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Mac Multi-Touch Gestures

Multitouch gestures let you use several fingers to do cool stuff on Mac Laptops and the Magic Trackpad.
Some gestures do not work on older laptops.

Common Must be enabled in System Preferences.

Action Gesture
Scroll Up/Down/Left/Right 2-Finger Drag Up/Down/Left/Right
Right-Click (Ctrl-Click) 2-Finger Click
Zoom In on the Screen Hold Control and 2-Finger Drag Up
Zoom Out on the Screen Hold Control and 2-Finger Drag Down

Finder & Quick Look

Action Gesture
Go Back/Forward in Folder History 3-Finger Swipe Left/Right
Increase/Decrease Thumbnail Size Pinch/Expand In Cover Flow
Exit Fullscreen Pinch In Quick Look
Enter Fullscreen Expand (Reverse Pinch) In Quick Look

Safari

Action Gesture
Go Back/Forward 10.7 and newer: 2-Finger Swipe Left/Right
10.6 and older: 3-Finger Swipe Left/Right
Zoom Out (Decrease Font Size) Pinch
Zoom in (Increase Font Size) Expand (Reverse Pinch)

Exposé & App Swicher

Action Gesture
Hide Windows and Show Desktop (Exposé) 4-Finger Swipe Up
Show All Windows (Exposé) 4-Finger Swipe Down
Open Application Switcher 4-Finger Swipe Left/Right

Apple Mail

Action Gesture
Go to Previous Message 3-Finger Swipe Up or Left
Go to Next Message 3-Finger Swipe Down or Right
Decrease Font Size Pinch
Increase Font size Expand (Reverse Pinch)

Preview

Action Gesture
Rotate Image Rotate (Clockwise or Counter Clockwise)
Zoom Out (Decrease Image Size) Pinch Over Image
Zoom In (Increase Image Size) Expand (Reverse Pinch) Over Image
Flip through Multiple Images/Pages 10.7 and newer:
2-Finger Swipe Up/DownLeft/Right

10.6 and older:
3-Finger Swipe Up/DownLeft/Right
Decrease Thumbnail Size Pinch Over Contact Sheet Thumbnails
Increase Thumbnail Size Expand (Reverse Pinch) Over Contact Sheet Thumbnails

iCal

Action Gesture
Go to Previous/Next Day, Week or Month (Works like Cmd-Left/Right Arrow) 10.7 and newer: 2-Finger Swipe Left/Right
10.6 and older: 3-Finger Swipe Left/Right

Quicktime

Action Gesture
Scrub Backward/Forward through the Video 2-Finger Swipe Left/Right
Exit Fullscreen Pinch
Enter Fullscreen Expand (Reverse Pinch)
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