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Choppy Scrolling in Lion
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I'm not having any problems with either a Magic Mouse or a Trackpad. What speed do you have your scrolling set to in the System Preferences? Try adjusting the slider for the scrolling speed under Mouse or Trackpad in System Preferences and see if that fixes it.
I agree. Probably going to be part of the first update. And it sucks that I can't use all the features with my magic mouse! I can't do any of the 3 finger gestures! 
Honestly, I don't see any way to change scrolling speed in my trackpad-preferences?! And I don't think the speed itself has something to do with this ...
It's not that it's totally chopped up, but not really as smooth as in Snow Leopard.
And it's definately worst in Safari!
I agree. Probably going to be part of the first update. And it sucks that I can't use all the features with my magic mouse! I can't do any of the 3 finger gestures!
At least there's another person affected, hehe
But seriously, how long do you think this will take to get fixed?!
...And the elastic effect at the top and bottom get in the way of scrolling. While in the effect, you can't really scroll the opposite direction, you have to wait before the effect is completed before it scrolls normally.
Yeah that elastic effect is doing my head in. Looks cute and works on iOS, but not on the Mac. I wish there was a way to disable it..
Here's something weird, though maybe it's just me.
Scrolling speed in Lion: If I have my trackpad set to "natural," I feel like it's scrolling too fast because the scroll speed doesn't match my finger speed. Once I reverted to the "old" way of scrolling, I don't mind the speed at all. Maybe it's just me though...?
Scrolling speed in Lion: If I have my trackpad set to "natural," I feel like it's scrolling too fast because the scroll speed doesn't match my finger speed. Once I reverted to the "old" way of scrolling, I don't mind the speed at all. Maybe it's just me though...?
I just came to the forum to see if anyone else was having this issue... The scrolling is horrible, especially on safari which is like ten times worst than on snow leopard.
I hope this gets fixed or optimized on 10.7.1. Until then Ill keep using snow leopard. What a bummer... can't use Lion with this ****** scrolling...
I hope this gets fixed or optimized on 10.7.1. Until then Ill keep using snow leopard. What a bummer... can't use Lion with this ****** scrolling...
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I've had choppy scrolling in the beginning, but then I saw that Spotlight was reindexing everything on the machine on the top right corner, so I hope the problem will go away after all the reindexing and the system goes to idle.
I've had choppy scrolling in the beginning, but then I saw that Spotlight was reindexing everything on the machine on the top right corner, so I hope the problem will go away after all the reindexing and the system goes to idle.
Scrolling Momentum
Having the same problem. Scrolling is choppy in Safari, Firefox, Preview, and Finder. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Also, has anyone noticed that scrolling momentum transfers to new tabs when you close the current tab? When quickly scrolling and scanning through web pages in different tabs, if I Command-W the current tab, the scrolling continues in the new tab. Somewhat annoying that I have to reverse back to the top of page.
Having the same problem. Scrolling is choppy in Safari, Firefox, Preview, and Finder. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
Also, has anyone noticed that scrolling momentum transfers to new tabs when you close the current tab? When quickly scrolling and scanning through web pages in different tabs, if I Command-W the current tab, the scrolling continues in the new tab. Somewhat annoying that I have to reverse back to the top of page.
Hey! I think I found the solution! Let me know if this works for you too:
Go to system preferences - Accessibility - Mouse - Mouse options (at the bottom) - Scrolling speed
Set this to maximum and then Safari works much better
Cant understand that Apple put this option so difficult to find. I thought they had completely removed it in Lion.
Let me know if this works for you too:Go to system preferences - Accessibility - Mouse - Mouse options (at the bottom) - Scrolling speed
Set this to maximum and then Safari works much better
Cant understand that Apple put this option so difficult to find. I thought they had completely removed it in Lion.
Had the same issue. Was beginning to get annoying. Went into System Preferences--Mouse--More gestures--Swipe between pages to use two fingers instead of one. This worked for me. However there is no other option to change the swipe between full screen Apps. Hmm wonder why.
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Same issues
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had this issue. Hopefully enough people raise a stink so it gets Apple's attention. As someone else said, this happens most often after the computer comes out of sleep. Scrolling becomes jerky as well as the transitions between the desktop and full screen apps, mission control and the launch pad. All of this runs very slowly after occasional sleep and is corrected every time when the computer is rebooted. This isn't a memory or CPU related issue as the activity on these is always low when it happens.
It's a mystery! Its like the deep blue!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who has had this issue. Hopefully enough people raise a stink so it gets Apple's attention. As someone else said, this happens most often after the computer comes out of sleep. Scrolling becomes jerky as well as the transitions between the desktop and full screen apps, mission control and the launch pad. All of this runs very slowly after occasional sleep and is corrected every time when the computer is rebooted. This isn't a memory or CPU related issue as the activity on these is always low when it happens.
It's a mystery! Its like the deep blue!
The only time I find Safari choppy when scrolling is after waking the computer from sleep. I also find that video performance, especially in VLC and Quick Look, is choppy after waking the system from sleep. A quick reboot sorts it out, but we're only on .1, so there's still kinks being worked out.
I still have this problem in 10.7.3. Anyone else? Noticed it at first when I got my iMac, tried chaining from Chrome to Safari, but the problem prevails.
The scrolling can start choppy one a page, but before I'm on the top of the page it's all good again.
The scrolling can start choppy one a page, but before I'm on the top of the page it's all good again.
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