How to turn off scroll acceleration?

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Level 1

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How to turn off scroll acceleration?

So whenever I am trying to scroll in say, iTunes or Safari, if I scroll 2 times, it will scroll at a "normal" speed, where I get nice, precice scrolling. However, after that second or sometimes third time scrolling (resetting fingers to opposite side of trackpad and then scrolling whichever direction) it starts scrolling really fast and makes it almost impossible to have any precision (it seems to go from single-pixel scrolling to 10-pixel scrolling or something).

I've been looking online for the past half hour with no avail. I have scoured and searched the settings and found nothing. Is there any possible way to turn off this scrolling acceleration?

MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2), 2.2GHz i7, 8GB RAM

Posted on Oct 3, 2012 7:57 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 14, 2013 5:57 PM in response to rrahimi

Inirtia scrolling is not what Farctan is referring to. I know the "feature" she's talking about, I too find it HORRIFICALLY obnoxious and I refuse to purchase another Mac until Apple allows for that mess to be turned off. Why anyone would want their webpages to scroll haphazardly is beyond me. People have been complaining about this "feature" for over a year now. Apple are you listening?? FIX IT.

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Answer 2

rrahimi

Level 3

615 points

Oct 3, 2012 8:40 PM in response to Farctan

Preferences --> Accessibility --> Mouse and Trackpad --> Mouse Options...

You can disable inertia and also change the scrolling speed there.

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