My trackpad became much faster after reboot?

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My trackpad became much faster after reboot?

Yesterday, I had been running Mac OS with an uptime of about 45 days. I needed to do something in Windows, so I rebooted into Windows, did what I had to do, and rebooted back into Mac OS. When I got back into Mac OS, my scrolling speed became much faster than before. I thought it was that I hadn't been updating my OS, so I did a lot of updates (EFI, Thunderbolt, 10.7.2 etc) and rebooted, but the problem still remained. What can I do to make the trackpad go back to the original speed?

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Nov 26, 2011 11:56 AM

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sig

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Nov 26, 2011 2:22 PM in response to patrickpan

System Preferences>Trackpad>Point & Click. Adjust your scrolling speed at the bottom slider.

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patrickpan Author

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Nov 26, 2011 7:32 PM in response to sig

That's tracking speed, which is how fast the cursor moves. I was talking about how fast content scrolls when I use the scrolling gesture (2 fingers up/down).

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OGELTHORPE

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Nov 27, 2011 12:36 PM in response to patrickpan

There are three speed adjustments for the track pad in SYSTEM PREFERENCE>TRACKPAD. (Tracking, Double-Click, Scrolling) If I understand your problem, Scrolling Speed is what you want to adjust. Sig is correct.

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Nov 27, 2011 12:41 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

There's no slider for scrolling speed, only tracking speed.

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OGELTHORPE

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Nov 27, 2011 1:12 PM in response to patrickpan

I can only surmise that you have an older MBP than either Sig or myself. I have a 2010 MBP. I checked my 2006 MBP and it doesn't any tracking speed options. Your must be in between them. The only thing I can suggest is the Genius Bar at the Apple store. Perhaps Sig has a better idea?

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Nov 27, 2011 1:13 PM in response to OGELTHORPE

I have an Early 2011.

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