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Mouse scroll speed in Sierra

Since installing Sierra beta (5) and today the GM the scroll function of both the magic mouse and trackpad are accelerated to an unusable level on some apps.


I have noticed it with VLC (Adjusting the volume) and Minecraft (Scrolling through items).


I have adjusted it down to the lowest scrolling speed in the "Accessibility" section in System Preferences.


I don't really use other apps so it is unusual that it is causing issues with two unrelated applications. It doesn't seem to be an issue within the MacOS (i.e. scrolling in Safari is fine as is Chrome - but these are windows which might be different.)


Do other see this issue?

Is it a MacOS issue or something the developers of the apps need to resolve?


TIA


Glenn.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), Other OS, 10.12

Posted on Sep 8, 2016 10:05 PM

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Oct 26, 2016 7:20 PM in response to PB22

PB22 wrote:

Installed the release version of MacOS Sierra 10.12.1 on my Mac mini (Late 2012) and the problems with scrolling a mouse wheel continue. The problem is very straight forward. When scrolling with a generic mouse (no 3rd party driver) that has an incremental scroll wheel, the screen or view does not scroll with each increment of movement of the wheel. In fact, In order to initiate scrolling, one must scroll the wheel several increments for movement to kick in. The degree to which one must move the scroll wheel for movement to initiate does not seem to be consistent. Almost as if there is some latency involved.

On OS X El Capitan on another computer, using the same mouse, thescroll behavior is correct. One increment movement of the mouse wheel and scrolling takes place.

The practical side of this is that many software applications are difficult to use with a mouse. I find myself constantly having to "work" the view into position. This is an ergonomic nightmare for someone using the computer professionally.

At lease macOS Sierra 10.12.1 fixes the scrolling problem of the Terminal app and PyCharm. They scrolled "lightning fast" on 10.12 with the built-in trackpad, but behave normally in 10.12.1.


However, if the scrolling problem still exists in other third-party apps, I'd think Apple has a serious problem with software quality.

Oct 26, 2016 7:38 PM in response to Rockallite

If you are still experiencing mouse/trackpad scrolling problems after installing 10.12.1, then file a bug, and make sure you specify the operating system version, the application(s) you are having difficulty with.


BugReporter (Free ADC (Apple Developer Connection) account needed for BugReporter)


<http://bugreporter.apple.com>

Anyone can get a free ADC account at:

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Oct 27, 2016 5:49 AM in response to Fizedi

Same here. Can't use adobe suit. Really frustrating working this way. The scroll is without accuracy and is not sensible, i have to use the weel several time to make the scroll start and the result isn't the one hoped. Scroll-zoom with the same issue, accuracy desappeared and starts randomly. Update 10.12.1 seems to resolve it in default mac application, but doesn't resolve for third part app. With El Captain never had issues.

Oct 27, 2016 6:10 AM in response to Turuk_Barak

Please file your own bug report (see a few replies above for were to file a bug)


Make sure you tell them you are running 10.12.1

Tell them which mouse/trackpad you are using (make and model) and how it is connected (USB, Bluetooth, vendor wireless dongle)

Tell them the applications you are having difficulty using.


Even if the bug gets closed as a duplication, it is still going to be a factor when management assigns priorities to which engineers work on which bugs, and when.


The more people that file bugs, the higher priority a bug will get assigned.

Mouse scroll speed in Sierra

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