My magic mouse scrolls backwards with Lion

After upgrading to Lion the up and down movements on my Magic Mouse are backwards. I move my finger down and the page goes up, and the reverse is true when motioning up.

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I've been using my Magic Mouse on and off this year, but it worked perfectly fine when I upgraded to 10.7.0. I haven't used the MM since my desk finally arrived today and in 10.7.2 vertical scrolling of the MM just won't work. It's so frustrating because of those iOS-like scrolling bars that vanish. It's SO HARD to find them to scroll and then my wrists are in an awkward position just forcing my mouse to scrolling vertically (by clicking, no gesture).
I have however noticed that when I put my MBA Rev A to sleep and wake it again, that vertical scrolling on my MM will work again for about 10 seconds. My batteries are at 100%, so it can't be that.
This absolutely *****! Apple's attention to detail on these small things have slipped. I even had an issue with iPhoto 11 the other day when I noticed that you literally have to jump through hoops to manually force face detection on photos that the application can't automatically detect on . That feature used to be so intuitive in iPhoto '09. Too many balls in the air, Apple?

Why is my magic mouse scrolling backwards?

I've updated to 10.7.3 and now I have to scroll down to scroll up, and up to scroll down. Very weird!
Please help.

Look at the setting in System Preferences > Mouse > Scroll Direction Natural.
Change it for the opposite preference.
Regards,
Captfred

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I downloaded the new OS X 10.9.2 and ever since the upgrade, my apple magic mouse scrolls backwards. I want to scroll up, I have to move my finger down and vise versa/side to side. Is there a way to re-program it? If not, is there a software upgrade, if so where can I get it? Thanks!

Fotwartistry wrote:
I have it set to natural but it's working the opposite.
Actually, that's correct. "Natural" is the opposite of the "normal" scrolling that you would be accustomed to, so it's working just as it should. To get "normal" scrolling back, just uncheck the "scroll direction: natural" checkbox and you should be good.
Personally, I like to have it both ways. The system settings are global and affect all mousing peripherals. I used a menubar app called Scroll Reverser. This allows me to, simultaneously, use the "natural" scrolling with my trackpad (which I've grown to like) and "normal" scrolling with my mouse.

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This has happened to me, in fact, why I'm even searching in here...I need help too to fix it! It's so annoying!

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That does not appear to be the usual Mouse prefs window in Lion. Don't have a clue why that would be.
This is what it looks like on mine -
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My magic mouse behaves erratically with intermittent problems - slows down, right click doesn't work, disconnects for a few seconds then reconnects. Anyone suggest what I could do to fix this?

I just figured out the print quality issue for my wife with her new iMac and new printer.
She replaced both at once and she couldn't understand why her Artisan 730 was lower quality then her Epson R280 when they had the same specs.
Turns out the newer printer had the option to connect via wifi which we used during setup.
The driver options are completely different depending on how you connect.
Once I connected via USB the correct options were available and the print quality was better.
Looking at the R2400 it dies not have wifi, but while researching the problem for my wife someone esle was having an issue updating to the latest printer driver.
If you go into the print utility from the Printer and Scanner system preference and under the general tab you should have driver 5.5.
One user had to delete the old printer driver before Software Update loaded the newer printer driver.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15947486#15947486
On my MacBook Pro (w Snow Leopard) I always had to reconnect my wifi at home when it woke up. I upgraded my router from an old Netgear to a newer N D-Link and stopped having to do that.
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My Magic Mouse (wireless) paired with my 2010 iMac: Often at startup the cursur just sits in top left corner of screen, frozen. Not a battery problem. New. I take batteries out, reboot (a real pain)... then ok. HELP!

Hello:
Try resetting the PRAM and SMC.
Barry

Mouse scrolling backwards

Did anyone experience your mouse scrolling backwards after the upgrade?

This was changed in 10.8, I believe. You can reverse it (if you want to), in System Preferences - Trackpad - Scroll/Zoom - turn off "Scroll direction: natural".
The "natural" scroll motion mimics what happens when you scroll on an iOS device such as an iPad.
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Anyone have ideas of what could be wrong?

After the initial full charge of the battery pack I get nothing. The green light is steady. However, when I power on the magic mouse and try to pair it with my iMac, it never connects. Also, the green light on the mouse itself is no longer lighting up.
Does it not blink when you flip the switch off then on?
Some people have complained about not being able to re-pair after a battery change. Smc and/or pram reset might help here but don't bother since you apparently have a bigger problem to solve.
And if that weren't enough, the battery pack is stuck and I cannot remove it from the mouse. The mouse was working just perfectly when I was using the AA alkaline batteries. Am I missing something? Or is this a defect in the product?
Defect in the battery pack perhaps. I would call Mobee and ask them for their opinion. Maybe the batteries were defective and swelled in the case (just guessing).

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Can the Magic Mouse be paired with the original iPad ?

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Can't set up new Magic Mouse scrolling with Lion

I am running Lion on my MacBook Pro and just got a brand new Magic Mouse. I can pair it with the computer and move the pointer, right and left click, but no scrolling or middle button clicking. When I go into System Preferences and select Mouse, I only have the options to "Move content in the direction of finger movement when scrolling," Tracking Speed, Double-Click Speed, Scrolling Speed, Primary mouse button and Zoom using scroll wheel while holding ^Control.
Nowhere do I see the little video and gestures window like I see for my trackpad preferences. I thought maybe I had to install the Wireless Mouse Software, but all I can find is a version for Snow Leopard and my computer will not open the file because it says it's incompatible.
Is scrolling (just up, down, left or right like in a browser) not possible in Lion with a Magic Mouse? What am I missing?

Your missing the Magic Mouse Preference pane. Sometimes 3rd party drivers interfere with this. USB overdrive has been reported the most. Your Magic Mouse Preferences should look like this:
If you can find the culprit and uninstall it, this pane should return.
Captfred

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Since the last OS lion update, my Magic Mouse stopped scrolling. It just works as a normal mouse, and a bad one.
Moreover, everytime I lift it, or sometimes even randomly, the cursor jumps from place to place on the screen. That's very annoying.
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I had the same problem, followed captfred's instuctions.
My macbook air crashed and a grey box popped up asking me to restart.
I did and the scrolling went back to normal. Plus the jumping around of the cursor stopped too.

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