Using mouse wheel to zoom? (Macs)

Hi guys,
I recently made the jump to Mac from PC (had been designing almost completely on PC for 12 years). I've discovered a wealth of shortcuts for Flash CS5 on Mac, but it's missing a significant one for me:
On Flash for PC, the user can press CTRL + SHIFT + Wheel Scroll to zoom in and out.
On Mac, although users can wheel-zoom (+ ALT) in Photoshop, Illustrator, and even InDesign -- Flash doesn't have this capability.
Call me nitpicky, but this was the most significant shortcut for me on PC.
I notice this same topic has been posted sparsely over the years, with very few repliesand no remedy.
I'm hoping someone's figured out a way or knows of a solution?
Would really appreciate any help. Thank you!
-T

Not sure if I am misreading your post, but there is an option in the preferences that allows you to choose Zoom With Scroll Wheel. With this option active you hold the ALT key to scroll.
My Logitech mouse has a tilt wheel on it and this works fine in Photoshop. It doesn't loop through the screen but it does pan left and right with no problem. On this mouse the scroll wheel can also be pressed, and can be programmed to almost any key, I use for double click.
Forgive me if I've misunderstood your question.

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Attachments:
worldmap.zip ‏364 KB

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