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philwa2

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 12, 2008
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Has anyone noticed that the scrolling gesture has been reversed, a two finger scroll up moves the page down and the two finger scrolling down moves the page up. Does anyone know a way to reverse this, I cant see an option in system > track pad to do this ??
 

saving107

macrumors 603
Oct 14, 2007
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San Jose, Ca
Apparently, you can change it back.

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zorinlynx

macrumors G3
May 31, 2007
8,168
17,685
Florida, USA
I must say I'm highly impressed with Apple for adding an option for this.

It seems they're taking great care not to "rock the boat" too much in OS X releases. I'm glad they realize Mac users tend to care more about this sort of thing than iOS users.
 

Cinder6

macrumors 6502a
Jul 9, 2009
509
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In iOS, this behavior makes sense--in a way, you actually are "touching" the page. In OS X...you're touching a trackpad or a mouse. Glad there's an option for this. I'd have expected them to force the change on us.
 

MistaBungle

macrumors 6502a
Apr 3, 2005
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This is very tough getting used to. However, if you switch the option in System Preferences, it flips the direction of how you navigate your left/right gestures for full screen apps/dashboard.
 

err404

macrumors 68030
Mar 4, 2007
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After using my iPad for a while, I find that I'm constantly scrolling the wrong way in Snow Leopard. I think the new direction is more intuitive, but less familiar. I'll definatly be using the new default mode.
 

johannnn

macrumors 68020
Nov 20, 2009
2,204
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Sweden
Aaah my head is upside down, up is down and left is right. I think this is the way to go due to consistency with iOS, but it will take some time to get used to after several years of the reverse setting :(
 
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