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 a Magic Trackpad or built-in Multi-Touch trackpad. If your trackpad supports Force Touch, you can also Force click and get haptic feedback.
Tap with one finger to click.
Click or tap with two fingers.
Double-tap with two fingers to zoom in and back out of a webpage or PDF.
Slide two fingers up or down to scroll.1
Pinch with two fingers to zoom in or out.
Move two fingers around each other to rotate a photo or other item.
Swipe left or right with two fingers to show the previous or next page.
Swipe left from the right edge with two fingers to show Notification Center.
Use three fingers to drag items on your screen, then click or tap to drop. Turn on this feature in Accessibility preferences2.
Tap with three fingers to look up a word or take other actions with dates, addresses, phone numbers, and other data.
Spread your thumb and three fingers apart to show your desktop.
Pinch your thumb and three fingers together to display Launchpad.
Swipe up with four fingers3 to open Mission Control.
Swipe down with four fingers3 to see all windows of the app you’re using.
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.
Click the right side of the mouse.
Slide one finger up or down to scroll.1
Double-tap with one finger to zoom in and back out of a webpage or PDF.
Double-tap with two fingers to open Mission Control.
Swipe left or right with two fingers to move between desktops and full-screen apps.
Swipe left or right with one finger to show the previous or next page.
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