Magic Mouse scrolling lacks "rolling feature" for fast finger swipe

I recently purchased a Magic Mouse for my iMac (27" 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with Leopard 10.5.8 OS). I've noticed that the scrolling does not have one of the features shown in the System Profile settings for the mouse scrolling. When I move my finger quickly to scroll using a swiping motion (removing my finger from the mouse at the end of the motion), the scrolled content does not continue to roll on for a bit. Instead, it just stops. This is not a serious problem, but I would like to enjoy the full functionality as advertised by Apple. Anyone know what I should try to fix this? Thanks.

Hi Marilyn:
I dredged this up from my dim memory banks:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3925
You are correct, that article indicates that the momentum feature is only available with OS X 10.6.
If you have not done so, you might want to install this update (you probably already have it):
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL951
Barry

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