Lion causes Magic Trackpad scrolling to reverse?

Recent upgrade to Lion has caused the up/down scrolling on the Magic Trackpad to reverse... Two finger up movement scrolls down on screen, and two finger down movement scrolls up on screen....????? Opposite to when Snow Leopard was loaded and opposite to trackpad visual cues in System Preferences.

Yes! I noticed that, too!
You can switch it back to the trackpad behavior you're familiar with in the Trackpad preferences in System Preferences.
Just uncheck the first, top-most box, "Scroll direction: natural - Content tracks finger movement."

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I haven't received my MTP yet but if it works like the trackpad on my MBP you just don't flick your finger so fast. The speed is governed by how quickly you move your finger across the surface which is something I find very cool because it puts me in total control.
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See "magic mouse scrolls in reverse/backwards" for the answer.

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Shut the computer down, pulled out the plug, waited two minutes, then started up again. MTP works for about two minutes, goes crazy then no response.
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You could try installing the latest version of the Synaptics driver. Synaptics is the company that makes the UltraNav driver and drivers for many other computer brands. This driver should have the same functionality as the UltraNav driver, so there's no worry there. You can find the driver here.
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Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, I still have to restart the computer to do this and as soon as it goes to sleep again, I'll have the same problem.

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Hello All,
I have just bought a macbook pro 15 inches retina + os moutain lion 10.8 and I have an issue with the trackpad & mouse : the vertical scrolling is reversed configured, comparing to my old Ibook G4.
When I scroll down the text move up
I could not found anywhere to change this configuration : neither in systeme preference, nor in user guide
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thanks in advance
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Isabelle

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