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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 a Magic Trackpad or built-in Multi-Touch trackpad. If your trackpad supports Force Touch, you can also Force click and get haptic feedback.

Secondary click (right-click)
Click or tap with two fingers.

Smart zoom
Double-tap with two fingers to zoom in and back out of a webpage or PDF.

Zoom in or out
Pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out.

Rotate
Move two fingers around each other to rotate a photo or other item.

Swipe between pages
Swipe left or right with two fingers to show the previous or next page.

Open Notification Center
Swipe left from the right edge with two fingers to show Notification Center.

Three finger drag
Use three fingers to drag items on your screen, then click or tap to drop. Turn on this feature in Accessibility preferences².

Look up and data detectors
Tap with three fingers to look up a word or take actions with dates, addresses, phone numbers, and other data.

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Show desktop
Spread your thumb and three fingers apart to show your desktop.

Launchpad
Pinch your thumb and three fingers together to display Launchpad.

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

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

Swipe between full-screen apps
Swipe left or right with four fingers³ to move between desktops 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 a Magic Mouse.

Secondary click (right-click)
Click the right side of the mouse.

Smart zoom
Double-tap with one finger to zoom in and back out of a webpage or PDF.

Mission Control
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.

Swipe between pages
Swipe left or right with one finger to show the previous or next 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 instead of four.

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Exposé is an awesome feature of the Mac OS X user Interface that makes it easy to see, access, or hide application windows and documents. It's a great feature to help you work with the clutter that tends to build up when you are using multiple applications and/or documents.

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Ok, so you've opened numerous applications, documents, and Finder windows. Your screen is cluttered and you need to switch to another application or find that other If you invoke the 'All windows' action Exposé will show you a miniaturized version of each window or document. You can then click on the item you'd like. Cool!
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By pressing a specific hot key or moving your mouse to a specific area of the screen you can invoke Exposé. Mac OS X will darken the Desktop and highlight all open windows ( that have not been minimized to the Dock) and kick off a sleek animation. All open windows and documents shrink into highlighted thumbnails and reposition themselves allowing you to see everything in clear view. Another feature allows you to hide everything and quickly display the Desktop.
Expose can be invoked to perform three actions with either a hot key or click of the mouse. Some users refer to these as 'Modes'.

• All Windows
• Application Windows
• Show Desktop

Note that Mac OS X ships with default hot keys to invoke the actions but these can be configured by you in System Preferences.
All Windows
The 'All Windows' action will work on all open windows and documents. By default, this action is invoked by pressing the F9 key. You can click on any window/document to make the active window and application or hit the Tab key to cycle through all applications and their corresponding windows. Just see how the Menu Bar changes.
Application Windows
The 'Application Windows' action will work on the current active application to reveal all open windows/documents for that application. Let's say you have five Safari windows open and you want to see them all. Just hit the F10 key.
Desktop
The 'Desktop' action moves all open windows and documents to the edges of the screen to display the Desktop underneath b pressing the F11 key.
Review - In a default Expose configuration:

• F9 tiles all open application windows
• F10 tiles all open windows for the current application
• F11 hides all open windows allowing you to view the Desktop

You can customize Exposé via System Preferences and change these keys. The following shows what the Exposé settings in System Preferences. Note that the column on the the right is where you can a mouse button to invoke one of the three Exposé actions. Read the Expose Preferences guide for more details.
If your Mac keyboard has speaker adjustments on the F9, F10, and F11 keys, read Expose for Apple keyboards that have volume controls on F9, F10, and F11
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