Scrolling with an apple mouse

Change mouse tracking, double-click, and scrolling speed on Mac

To work more comfortably, change the way your mouse responds as you move it. A wireless mouse must be connected with your Mac to make the changes below.

On your Mac, choose Apple menu

> System Preferences, then click Mouse .

Move the sliders to change any of the following:

Tip: As you adjust the sliders, try moving and clicking your mouse to see the effect of your changes.

Tracking: Adjusts how fast the pointer moves when you drag the mouse.

Double-Click: Adjusts how rapidly you must click for your Mac to recognize a double-click.

Scrolling (if your mouse has a scroll ball or wheel): Adjusts how quickly the pointer moves when you scroll.

If you use a Magic Mouse or other device with multiple buttons, you see additional options. For example, you can change an option for how you secondary click (or Control-click) the mouse.

If you have trouble using a mouse, you can turn on Mouse Keys, then use the keyboard or a numeric keypad to move the mouse pointer and click. See Control the pointer using Mouse Keys on Mac.

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Question: Q: Set scroll direction independently for mouse and trackpad

I use multiple pointing devices, including a mouse and Apple Magic Trackpad, and it is very frustrating that it is not possible to configure the Mac so that both devices scroll in the standard direction for those device types.

By scroll in the «standard direction» I mean:

• For a mouse, the standard scrolling direction is where you rotate the wheel towards you and the page scrolls down. This is the way that mouse scroll wheels have worked since they were invented in the mid-1990s.
• Touch-based surfaces on the other hand generally work on a «drag» paradigm. The standard scrolling direction is where you drag the page in the direction you want the page to move (not the direction you want to scroll), so dragging upwards makes the page move upwards, which lets you view content further down the page, so you scroll down. This is the way that touch-based surfaces have worked since they first became popular in the mid-2000s.

There is a setting in OS X to reverse the direction of scrolling under System Preferences > Mouse > Scroll direction: natural, and also under System Preferences > Trackpad > Scroll & Zoom > Scroll direction: natural. But these both control the same setting, so if you change one, the other updates too.

The problem is that it is impossible to get both devices to scroll in standard direction at the same time.

If you DISABLE «Scroll direction: natural» in System Preferences, then:

• Mouse scroll direction is CORRECT (i.e. rotate wheel towards you = scroll DOWN)
• Trackpad scroll direction is INCORRECT (i.e. drag the page up makes it move down = scroll UP)

If you ENABLE «Scroll direction: natural» in System Preferences, then:

• Mouse scroll direction is INCORRECT (i.e. rotate wheel towards you = scroll UP)
• Trackpad scroll direction is CORRECT (i.e. drag the page up makes it move up = scroll DOWN)

So the problem is that whichever way you set it, something is always broken. If you set it to «natural», the mouse is wrong and the trackpad is right. If you set it to non-«natural», the trackpad is wrong and the mouse is right.

The problem would be solved if OS X allowed the «Scroll direction: natural» setting to be made independently for mouse and trackpad. If I could set them independently, then I would set it to «non-natural» for mouse, and «natural» for Trackpad, and then everything would be correct as far as I’m concerned!

I don’t think I’m asking for anything weird here. All I want is for a scroll-wheel to behave like a scroll-wheel, and a touch-based surface to behave like a touch-based surface.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

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Question: Q: No scrolling with a Magic Mouse in Windows 10.

Unfortunately, I still have to run Windows occasionally as some software for work only runs in Windows. I’ve upgraded from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Seems the scrolling capability in the Magic Mouse has «disappeared» in W10. Any suggestions to get it back?

MacBook Air, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 1, 2015 2:10 AM

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did you install the bootcamp drivers required to use the various apple spec stuff after you installing w10 ?

if not do that, officially only win8.1 is supported so you have to hope the win8.1 drivers works otherwise you need to wait for next version of bootcamp

Aug 1, 2015 4:41 AM

You just need to reinstall the Boot Camp driver for the mouse in Windows 10. I was experiencing the same issue and did a quick reinstall of just the mouse driver.

I already had a folder with the lasted Boot Camp drivers on my Windows drive. I just went to the folder, and then went to the path BootCamp/Drivers/Apple and double-clicked on the AppleWirelessMouse64 driver to install.

Aug 1, 2015 4:49 AM

Just reinstalling the Apple Wireless Mouse driver didn’t work for me. However, I did a complete Bootcamp driver reinstall and that did the trick. It turned out that it was the Bluetooth driver I needed. For some reason before the reinstall Windows 10 wasn’t even listing Bluetooth devices in its Settings.

