Double finger swipe on magic mouse NEVER works

i've got my 21.5" iMac for about two months. the magic mouse works well except the double finger swipe function has never been worked. i tried installing the wireless mouse software update file as suggested by other users and it doesn't help. i'm sure that this function has been checked in preference. what should i do?

I had the same problem. I fixed it by delete the file ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systempreferences.plist. This resets the mouse and keyboard preferences but my swipe started working again after doing it.
Note: ~ means home directory.

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