Safari swipe to go back bug

[eda]

I've just been experiencing a very annoying bug with the swipe to go back feature in Safari. Every time I swipe the mouse to go back it freezes the page that I was on and doesn't allow me to load any other page (by entering in the address bar or clicking a bookmark).

Is anyone else having this issue?

You can see that it only reveals a small slice of the previous page before crashing:

 

[II BISTRO II]

i can't seem to replicate this bug, safari swipes seem to be working fine for me

 

[fisherking]

happened to me twice, and both times, had to reboot. been fine since (this last time was about 6 hours ago), so...am keeping an eye on it.

 

[joshcls]

A fix that worked for me:

Closed out of safari
Went to System preferences > mouse > unchecked "Swipe between pages"
Turned mouse on and off (physically with power switch)
Went to System preferences > mouse > checked "Swipe between pages"
Restarted safari

 

[bbfc]

I've just been experiencing a very annoying bug with the swipe to go back feature in Safari. Every time I swipe the mouse to go back it freezes the page that I was on and doesn't allow me to load any other page (by entering in the address bar or clicking a bookmark).

Is anyone else having this issue?

You can see that it only reveals a small slice of the previous page before crashing:View attachment 442722

Happens to me but there is no pattern. Very random. I experienced it a lot during some of the DPs then it went. Now it's back.

 

[eda]

Happens to me but there is no pattern. Very random. I experienced it a lot during some of the DPs then it went. Now it's back.

It's every time for me! Had to turn it off in the mouse settings

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A fix that worked for me:

Closed out of safari
Went to System preferences > mouse > unchecked "Swipe between pages"
Turned mouse on and off (physically with power switch)
Went to System preferences > mouse > checked "Swipe between pages"
Restarted safari

Ooh yes that's worked for me too! Thanks!

 

[RLRabb]

It's happening to me as well on my rMBP. Unfortunately, there is no way to turn my trackpad off and on, so there doesn't appear to be a fix.

 

[aristobrat]

A fix that worked for me:

Closed out of safari
Went to System preferences > mouse > unchecked "Swipe between pages"
Turned mouse on and off (physically with power switch)
Went to System preferences > mouse > checked "Swipe between pages"
Restarted safari

Thanks, I can't reboot now so I'll give that a shot.

Thought it was weird that after upgrading to Mavericks "Swipe between pages" was deactivated on both the Macs I upgraded. Subtle hint from Apple?

 

[fisherking]

Thanks, I can't reboot now so I'll give that a shot.

Thought it was weird that after upgrading to Mavericks "Swipe between pages" was deactivated on both the Macs I upgraded. Subtle hint from Apple?

same thing here, just happened again. seems to be related to my trackpad.
i can CLICK on the back arrow, or scroll with the up/down arrows, but no 2-finger scrolling, etc...


UGH.

 

[bkribbs]

I experienced this a few times, though I only lost that tab, didn't have to restart the computer or even safari. Hasn't happened in a while but happened a lot originally.

 

[boy-better-know]

Keeps happening to me, incredibly annoying.

 

[sliceoftoast]

Yes this is also happening for me as well and giving me the *****. Deleting the safari prefs file doesn't seem to do anything either does rebooting. Haven't tried PRAM yet.

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FIXED!

This worked for me, I opened safari, Clicked on the Safari menu option and select " reset safari" After doing this swipe worked. Remember doing this will erase any saved passwords

 

[mentaluproar]

I know, necrothread, but relevant. I've had this problem too, but all the buttons still work, the items are clickable, menus work, the address bar works, I can switch tabs, but I cannot get the content on those tabs to change or scroll unless I close the tab the freeze occurred on. Swiping back on the remaining tab just causes this problem again.

Edit: The gesture to scroll doesn't work in remaining windows either. Highlight works fine.

 

[fisherking]

happens here occasionally still...now in 10.9.3. annoying, and i usually reboot. quitting and re-opening safari doesn't help. and i don't want to keep resetting safari...

ah, well...

 

[mentaluproar]

safari doesn't outright die on me from this. command+w after copying the address from the bar and opening a new window works fine. its just tedious as hell.

 

[amalius]

found reports that resetting your NVRAM may help ... on start, directly at the chime, hold command+alt+P+R until Mac reboots.

 

[JohnArtist]

Here is an easier fix that someone discovered in another post on Apple.com. It worked for a bunch of us and it's EASIER and QUICKER than zapping the PRAM and restarting:

Simply press Ctrl + Shift + Eject key (puts machine to sleep, or you can do it from the Apple menu), then press a key to wake it back up, and the problem is gone!

I know... weird, huh?!

 

[KALLT]

I wrote a big report on this two years ago. It was closed a few months ago and Apple’s response was: this is now fixed in El Capitan.