Aug 7, 2015 6:37 AM

Thanks everyone! As Emma did, I ended up having to re-install all the drivers with Bootcamp.

Aug 8, 2015 12:31 AM

I did not update the drivers and directly installed windows 10(as there was this option comiing on the bottom right of my screen).

Then after installing i realised that the scrolling is not working.

I read everywhere that apple has released the drivers to support windows 10.

Does this mean i have to update the drivers and then again reinstall windows on my mac? i dont want to do that. its a long process.

Aug 23, 2015 7:24 AM

Now that the drivers are updated and support windows 10, what do i have to do so as to make the mouse scrolling work on my windows 10?

i have already installed windows 10 i.e before the bootcamp driver’s update were released by apple.

Aug 23, 2015 7:27 AM

Why does every place I go to recommend this link? All they have there is «Open Bootcamp Assistant and download a 600Mb disc image onto a drive you need to format for this purpose»

How does that compare with «How to fix the mouse driver?»

All I want is a link to the download, not instructions on how to go to the store to buy a new flash drive, come home, boot to my Mac and create an installation partition, download the Windows ISO and and and and. i just want the drivers. Is there no way to get the drivers only?

Aug 22, 2016 5:03 AM

All I want is a link to the download, not instructions on how to go to the store to buy a new flash drive, come home, boot to my Mac and create an installation partition, download the Windows ISO and and and and. i just want the drivers. Is there no way to get the drivers only?

Yes, you can get the drivers for your Mac using BC Assistant. This is for El Capitan.

You can also use Brigadier — https://github.com/timsutton/brigadier — and download the DMG with the drivers for your specific Mac Model Identifier. The Mac Model Identifier is shown in System Report -> Hardware.

Aug 22, 2016 7:30 AM

For me it was related to the fact that in the device manager of Windows 10 (Creator’s edition) the Bluetooth Driver from Apple was not installed. Once installed, the Magic Mouse scrolling works as expected on an iMac 27″ (2013). Hope this helps.

Apr 30, 2017 10:36 PM

Best answer.

I installed Bootcamp Bluetooth and Wireless drivers and it worked perfectly.

Just restarting the PC and Voila

Aug 9, 2017 3:21 PM

I also got this problem but it doesn’t work with all reply above. I already downloaded new bootcamp driver then I remove old device driver and reinstall again but scroll still didn’t work.

Does apple have fix??

Aug 21, 2017 8:37 PM

Try to setup.exe from the Bootcamp folder of the BC drivers USB. What is the year/model of your Mac?

Aug 22, 2017 12:48 AM

i already try it. When i run it run repair then nothing change. My mac book pro is Mid 2015. And i use the newest Windows and Mac OS

Aug 22, 2017 5:13 AM

Do you have any unknown devices in Device Manager? What type of a Mouse/Trackpad do you have — internal or external?

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Question: Q: Magic Mouse 1 not scrolling

Just updated my iPad Pro to iPadOS 13.4, and was able to pair my Magic Mouse 1 to it. Point and click work just fine, however can’t get scrolling gesture to work. Is this a known bug or is it just me ?

iPad Pro 10.5-inch, Wi-Fi

Posted on Mar 24, 2020 1:16 PM

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Shame on you Apple, this is really ridiculous!!

Apr 2, 2020 2:25 AM

Same here. I just red the Magic Trackpad 1 does not support scrolling. Ridiculous on Apple’s part.

Mar 24, 2020 1:45 PM

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Same here. I just red the Magic Trackpad 1 does not support scrolling. Ridiculous on Apple’s part.

Mar 24, 2020 1:45 PM

The original Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad ARE NOT compatible with iPad and iPadOS 13/13.4.

Mar 24, 2020 10:06 PM

Apple, really. is that a joke? what the **** is going on with you. i can’t scrolling with the fuc. apple magic mouse.

Mar 25, 2020 3:50 AM

In fact they partly are (clicking, text selection and dragging Is supported) but not for scrolling.

if you check the supported device they both are listed. But then there is the small characters I posted earlier.

Mar 25, 2020 5:12 AM

But in the documentation for this feature, as you highlighted, Apple stated scrolling anf gestures are NOT supported.

Mar 25, 2020 9:13 AM

How is it I can scroll with a MS mouse that cost less than 10 UKIP connected to iPad Pro 10.5 via USB with camera connector, but not with Magic Mouse 1?

