Using the Scroll Ball

By rolling the scroll ball (or a scroll wheel), you can quickly move the contents of a window up and down or left and right. If you’re not using Apple’s Magic Mouse, you may only be able to scroll up and down.

Note

Laptop trackpads do not have a scroll ball. To simulate scrolling with a trackpad on a new Mac laptop, press two fingertips on the trackpad and slide both fingers up/down or left/right. You can also scroll by holding one fingertip still and sliding a second fingertip up/down or left/right.

Here’s how scrolling works:

  1. Click the Finder icon on the Dock. The Finder window appears.

  2. Click Applications in the sidebar of the Finder window. The contents of the Applications folder appear in the right pane of the Finder window. ...

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