How to Change the Scroll Direction on a Mac

To change the scroll direction for your Mac's trackpad, click the Apple menu → click System Preferences → click Scroll & Zoom → toggle the Natural scroll direction on or off.

Trackpad Scrolling

Click the Apple menu.

Click System Preferences.

If a submenu opens instead of System Preferences, click the Show All button at the top of the window.

Click Trackpad.

  • You can change a number of things in your trackpad settings, like tracking speed and double-click speed.

Click the Scroll & Zoom tab.

Click the Scroll direction: Natural checkbox.

When this is enabled, swiping down on the trackpad with two fingers will scroll up and vice-versa. When this is disabled, swiping down will scroll down.

Mouse Wheel Scrolling

Click the Apple menu.

Click System Preferences.

If you see a submenu instead of the main System Preferences menu, click the Show All button at the top of the window.

Click Mouse.

Click the Scroll direction: Natural checkbox.

When this is enabled, moving the wheel down will scroll up and vice-versa. If you disable this option, moving the wheel down will scroll down.

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