The following Live Photo shows this. Hopefully the “live” photo will work in this forum. Alas it seems live does not work but you can clearly see the scroll bar that pops up when I move the scroll wheel.

Shame MM1 not supported, but will I spend 66 UKP (Amazon) or 79 UKP (Apple) for new mouse, probably not.

Mar 26, 2020 5:54 AM

Shame on you Apple, this is really ridiculous!!

Apr 2, 2020 2:25 AM

Apple documentation is very clear as to the user interface devices supported by the iPadOS 13.4 update. The Apple Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse 2 and Magic Trackpad 2 all have full support — plus generic support is added for third-party input devices.

The original Magic Mouse and Trackpad were not designed or intended to operate with iPadOS — and whilst not supported by iPadOS, remain fully operable with the Mac computers for which they were designed to operate.

Generic device support provides basic input functionality. For example, many Mice require a manufacturer-supplied “driver” to be installed to enable additional “buttons” (beyond the basic/generic left/right mouse-buttons) and any proprietary “touch” functionality. Additional device driver installation is not (and never has been) supported on iOS platforms. For this reason, basic devices, such as a “basic” mouse seem to have full OS support — whereas a feature-rich Mouse (with many bells-and-whistles) only provides its basic functions when connected to iPad.

Many here are clearly disappointed in that the older-generation Magic Mouse/Trackpad, expressly designed for Mac, are not supported by iPadOS — however, all computing systems have limits as to the type of devices that it can support. Older hardware and devices are often not forward-compatible with new operating systems.

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Question: Q: ‘Magic’ mouse does not scroll

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 17, 2012 8:21 AM

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is it supposed to actually scroll down the page like a wheel would do when you rub your finger along the top;

It scrolls up and down when you rub your finger vertically. It will do the same for horizontal scrolling when you rub the finger horizontally.

Sorry about the acronyms — I sometimes «assume» things — and you know what that does. 😉

SMC=system management controller — reset like this:

PRAM=parameter random-access memory — reset like this:

Both of those sometimes fix odd problems. Neither operation will harm anything.

Jul 18, 2012 3:12 AM

I think you need to look at my first post again. Within System Preferences is a section called Universal Access. It’s separate from the Mouse options. Within that section is the scrolling option as described above. You stated you couldn’t find it but you’ll need to.

Edit: I also assume you’re running Lion 10.7.x as your profile indicates.

Jul 18, 2012 6:05 AM

Look in System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab > Mouse options.. button > check scrolling.

Jul 17, 2012 3:57 PM

Thanks; but I’ve done that already; I ticked everything in ‘Mouse’ in System Preferences (though I can’t see ‘universal access’ — it’s just ‘mouse’). Everything is ticked, & the ‘tracking’ slider is set to max. It does absolutely nothing when I slide my finger down it — in any direction. In fact if I press too hard to try to get it to work, it thinks I’m trying to click something. All I get is the slider bar at the side! Very frustrating; is it broken? It’s brand new. I’ve already ordered a mouse with a scroll button from Amazon, as this gimmicky thing clearly doesn’t work. The trouble is I can’t even sell it if it’s not working!

Jul 18, 2012 12:10 AM

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Look in System Preferences > Universal Access > Mouse & Trackpad tab > Mouse options.. button > check scrolling.

Jul 17, 2012 3:57 PM

Thanks; but I’ve done that already; I ticked everything in ‘Mouse’ in System Preferences (though I can’t see ‘universal access’ — it’s just ‘mouse’). Everything is ticked, & the ‘tracking’ slider is set to max. It does absolutely nothing when I slide my finger down it — in any direction. In fact if I press too hard to try to get it to work, it thinks I’m trying to click something. All I get is the slider bar at the side! Very frustrating; is it broken? It’s brand new. I’ve already ordered a mouse with a scroll button from Amazon, as this gimmicky thing clearly doesn’t work. The trouble is I can’t even sell it if it’s not working!

Jul 18, 2012 12:10 AM

Cutting through your rant. I am not an apologist for Apple, but no one makes devices that are perfect all the time.

The scroll wheel is a matter of preference. Mine is that not having a wheel is one less thing to gum up and go wrong.

If the mouse is new, either call Applecare with a warranty issue, or take it to a store for replacement.

If you want to try something, reset the SMC and PRAM.

