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For OS X 10.7+: Download Scroll Reverser v1.7.6 (11 May 2017; release notes)
For OS X 10.4+: Download Scroll Reverser v1.5.1 (12 Mar 2012)
macOS 10.15 users: Scroll Reverser is currently NOT fully compatible with Catalina due to various issues with the new security and privacy settings. I am working on trying to get the bottom it but it has been a frustrating experience so far.
For Scroll Reverser to work you will need to have it enabled in both the Accessibility and Input Monitoring lists under System preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy. Even then it might not work, for no apparent reason..
For Scroll Reverser to work you will need to have it enabled in both the Accessibility and Input Monitoring lists under System preferences → Security & Privacy → Privacy. Even then it might not work, for no apparent reason..
Scroll Reverser is a free Mac app that reverses the direction of scrolling. It is available for macOS 10.4 onwards.
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It has independent settings for trackpads, mice and Wacom tablets, and for horizontal and vertical scrolling.
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Scroll Reverser was made by Nick Moore and other contributors. To get in touch, contact [email protected] or tweet @pilotmoon. Please also check out my other apps.
Scroll Reverser is free of charge and is made available under the Apache Licence 2.0. The source code is available.
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FAQ / Troubleshooting
It doesn't detect my trackpad. If you have an older Mac without a multi-touch trackpad (late 2007 and earlier) then Scroll Reverser will see your trackpad as a mouse. This also affects some Logitech external trackpads. I know of no fix.
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Can you make it reverse 3- and 4-finger swipes too? No, this is not possible. However, swipe direction respects the 'Scroll Direction: Natural' setting in System Preferences. Set that to your liking, then use Scroll Reverser to adjust scrolling with respect to that base setting.
Can you make it reverse scrolling on volume sliders? No, this is not possible.
Why is Start at Login not working? Start at Login may fail if Scroll Reverser is not in your /Applications folder.
I am controlling a machine via remote desktop, and Scroll Reverser is running on both the local and remote machine. Anything I can do to make it work nicely? Run this command at terminal on the remote machine:
defaults write com.pilotmoon.scroll-reverser ReverseOnlyRawInput -bool YES
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Release Notes
v1.7.6 (11 May 2017)
- Some internal changes to the way preferences are loaded. (As part of investigating Issue #38: Scroll reverser preferences randomly change.)
- Translation updates, including a new Norwegian translation (thanks, Patrick).
v1.7.5 (24 Apr 2017)
- Fixes the following problems:
- Presence of Scroll Reverser triggering additional security dialogs (for example, in Keychain permissions dialogs);
- 'Shake to locate cursor' not working with Trackpad while Scroll Reverser is running;
- Notification center getting stuck half-open while Scroll Reverser is running.
- Added Simplified Chinese (zh-CN) translation. (Thanks, Ruocheng Wang.)
- Added Dutch translation. (Thanks, Erik.)
v1.7.4 (11 Nov 2016)
- The relaunch-on-wake implementation is now more robust.
- A small correction to the Polish translation.
v1.7.3 (7 Nov 2016)
- Scroll Reverser now silently relaunches itself when your Mac wakes from sleep. (This is because of the ongoing problem where macOS sometimes stops sending gesture events to Scroll Reverser after awaking from sleep, preventing it from telling the difference between trackpad and mouse. Hopefully, this will help.)
- Added Hungarian and Polish translations. (Thanks, Léki and Artur.)
- Fixed a bug where, on unchecking 'Show in menu bar', the 'Icon Hidden' message would appear multiple times.
v1.7.2 (26 May 2015)
- Fixes for bug where Scroll Reverser would sometimes stop working, requiring app restart. (Now it should hopefully not stop working, and if it does you can just toggle Scroll Reverser off/on to reset it.)
- You can now right-click (or control-click) the menu bar icon to toggle Scroll Reverser on/off.
- New algorithm to (hopefully) distinguish more accurately between trackpad and mouse.
- Added a debug console to help with fault-finding. To show the debug window, option-click (⌥-click) the Scroll Reverser menu bar icon.
- Added Korean, Russian, Slovak and Traditional Chinese translations. (Thanks Josef, Byungkook Jang, Dmitry, and Johnny.)
v1.7.1 (7 Jan 2015)
- Fixed bug (introduced in v1.7) where Scroll Reverser would sometimes stop working after using it for a while.
- Added Romanian translation. (Thanks, Gabriel.)
v1.7 (18 Dec 2014)
- Brand new preferences window to replace the clunky old menu.
- Important fixes for compatibility with the upcoming Yosemite update 10.10.2.
- Adds AppleScript support for turning Scroll Reverser on and off.
