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Trackpad gestures

Pinch, rotate, and swipe on a remote Mac, and how to tune pointer feel.

Continuo forwards trackpad gestures as native events on the remote Mac, not just pointer position. Pinch-to-zoom, rotate, and swipe behave the way they would on a local trackpad when the link is healthy. Gesture forwarding requires Pro; see Free vs Pro.

Pinch and other gestures arrive on the remote Mac as native trackpad events.

What crosses

Supported gestures include magnify (pinch), rotate, and swipe patterns macOS reports through the event tap. They travel on the must-deliver input channel, the one keys and clicks use, so a gesture is not left half-finished on the other Mac.

Tune remote feel

Under Settings → Control & Edges → Pointer, set Pointer device to Trackpad to force the steeper trackpad acceleration curve on the remote side even if you are using a mouse locally. Auto follows the trackpad; pick Mouse if you mostly use a mouse. Trackpad sensitivity runs from 30% to 150% (default 100%).

If the remote cursor feels too fast after a flick, lower trackpad sensitivity or switch Pointer device to Mouse when using an external mouse.

When gestures feel laggy

Lag is usually the network, not the gesture. See Performance for what to check.

See Connection and sleep if the link drops after wake.