alibertiw01: 10.7: Change mouse scrollwheel direction only

Thursday, 28 July 2011

10.7: Change mouse scrollwheel direction only

So you are trying to live with the 'upside-down' world of Lion, and it works OK with the trackpad on your laptop but not with your wheel-mouse? Take a closer look at the shareware utility USB Overdrive.

With USB Overdrive, it is possible to alter any button on any input device like your mouse, and you can define specifics for a particular mouse or input device to suit your need.

All I did was to alter Wheel up and Wheel down for my mouse to be the opposite direction, so that Wheel up is 'down' and Wheel down is 'up,' and I can still retain the regular behavior for other devices.

[crarko adds: USB Overdrive has been handy for many years, and it's nice to see it still is.]