- Now treats a Wacom mouse's scrolling as coming from a mouse, rather than a tablet.
- Gave the app icon a freshen up.
- Localized in Brazilian Portuguese, German, Greek, Italian, and Japanese. (Thanks, Humberto, Peter, Nikos, Vincenzo and Fu-sen.)
v1.6.1 (25 Sep 2014)
- Updated for OS X Yosemite. (Specifically, the menu bar icon now supports Dark Mode.)
v1.6 (21 May 2013)
- Updated the status icon for retina displays.
- Better accuracy detecting traditional wheel mice from trackpads. (No change to Magic and Mighty mouse detection.)
- Added the option to automatically check for updates.
- Fix minor bug which casused a console warning about 'scrollPhase is deprecated..'.
- Requires OS X 10.7 Lion and above. (Version 1.5.1 still supports 10.4 and above.)
v1.5.1 (12 March 2012)
- Signed with a Developer ID for OS X 10.8 Gatekeeper.
v1.5 (23 February 2012)
- Now works with OS X 10.4 Tiger.
- More reliable detection between mouse and trackpad.
- Fixed a bug that led to high memory usage.
- Added a welcome window that appears on the first run.
- Added German localization. (Thanks, Peter.)
v1.4.4 (29 September 2011)
- Fixed a memory leak.
- Fixed a problem with the Italian localization.
- Added Romanian localization. (Thanks, Gabriel.)
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v1.4.3 (9 September 2011)
- Added French localization. (Thanks, Marcel and E.)
v1.4.2 (18 August 2011)
- Changed default on Lion to not reverse horizontal scrolling.
- Added Spanish localization. (Thanks, Pedro.)
v1.4.1 (18 August 2011)
- Restored PowerPC and 32-bit Intel support.
- Better Wacom tablet detection.
v1.4 (11 August 2011)
- Added independent settings for horizontal and vertical scrolling.
- Added independent settings for scrolling with trackpad, mouse and Wacom tablet.
- Fixed a Firefox compatibility problem.
- Dropped PowerPC and Intel 32-bit support (by mistake).
- Added Italian localization. (Thanks, Vincenzo.)
v1.3 (28 June 2011)
- Added PowerPC support.
- Added Greek localization. (Thanks, ecrisis.)
v1.2 (11 April 2011)
- Added option to hide the menu bar icon.
- Added Brazilian Portuguese localization. (Thanks, Humberto.)
v1.1 (1 April 2011)
- Bugfixes.
v1.0 (8 March 2011)
- Initial release.
Summary
If you don't like your new macOS Catalina or current Mojave, you can downgrade the macOS without losing data on your own. You need first backup important Mac data to an external hard drive and then you can apply effective methods offered by EaseUS on this page to downgrade Mac OS. Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, and El Capitan, etc. modern Mac OS X are all supported.
Are you trying to revert or downgrade your new macOS or Mac OS X to the previous version on the Mac computer? If yes, stay here. Just follow the provided guidance below to bring your previous macOS or Mac OS X back without losing any data:
Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Method 1. Use Time Machine | Start Mac and hold Command + R keys > Enter Recovery Mode > Insert Time Machine drive..Full steps |
Method 2. Use USB Bootable Drive | Back up data first > Plug in USB and launch Disk Utility > Erase USB > Rename it as 'My Volume'..Full steps |
Bonus Tip. Recover Data | After reverting macOS or Mac OS X, run EaseUS Mac file recovery software > Scan and recover lost data ..Full steps |
Methods on this page can be applied to all Mac systems including the latest Catalina, Mojave, High Sierra, Sierra, and old Mac OS El Capitan, etc.
Tip: Backup Mac data before downgrading macOS or Mac OS X
It's highly recommended for you to back up all important Mac data first before you start downgrading Mac OS to an older system.
You can either choose third-party Mac backup software to back up Mac data to an external hard drive at once or choose Time Machine to back up all wanted data with ease.
Considering data security, it's also highly recommended for you to backup all important data into an external hard drive.
If you prefer to use Time Machine, here are the details:
- Click 'Finder' > 'Preference'> Check 'Hard disks box' underShow these items on the desktop.
- Open the backup disk and create a file folder and name it, for example, 'My Backup'.
- Open the Mac disk and click'Users' file folder > Select all files and data that you want to back up and drag to the My Backup file folder.
Wait for the process to finish. After backing up all data, then you can start downgrade or revert Mac OS with ease. Here, you'll find two methods for you to downgrade Mac OS and you can choose either one as a guide.
Method 1. Downgrade macOS or Mac OS X with Time Machine
- Notice:
- This method applies to downgrade macOS: Mojave to High Sierra, High Sierra to Sierra and downgrade Mac OS X: Yosemite to El Capitan, etc.
