On every Mac I've owned (that's a lot of Macs) I've been able to change the direction of the mouse wheel scroll from the Apple 'Natural' to my preferred reverse direction.
This seems to have been removed from Sonoma, along with the 'Mouse' item in System Settings.
How do I get it back? This backwards scrolling is driving me nuts.
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Mac Pro, macOS 10.13
Expanding on MrLord's response:
Does your mouse connect by bluetooth? If so, in Sonoma 14.3.1:
Go to System Settings > Bluetooth > My Devices > then choose your mouse
Next, click on the info button (circled "i"), then Mouse settings, then toggle "Natural scrolling" off
Expanding on MrLord's response:
Does your mouse connect by bluetooth? If so, in Sonoma 14.3.1:
Go to System Settings > Bluetooth > My Devices > then choose your mouse
Next, click on the info button (circled "i"), then Mouse settings, then toggle "Natural scrolling" off
As stated in the accepted answer, the setting to change this is called "Natural scrolling".
In my current MacOS version (Sonoma 14.5) it is listed under "Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom > Natural scrolling" (explained as "Content tracks finger movement")
Note that, in their infinite wisdom, Apple has decided to also apply this behaviour to any connected (bluetooth or wired) mouse.
Even though a mouse is something fundamentally different to a trackpad, and scrolling a scroll wheel should have a separate setting:
There is the same "Natural scrolling" setting under "Mouse". (Un)ticking that one also (un)ticks the setting under "Trackpad".
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MAC Sonoma:
It's not called 'Neutral Scrolling' (as you'll see multiple times here) it is called 'Natural Scrolling'. Untick that box and if your middle mouse is backwards.
In the System Settings scroll down to the bottom for 'Mouse', you'll find 'Natural Scrolling' there in Sonoma.
Also note that scroll wheel behaviour can be decoupled from trackpad scrolling behaviour with third-party applications like UnnaturalScrollWheel (and many others).
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I had several Sonoma settings missing (in what was a new profile with admin rights). I still had the original admin account running as well.
The solution was simple - I deleted the original admin account, so only the new one was running, and all of the settings are now available.
It's irritating this is in earlier releases of OSX, but not in Sonoma (that I can find).
How can I restore reverse scroll on my Mac (Sonoma) mouse wheel?