Jul 18, 2012 2:46 AM

Thank you; I do realise I can take it back to the shop if it’s broken, but I was just trying to understand whether it is in fact broken, or this is how it is actually supposed to work! I.e. is it supposed to actually scroll down the page like a wheel would do when you rub your finger along the top; or is the full extent of it’s function simply to make the scroll bar appear?!

‘SMC and PRAM’. (Sorry, I’ve got no idea what these acronyms stand for).

Jul 18, 2012 2:56 AM

is it supposed to actually scroll down the page like a wheel would do when you rub your finger along the top;

It scrolls up and down when you rub your finger vertically. It will do the same for horizontal scrolling when you rub the finger horizontally.

Sorry about the acronyms — I sometimes «assume» things — and you know what that does. 😉

SMC=system management controller — reset like this:

PRAM=parameter random-access memory — reset like this:

Both of those sometimes fix odd problems. Neither operation will harm anything.

Jul 18, 2012 3:12 AM

Thanks. Well it does neither of these — no scrolling of any nature at all! I will try these resets later when I get home, but am inclined to just take it back to the shop as it clearly seems to be broken.

Jul 18, 2012 5:56 AM

I think you need to look at my first post again. Within System Preferences is a section called Universal Access. It’s separate from the Mouse options. Within that section is the scrolling option as described above. You stated you couldn’t find it but you’ll need to.

Edit: I also assume you’re running Lion 10.7.x as your profile indicates.

Jul 18, 2012 6:05 AM

Thanks; I turned everything I could find in ‘Universal Access’ up to the maximum setting — & it ‘sort of’ scrolls now; but not how I would expect it to; it sticks all the time, or thinks I’m trying to click something, & I still end up having to use the scroll bar at the side. I think in conclusion it’s a shoddy, badly designed product — Apple is not impressing me so far!

But thanks all for your help; I do appreciate it! (NB: Captfred, I did try to mark your post as ‘this helped me’, but it told me I’d used up all my available points!)

Jul 18, 2012 2:25 PM

I’ve been poking about in the forums, and it seems a lot of people have trouble with the mouse wheel stickiing. It is not an issue of Universal Access. It’s that the mouse is not well designed. Apple Support suggested cleaning it, which sometimes works but not all the time. Shaking it seems to help. Having it work right in the first placce would be better.

Today, I can track down a page but not up. Excuse me while I go find something to clean it with

Oct 18, 2012 12:26 PM

Open System Preferences, click on Accessibility, (in System Group) choose Mouse & Trackpad from the left pane, click on Mouse Options and check the Scrolling option. You can also experiment with interia settings which change the behavior of up and down scrolling.

Oct 19, 2012 7:46 AM

You might note in my original post that I said the problem is not Universal Access. By that you may have inferred that I had tried that route. The scroll button works when it wants to. Just now I can scroll down but not up; sometimes I can scroll up but not down; at other times it was stuck both directions. The lady at the Mac store said to clean it. I do that. I shake it. Sometimes it works. If I have to replace this mouse, it probably won’t be with the Apple product. By the way, there is no Universal Access in Mountain Lion. It’s simplh Accessibility .

Oct 19, 2012 3:11 PM

Delete the extension named USBOverdrive.kext in the extensions folder under \System\Library\Extensions. Restart the computer and it work.

Feb 1, 2013 12:21 AM

OK — a mighty mouse has a scroll ball — a magic mouse has no scroll ball. The confused posts about a wheel or ball when talking about a magic mouse are making me nuts. The genetleman who mentionned things about the universal Access is right.

HOWEVER you must choose «universal access -> mouse -> options» once the MAGIC mouse is operating and in control of the cursor. If you are trying to find this mysterious button using your mighty mouse it will never show up. Universal access is smart enough to know which kind of mouse or trackpad is connected and what options apply.

GO backl turn on your magic mouse then access universal access and rinse and repeat .

Aug 8, 2013 2:35 PM

You are mixing magic meese and mighty meese — a magic mouse indeed has no scroll wheel button, lever, or other physical gimmick. A mighty mouse on the other hand does have a scroll ball which does get crudded up and des occasionally need cleaning — whihc exact mouse do you have and neither mouse has a wheel.

Aug 8, 2013 2:39 PM

You last responders slay me. It doesn’t matter a cluck what Apple calls the mouse, the one with the *trackball doesn’t always work. Cleaning the *trackwheel, trackball or whatever you want to call the giz is a good idea, but other than shaking it upside down while manipulating the *trackwheel, trackball or whatevermI don’t have an idea HOW to clean it. At least I can spell «rinse.»

Aug 8, 2013 3:50 PM

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