Navigate finder in Lion

sgood7401 · Jul 20, 2011, 08:09 PM

So I have installed Lion and really like it. But I have not been able to figure out how to navigate in Finder using gestures. Anyone know how to do this? Or is it not possible anymore?

nauticasmexico · Jul 21, 2011, 12:07 AM

For all those having trouble when trying to navigate back and forth in Finder, you need to go to 'System Preferences', then 'Trackpad', 'More Gestures' and then you need to select the menu under 'Swipe between pages' and choose the third and last option there 'Swipe with two or three fingers'. That's it! Now you can easily use your fingers to surf Finder's history with folders.

sgood7401 · Jul 21, 2011, 02:13 AM

I did that, and it worked. But I noticed that when I have that selected, the animation in Safari when going back to a previous page does not work. Is this a bug or am I just missing something?

greektenor · Oct 18, 2011, 03:10 PM

When you use two fingers the animation works. When you use three fingers it doesn't. Doesn't seem to be a bug, just the way they designed it. I actually prefer the three fingers without the sliding animation.

Jul 20, 2011, 08:09 PM	#1
sgood7401 macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC	Navigate finder in Lion So I have installed Lion and really like it. But I have not been able to figure out how to navigate in Finder using gestures. Anyone know how to do this? Or is it not possible anymore? __________________ MacBook Pro 15" Retina 2.6 GHz Quad i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + 2TB external HD iPhone 5 32GB iPad 2 16 GB WiFi
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Jul 21, 2011, 02:13 AM	#3
sgood7401 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC	I did that, and it worked. But I noticed that when I have that selected, the animation in Safari when going back to a previous page does not work. Is this a bug or am I just missing something? __________________ MacBook Pro 15" Retina 2.6 GHz Quad i7, 16GB RAM, 512 GB SSD + 2TB external HD iPhone 5 32GB iPad 2 16 GB WiFi
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Jul 21, 2011, 12:07 AM	#2
nauticasmexico macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2011	For all those having trouble when trying to navigate back and forth in Finder, you need to go to 'System Preferences', then 'Trackpad', 'More Gestures' and then you need to select the menu under 'Swipe between pages' and choose the third and last option there 'Swipe with two or three fingers'. That's it! Now you can easily use your fingers to surf Finder's history with folders.
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Oct 18, 2011, 03:10 PM	#4
greektenor macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2011	When you use two fingers the animation works. When you use three fingers it doesn't. Doesn't seem to be a bug, just the way they designed it. I actually prefer the three fingers without the sliding animation.
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