Scrolling is a hot topic for people who use MacBooks. Some people prefer the natural scrolling on the trackpad. Natural scrolling means that when you drag two fingers up on the trackpad, your Mac scrolls down. When you drag your fingers down, it scrolls up. It may sound counterintuitive, but it’s similar to how you would move a piece of paper in real life.

Your Mac comes with natural scrolling by default, which means you scroll in the opposite direction of your finger movements. Some people prefer this type of scrolling, but if you're used to Windows, you may want to turn it off.

Then there are people like me, who like natural scrolling on the trackpad, but prefer not to have reverse scrolling when using a physical mouse (or vice versa). MacBooks default to only letting you select one option for all inputs, so to enable this you’ll need Scroll Reverser, a free app that lets you set different scrolling directions for your trackpad and your physical mouse.

Once you install the app, it will ask for accessibility permissions, which allow the app to check what device you’re using and enable the appropriate settings for you. Grant these permissions. Scroll Reverser will then appear in the menu bar. Select the app and go to Preferences. Then check Enable Scroll Reverser and adjust your settings. I enable both Reverse Vertical and Reverse Mouse. Before you’re done, go to your Mac’s System Settings, go to the Trackpad section and toggle Natural Scrolling on or off based on what you want to set as the default. I like to leave it on.