HT6065 Anyone have an idea of when a two-finger swipe bug fix is coming? I see no mention of the error in this update's summary. : /

Question

Still having mucho trackpad/magic mouse issues with two finger swiping/scrolling. Best short-term fix I've found is tapping the power button and then waking my MBP back up again. It usually fixes the trackpad/magic mouse freeze on two-finger gestures temporarily. Anyone know if Apple's made any mention of a fix for this headed our way?

Answer 1

It's hard to tell if there's a rhyme or reason as to when or why it wigs out, but I've noticed that since my Mavericks install, sometimes two finger scrolling or swiping will suddenly be completely non-responsive, and it just won't work at all. I mostly use two finger gestures in Safari, so for me, it's been most noticable for scrolling vertically or flicking back or forward during web browsing.
It's not limited to Safari, the problem also affects Chrome and Firefox usability, as well.
links: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=927702 
http://ansonalex.com/videos/trackpad-scroll-working-chrome-firefox-mac-os-x-mave ricks-video/
It seems to impede trackpad & magic mouse use equally, and while it's not a constant issue, I'd say it'll lock up somewhere around every 12 hours, sometimes more often, sometimes less. Once it locks up, the only way to fix it is either a sloppy workaround like the one I mentioned in my above comment, or a reboot of the MBP.
From the reading around I've done on the problem, it seems that for some people it causes the total freeze, like me, some people have just noticed erractic, delayed, or temporarily non-responsive use of varying severity, but just based on the number of people mentioning it, it certainly appears connected to the Mavericks update.
At a cursory glance, here's a handful of other users have a similar issue:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23597389#23597389
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5467320
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5551528
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5505652
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23778506#23778506
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23886903#23886903
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23487442#23487442
It seems some people are having the problem with other various gestures as well:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5484919
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23667645#23667645
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23479574#23479574
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5471328