Mac OS X Lion seems to have reversed my default scrolling direction.
Just installed Lion, so far so good, except that scrolling has reversed directions - that is to say twin-finger scrolling in an upwards direction causes a downward scroll on the page and vice versa; twin-finger scrolling in an leftward direction causes a right-direction scroll on the page and vice versa. Lion has essentially 'reversed' my default scrolling rules.
Sys Pref does not seem to be able to change it back. Can anyone help?
Hello:
The answer you got from the previous poster is correct. With OS X 10.7, Apple reversed the scroll direction.
I have been told (and it makes sense) this was done to make a Mac behave in the same way as an iPhone and iPad. From here, that seems to be true. I did find that one gets used to the reversed direction quite rapidly - especially if you have an iPad
Barry
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