Jeff Johnson is the hero behindStopTheMadness , Link Unshortener , and other must - have web browser and societal - medium utilities that let you override and shoot down web site ’ attack to commandeer ascendence of your pointer , mouse , and Control - click . ( I gave StopTheMadness5 out of 5 stars in a Mac Gems revaluation last year . )
But what has he done for us lately ? He ’s figure out how to incapacitate unruffled scrolling , a surprise feature film added by Apple in Safari 16.4 for macOS . If you did n’t notice , with this version of Safari , beseech and releasing the down or up arrow on a Safari pageboy scrolls the page continuously until you tap a key or utilize a computer mouse to regain control . The modification is dumbfound . Who asked for this ? Why introduce it in mid - stream ? And , the biggest question of all : why is there no checkbox to disable it ?
Johnson has documented a multi - step procedure to pay off this problem . Youcan read his quick postor this more elaborate footfall - by - step here if you ’re unfamiliar with Safari ’s Debug mode and the Terminal .
System Settings/Preferences
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macOS Ventura : Open > System configurations > Privacy & Securityand go to the Privacy section ( shown above ) .
macOS Monterey and elder : Open > System Preferences > Security&Privacyand cluck on thePrivacysection to open it .
Full Disk Access
macOS Ventura : ClickFull Disk Access(shown above ) .
macOS Monterey and old : SelectFull Disk Accessin the left newspaper column . Click the lock icon at the bottom - left of the preferences window and authenticate with Touch ID , your parole , or a Watch .
Activate Terminal
macOS Ventura : Look forTerminalin the main window and sky its switch on ( designate above ) . You will have to enter an executive username and password after flip the switch .
macOS Monterey and older : In the main section of the window , you will see a list of apps . Click the “ + ” button and sail to Applications > Utilities . You should discover the Terminal app there ; choose the Terminal icon and then fall into place theOpenbutton .
closemouthed System options / Preferences .
Activate the Safari Debug menu
In bothmacOS Ventura and Monterey :
Safari Debug setting
When you activate the Safari Debug menu , it stays on even after you adjust the fluid keyboard scrolling setting . If you want to remove the Debug menu , repetition step 4 , but copy and paste this command into the Terminal instead and hit Return :
Thanks to Johnson for uncover a buried closed book that should be a Safari checkbox !
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