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Built-In Multi-Touch Trackpad Magic Trackpad 2 Force Click and Get Haptic Feedback

This document describes various multi-touch gestures that can be used on Mac trackpads and mice to perform common actions like tapping, scrolling, zooming, rotating photos, and switching between apps and desktops. It provides an overview of the default gestures and instructions for customizing gestures in system preferences.

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Built-In Multi-Touch Trackpad Magic Trackpad 2 Force Click and Get Haptic Feedback

This document describes various multi-touch gestures that can be used on Mac trackpads and mice to perform common actions like tapping, scrolling, zooming, rotating photos, and switching between apps and desktops. It provides an overview of the default gestures and instructions for customizing gestures in system preferences.

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Use Multi-Touch gestures on your Mac

With a Multi-Touch trackpad or Magic Mouse, you can tap,


swipe, pinch, or spread one or more fingers to perform useful
actions.

Trackpad gestures

For more information about these gestures, choose Apple menu


( ) > System Preferences, then click Trackpad. You can turn a
gesture off, change the type of gesture, and learn which gestures
work with your Mac.

Trackpad gestures require OS X Lion v10.7 or later and a built-


in Multi-Touch trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Trackpad Smart zoom
Double-tap with two fingers to zoom in and back out of a
2. If your trackpad supports Force Touch, you can also Force
webpage or PDF.
click and get haptic feedback.

Tap to click
Tap with one finger to click. Scroll
Slide two fingers up or down to scroll.1

Secondary click
Click or tap with two fingers to perform the equivalent of Zoom in or out
Pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out.
Control-click or right-click.

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Rotate Three finger drag
Move two fingers around each other to rotate a photo or other Use three fingers to drag items on your screen, then click or tap
item. to drop. Turn on this feature in Accessibility preferences2.

Look up and data detectors


Swipe between pages Tap with three fingers to look up a word or take other actions
Swipe left or right with two fingers to show the previous or next with dates, addresses, phone numbers, and other data.
page.

Show desktop
Open Notification Center Spread your thumb and three fingers apart to show your
Swipe left from the right edge with two fingers to show desktop.
Notification Center.

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Launchpad Swipe between full-screen apps
Pinch your thumb and three fingers together to display Swipe left or right with four fingers3 to move between desktops
Launchpad. and full-screen apps.

Mouse gestures

For more information about these gestures, choose Apple menu


> System Preferences, then click Mouse. There you can turn a
gesture off, change the type of gesture, and learn which gestures
work with your Mac. Mouse gestures require OS X Lion v10.7
or later and a Magic Mouse or Magic Mouse 2.

Mission Control
Swipe up with four fingers3 to open Mission Control.

Secondary click
Click the right side of the mouse.

App Exposé
Swipe down with four fingers3 to see all windows of the app
you're using.

Scroll
Slide one finger up or down to scroll.1

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Smart zoom Swipe between pages
Double-tap with one finger to zoom in and back out of a Swipe left or right with one finger to show the previous or next
webpage or PDF. page.

1. You can turn off trackpad scrolling in Accessibility


preferences: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then
click Accessibility. In the Mouse & Trackpad section, click
Trackpad Options, then deselect the Scrolling checkbox.

2. Accessibility preferences also has options for one-finger


dragging: Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click
Accessibility. In the Mouse & Trackpad section, click Trackpad
Options. Select “Enable dragging,” then choose one of the "drag
lock" options from the pop-up menu. Click the question-mark
button to learn more about each option.

3. In some versions of macOS, this gesture uses three fingers


Mission Control instead of four.
Double-tap with two fingers to open Mission Control.

Swipe between full-screen apps


Swipe left or right with two fingers to move between desktops
and full-screen apps.

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