how to invert scrolling

I have an older MacBook Pro (about 5 years) that I just upgraded to OS Lion.


Most of the changes between this and Snow Leapord are pretty easy to get used to.


However, Can someone please tell me how to invert scrolling? It now acts like it's an iPad or iPhone, but I'm using a freaking mouse. When I scroll the wheel down (or use the trackpad), I would expect the window to scroll down ("technically" the document goes up; but the bar on the right goes down).


Someone with a newer MBP gave me this screenshot of them selecting "Scroll direction: natural" , and that fixed it.


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Clearly you can see that I do not have such an option:


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All "Use two finger to scroll" does is turn off the feature completely.



PLEASE HELP!!!!!!


Thanks,

~Jerry

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 4, 2012 7:29 AM

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Apr 4, 2012 7:43 AM in response to VanWder1

Your screenshots are not showing up here...cant tell what's going on. The natural scrolling option should be available somewhere in the Trackpad preferences (in the Scroll & Zoom section), but if not then you can switch this behavior by opening the Terminal utility and running the following command, followed by logging out and logging back in:


defaults write -g com.apple.swipescrolldirection -bool false

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