpad gestures