This one is for the PC-to-Mac switcers. Incase you have made the transition or have to use the Mac ocassionally, you will see that the Mac is not as friendly as it is supposed to be. Its because you are not used to the way things are on the Mac.
One such nuance that can cause a bit of frustration is the arrows on the scrollbar. On a Windows computer, the corresponding arrows are at the ends of the scrollbar but on a Mac the arrows are together. Luckily there is a way to change this to the way it looks in Windows, open System Preferences (there should be an icon in the Dock) and click on Appearance. In the Appearance pane, you will see the option to change the arrow position
For good or bad, there are no Ok | Cancel | Apply buttons as in windows, so once you change it, the change will be applied.
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Thanks for the information. Well I switched and still want to change the rounded scroll bar to windows look a like. This helps
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the mac way of scrollbar arrows is much more intelligent from a ux perspective. if you use them, e.g. for scrolling down, you often want to scroll upwards, too.
on windows, you have to move your mouse over the whole scrollbar to reach the other arrow. on mac, you simply move it some pixels upwards/downwards to click the other arrow
Which reminds me, when the Mac starts up it puts the mouse cursor at the very top left of the screen, and I almost always have to move it all the way down to the Dock area, the entire screen. Highly annoying. Especially on a big monitor. Windows starts the mouse cursor off in the middle of the screen, which is at least closer to the start menu and quick-launch areas.
Now if somebody came up with a system that remembered where my first click usually is and defaults the mouse cursor near there, that would be awesome!
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