submitted 3 months ago by DJDarren@thelemmy.club to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

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Can anyone shed any light on why you can't swipe back and forward in Finder with a trackpad? The option in Settings allows for two finger swipe between pages in eg. Safari, but that doesn't extend to Finder, and I can't work out why?

I've been able to activate it using BetterTouchTool, but it seems like a truly bizarre omission, considering how much Apple have optimised macOS for trackpad use.

I don't know why I've never really thought about it before, but now I can't stop...

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[-] RacoonVegetable@reddthat.com 3 points 3 months ago

You can use column view. It’s not exactly what you’re asking for but kinda similar.

[-] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 months ago

Yeah, I know column view is an option, I'm just wondering why - for a company as focused on trackpad manipulation as Apple - they never brought that to Finder. And since my original post I've noticed that swiping doesn't work in Settings either.

It just seems like a bizarre omission.

[-] HKPiax@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

How did you create this screenshot? I mean, is there some kind of smart program that lets you zoom in like that?

[-] RacoonVegetable@reddthat.com 2 points 3 months ago

I got it off Google images

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Column view has pretty much become my default.

[-] bestboyfriendintheworld@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

Has been mine since Mac OS X 10.2. It was one of the reasons I switched to a Mac in the first place.

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