I’ve mentioned this multiple times over the past few weeks, but my entire life I’ve been a Windows user, and only recently did I make the jump to macOS as part of my Mac Mini review. And while I’ve absolutely loved the hardware Apple has created here, macOS still requires a big adjustment period, and also a lot of changes.
A couple of weeks ago, I talked about five apps I installed to make the transition from Windows easier, but now, I want to highlight some of the settings I’ve changed on macOS itself to make it behave more like Windows 11. These don’t require installing anything, just changing the right settings on your computer, and combined with that previous list, you have a good handful of ways to feel at home on macOS.
Reverse mouse scrolling direction
This shouldn’t even be a problem
One of the most offensive things I noticed as soon as I started setting up my Mac Mini was that Apple sets the scrolling direction for the mouse wheel to be the opposite of how it is on Windows. It behaves more like a touchpad, where swiping down moves the page up, and vice versa. And it makes some sense because Apple’s own Magic Mouse uses a touchpad-like surface for scrolling.
But on a real mouse, this feels completely unnatural, so that was the first thing I had to change. To fix this, you can follow these steps:
- Click the Apple menu button on the top left corner of the screen and choose System settings.
- Scroll down the left-side pane of the settings window and open the Mouse section.
- Set the Natural scrolling toggle to Off.
That’s all it takes, and changes are saved instantly, so you can safely close out of the window.
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