| Tip 3 | Stop Scrollbars from Disappearing |
In recent versions of OS X, the once reliable notion of scrollbars appearing at the right and (sometimes) bottom of the screen has seen some attention from Apple’s software engineers.
In OS X Mountain Lion the scrollbars are invisible unless you scroll the document or simply place two fingers on the trackpad. This leaves those who like to click and grab the scroller in the lurch, because if you move the mouse cursor to where the scrollbar usually is, there’s nothing there—both the vertical and horizontal scrollbars (if the window has one) remain invisible!
Within System Preferences (Apple menu→System Preferences), you can opt to always have the scrollbar always visible—click the General icon, and select ...
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