- This method is designed for those users who have used Time Machine to back up their Mac data including the Mac OS when it was running the previous old system.
So if you have created backups for your Mac data and Mac OS, follow the below steps for a guide. If you haven't created such a backup, please jump to Method 2 to downgrade Mac OS.
- 1. Start or restart your Mac and hold command+ R keys to enter theRecovery Mode, or hold the Option/Alt and then choose the Recovery option.
- 2. Insert the hard drive used for Time Machine and chooseto Restore from Time Machine Backup under OS X Utility, choose the inserted hard drive.
- 3. Choose the most recent data and time when the Mac was still running the current macOS.
- 4. Select the main disk drive where the backup was stored and it is usually named Macintosh HD. Click Restore.
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Then all you need is to wait for the computer to restore and gain Yosemite again. It will usually take a few hours or all day long, depending on how much data need to be restored.
Method 2. Create USB Boot Drive and Revert Back to Old macOS or Mac OS X
This method is set for users who have no Time Machine backups. And if you have no backups of your current macOS or Mac OS, use Time Machine to back up your important data first and the system first.
Then follow below steps to downgrade Mac OS now: (The ways to download new macOS and old Mac OS X are different. Make sure that you've followed the right guide for downgrading Mac system.)
Downgrade macOS (e.g: Downgrade macOS Mojave to High Sierra)
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- 1. Plug an external USB drive (with 16GB min), launch Disk Utility and select the USB drive, click Erase.
- 2. Rename the USB drive as 'MyVolume' and choose APFS or Mac OS Extended as the format, click Erase. Quit Disk Utility when the process is done.
3. To to Finder and launch Terminal, type: -sudo /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume /Volumes/MyVolume --applicationpath /Applications/Install macOS High Sierra.app and hit Return.
- 4. Enter your Admin Password as required, wait until the process is done.
- 5. Restart the Mac, hold the Option key.
- 6. When the option to select a boot disk appears, choose the installer disk (the external USB drive) you created.
- 7. High Sierra will start the installing process. When it's finished, restart your Mac and the Startup Assistant will appear. Then go through the steps to set up your Mac.
If your Mac is shipped with Mojave, you can directly downgrade Catalina to Mojave with below tips:
- 1. Restart Mac, hold Command + Option + Shift + R keys to boot into Recovery Mode. You can also press Command + R to enter the Recovery Mode.
- 2. Click on 'Disk Utility', select the disk with Mojave installed, and click 'Erase'.
- 3. Rename the disk, select Mac OS Extended or APFS as the file format, click 'Erase'. Quick Disk Utility by then.
- 4. Re-enter the Recovery Mode, and select 'Reinstall MacOS' and press 'Continue'.
By doing so, the old High Sierra will be installed on your Mac automatically.
Downgrade Mac OS X (e.g: Downgrade Mac OS X Yosemite to El Capitan)
- 1. Download the OS X Yosemite installer from Mac App Store.
- 2. Download the Diskmaker X app to create a bootable USB drive for El Capitan downgrade.
- 3. Insert a USB drive into Mac, launch Diskmaker X and choose OS X Yosemite 10.10. Then the Diskmaker X will do the rest jobs for you.
- 4. Keep the USB drive inserted into PC, restart Mac. Hole Option/Alt and chose USB drive in the menu while rebooting Mac.
- 5. Go to Utilities and select Disk Utility at the Install OS X menu.
- 6. Select Macintosh HD and choose Erase. Be sure that selected under the Format field is Mac OS Extended (Journaled).
- 7. Return to Install OS X menu and select Continue to begin the installation of OS X Yosemite.
- 8. After all these, all you need is to be patient for installing Yosemite in your Mac.
Bonus Tip: Restore Lost Data after Downgrading macOS/Mac OS X(without backups)
This method is for users who have forgotten to back up important data before downgrading Mac OS. And if you lost data after Mac OS reinstallation or downgrading, here is the solution - to restore lost data after Mac OS X downgrading or reinstallation with powerful Mac data recovery software.
EaseUS Mac data recovery software supports to restore whatever you lost in Mac and it's fully compatible with all Mac OS above 10.8
And if you happen to lost important data after Mac OS downgrading, let EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac help you out. Three steps will do all jobs.
Step 1. Select the disk location (it can be an internal HDD/SSD or a removable storage device) where you lost data and files. Click the Scan button.
Step 2. EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard for Mac will immediately scan your selected disk volume and display the scanning results on the left pane.
Step 3. In the scan results, select the file(s) and click Recover Now button to have them back.