Enabling Inertial Scroll Setting

[skywavesli]

Hi, everyone

I have a brand-new mid-2010 13" MacBook Pro and have been trying to enable inertial scroll with no luck.

I heard that it should be under System Preferences, Trackpad, and then in a drop-down menu called "with/without momentum" next to Scroll. However, I cannot find any setting referencing momentum or inertial scrolling.

Any thoughts?

Thank you so much!

 

[tikidoc]

Yup, under the "two fingers" section in trackpad.

 

[crh3ff]

here it is

look next to scroll, under two-finger

 

[blazezaku]

When i disable it, every time after i reboot it will enable again but in the menu it shows that it is disabled?😕😕😕

 

[NateDogX]

Very strange that I don't see this option at all on my new MBP 13".

 

[Arrandale]

Very strange that I don't see this option at all on my new MBP 13".

Two things I can think of:

1) You haven't updated your software, there was a specific software update for the new MacBook Pros a week ago.

2) They've mistakenly shipped you a previous generation MBP. Check your model identifier in System Profiler to see that you have a MacBookPro6,x model and not a 5,x model.

 

[murdercitydevil]

I wish there was a way to edit the inertial settings. I kind of wish it kept scrolling a little longer after taking your fingers off.

 

[skywavesli]

It's weird, the setting is not there.

I also checked, and there's no updates available.

In addition, I checked the model identifier and it says "MacBookPro7,1".

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

[jpefjr]

Any chance that you booted up with 64-bit kernel and the drivers for momentum scrolling isn't 64-bit?

 

[antmo]

OP, did you maybe restore via a whole system restore, like carbon copy cloner or move your old disk into your new machine? a restore could have overwrote the pref pane/plist or something. just trying to throw out ideas...

@blazezaku fyi, i have the same problem of having my scroll with momentum not stick after reboot too, even though i disabled it and it shows as disabled in the pref pane. i have to reselect it and it starts behaving.

 

[NateDogX]

I found what was wrong with mine earlier today. When I took my MBP 2010 into the Apple Store, they flashed it with a drive from an older model. Not only did my comp not have inertial scrolling, but it didn't know that it had a larger battery. Now, instead of getting around six hours from my battery, I get about 8 with some intense multitasking going on.

 

[peterpan4]

Is there a chance, that this could also be a solution for the weak battery time I see for my MacBook Pro 13" 2010.
I just installed my old HD from my old MBP 13" (late 2009) into the new one and I get a bad battery time and I also do not see the scrolling option as aforementioned.

What would be (if this is the case) the best way to immigrate to the new hardware without reinstalling everything?
I can make a Timemachine backup, is it possible to immigrate everything from there, so I do not have to reinstall all the programs and make the settings?
If timemachine does not provide this, which program do you recommend to use else?

 

[tinrocket]

It's weird, the setting is not there.

I also checked, and there's no updates available.

In addition, I checked the model identifier and it says "MacBookPro7,1".

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Hi, I'm in the same boat. My system settings match, but I upgraded by SuperDuper!-ing the drive of my old machine. Hoping someone posts a solution... :\

 

[skywavesli]

Hi, I'm in the same boat. My system settings match, but I upgraded by SuperDuper!-ing the drive of my old machine. Hoping someone posts a solution... :\

The issue was that I simply took the hard drive out of my previous gen MacBook Pro and put it into the new one.

I simply installed a fresh copy of Snow Leopard from the DVD the new MacBook Pro came with, and that solved it.