Ok - I feel like a total doofus - but I cannot figure out how to scroll down the page using Yosemite on my new Mac Air - Is it a Mac Air issue or a Yosemite issue? Maybe it's because I'm used to a desk top with a bluetooth mouse A user manual would really help. Can anyone tell me how to do this so I don't have to drive an hour and a half to the Apple Store? Thanks
Imac, Macbook, iBookG4, Mac OS X (10.5)
System Preferences --> Trackpad --> Scroll & Zoom tab --> uncheck "Scroll Direction: Natural"
You should be able to scroll down now by dragging your fingers lightly down the trackpad.
Thanks - that did it!
I would suggest learning to scroll naturally. Instead of trying to scroll a little widget in the scroll bar the opposite direction you want the content to go, you just drag the content you are looking at in the direction you want it to go.
What I told dblaus to do accomplishes exactly that. When I have that box checked, I have to drag my fingers up the trackpad to scroll down, and drag them down to scroll up, which made no sense to me. As soon as I figured out unchecking that box fixed it so that was no longer a problem, I never checked that box again.
You're welcome! I'm glad to have been able to help. 🙂
pinkstones wrote:
What I told dblaus to do accomplishes exactly that.
No, you said to do the opposite and keep using the antiquated notion of a scroll bar and a thumb which drags in the opposite direction of the way the page moves beneath your fingers.
System Preferences --> Trackpad --> Scroll & Zoom tab --> uncheck "Scroll Direction: Natural"
In the old paradigm, you drag a thumb in the scroll bar to move the view. In the new paradigm, you move the entire view, not the little thumb in the scroll bar, which are almost completely unnecessary.
I merely suggested trying to use the Natural scrolling which is much more "Natural" and takes about a day to get used to.
How to scroll down the page?
