[X4U] I want my old Leopard scroll bars back!

[Randy B. Singer]

On Aug 2, 2012, at 6:57 PM, Crandon David wrote:

> Have any third party developers come out with a utility that will  
> change the scroll bars back to Snow Leopards larger, wider bars  
> that have arrows?

No, but you can get them to be quite a bit more like them.

System Preferences --> General
The middle section of the General preference pane controls when  
scroll bars appear and a few additional scroll bar options.
To return the scroll bars to their pre-Lion functionality, select  
"Always" from the Show Scroll Bars options.
The scroll bars will now always be visible, even when you're not  
scrolling.

System Preferences --> Mouse
Uncheck "Move content in the direction of finger movement when  
scrolling or navigating".
This will cause the scroll bars to move as they did previously.

In Mountain Lion, scroll-bars are wider than they are in Lion.
http://www.thetokyoblonde.net/new-scrollbars-in-os-x-10-8-mountain-lion/

I do recommend a scroll-wheel mouse to lessen the loss, if you don't  
already have one.

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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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