An image on Apple's website illustrating the new touch gesture features in Mac OS X Lion. Picture: apple.com Source: Supplied
APPLE fans have been left wondering which way is up after a software upgrade that changed the way people scroll.
Mac OS X Lion promises to give users a "more hands on" experience by making their Macs feel more like an iPad with an increased range of touch features.
However one of those features, called "Natural Scrolling", has ? for some users ? turned the world upside-down.
When you're browsing an app or a webpage on an iPad, you "grab" the page and move your finger up to see further downwards. Traditionally, on a computer's trackpad, you do the opposite.
Natural Scrolling introduces iPad-style scrolling to the Mac ? effectively flipping it.
Though it may be designed to feel natural, many early users said the feature required them to unlearn how to use their computer.
Members of the media were no happier. On Gizmodo today, one headline read: "Screw Natural Scrolling. This Is Bulls--t."
Business Insider journalist Ellis Hamburger wrote of his experience: "I feel like I'm in the movie Inception and I'm trying to walk up a wall in front of me."
While the feature comes turned on by default, Apple fans were quick to point out that it was optional and could be switched off.
OS X Lion, the latest version of the Mac operating system, is not mandatory to install. It costs $31.99 to download through iTunes.
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