#SCROLL WHEEL GOES UP AND DOWN HOW TO#

Navigate to вЂњSystem PreferencesвЂ¦ > Mouse.вЂќ.Click the вЂњAppleвЂќ logo in your MacвЂ™s menu bar.LetвЂ™s start by switching our mouse from вЂњnaturalвЂќ scrolling, to вЂњunnaturalвЂќ scrolling:

#SCROLL WHEEL GOES UP AND DOWN HOW TO#

Along the way IвЂ™ll also be touching on some other ways that you can modify your scrolling behaviour, including how to modify your mouseвЂ™s tracking speed.Д¬hange the scrolling direction of your mouse If youвЂ™re feeling nostalgic for the pre-Lion days, or youвЂ™re simply curious to see how things work in the upside-down world of вЂњunnaturalвЂќ scrolling, then in this article IвЂ™ll show you how to restore the historical вЂњunnaturalвЂќ scrolling behaviour for your mouse and trackpad. In the days before macOS Lion, the mouse and trackpad moved in the opposite direction: if you scrolled up, then the scrolling bars moved up, and if you scrolled down then the scrolling bars would also move down.Д¬onfusingly, Apple refer to the current scrolling system as вЂњnaturalвЂќ and the previous scrolling system (where up meant up, and down meant down) as вЂњunnatural,вЂќ even though unnatural was the original scrolling behaviour for both Apple and Windows. When you really think about it, this is the exact opposite scrolling behaviour youвЂ™d expect вЂ“ but it hasnвЂ™t always been this way! If you scroll up, the scrolling bars will move down. If you take a look at the scrolling bar on any window, and then scroll your mouse wheel or trackpad upwards, the scrolling bars will move down. Have you ever stopped to think about how strange your MacвЂ™s scrolling behaviour is?

Scroll wheel goes up and down