Geek Posted April 20, 2012 Posted April 20, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/mac-multi-touch-gestures.jpg" alt="Mac Multi-Touch Gestures" title="mac-multi-touch-gestures" width="620" height="521" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-29542" /></p> <p>Most Macs have multi-touch capabilities these days, allowing for gestures to perform common tasks that would otherwise require keyboard shortcuts or additional clicking about. To use the gestures, you’ll obviously need a Mac with multitouch capabilities, that means either a newish laptop with a trackpad, Magic Trackpad, or Magic Mouse. Some gestures require OS X Lion or later to use, and some gestures may have to be enabled manually in the System Preferences > Trackpad control panel. Without further ado, here’s a bunch of helpful gestures for Mac OS X and commonly used Mac apps:</p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Finder, Mission Control, and Desktop</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Push Windows Aside to Show Desktop</strong> – Four Finger Spread</li> <li><strong>Activate Mission Control</strong> – Four Finger Swipe up</li> <li><strong>Switch Desktops & Full Screen Apps</strong> – Three finger swipe left or right</li> <li><strong>Mission Control All Windows for Current Application</strong> – Four Finger swipe down</li> <li><strong>Zoom Into Window in Mission Control</strong> – Two finger swipe up over window</li> <li><strong>Open Launchpad</strong> – Four finger pinch</li> <li><strong>Drag Windows</strong> – Three finger hold and drag over window bar</li> <li><strong>Tap to Click</strong> – Tap with a single finger</li> <li><strong>Right-Click</strong> – Two finger click</li> <li><strong>Scroll</strong> – Two finger swipe in direction to scroll</li> </ul> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Safari, Chrome, Firefox</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Zoom In & Increase Font Size</strong> – Spread</li> <li><strong>Zoom Out & Decrease Font Size</strong> – Pinch</li> <li><strong>Go Back</strong> – Two Finger swipe right</li> <li><strong>Go Forward</strong> – Two Finger swipe left</li> <li><strong>Look Up Word in Dictionary</strong> – Three fingered double tap over word (Safari only)</li> <li><strong>Smart Zoom</strong> – Two finger double tap (Safari only)</li> </ul> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Quick Look & QuickTime Player</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Enter Full Screen</strong> – Spread</li> <li><strong>Exit Full Screen</strong> – Pinch</li> <li><strong>Scrub Video</strong> – Two finger swipe right or left (QuickTime only)</li> </ul> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Preview</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Rotate Image</strong> – Two finger rotate gesture</li> <li><strong>Zoom Into Image</strong> – Spread</li> <li><strong>Zoom Out Image</strong> – Pinch</li> </ul> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Misc</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Flip Calendar Pages</strong> – Two finger swipe left or right (iCal)</li> <li><strong>Refresh Tweet Stream</strong> – Two finger pull down (Twitter)</li> </ul> <p>Know any other helpful multitouch gestures for <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x/">Mac OS X</a> or popular Mac apps? Let us know in the comments. </p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N78tXkmjU2gPjMU05FSHN-Mi83A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N78tXkmjU2gPjMU05FSHN-Mi83A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N78tXkmjU2gPjMU05FSHN-Mi83A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/N78tXkmjU2gPjMU05FSHN-Mi83A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=aNxQ_cDqcQk:1_RBDYhPgSc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/aNxQ_cDqcQk" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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