The issue of scroll bars not appearing, or only appearing if you're in the process of scrolling a user interface was a mistake on Apple's part. Apple may have gone a little too far in its zeal to bring all things iOS to the Mac OS. While adding the option to allow scrollbars to behave like those in iOS is fine, the mistake was to set the scrollbars to work like iOS as the default. IOS and Mac devices have much in common, but one thing that is very different is the amount of screen real estate that is available to an app. Keeping scrollbars hidden in iOS apps makes sense as it allows an app to make the best use of the display size. But, on a Mac, it doesn't make a lot of sense to try and economize on-screen real estate, when in comparison there is so much space available.
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Seemingly, the primary reason to remove the scrollbar is that it is more aesthetically appealing. Although, it could possibly be because of the excessive amount of room that it occupies; in the limited display environment that iOS devices live in, that may be a good idea. But, on the Mac OS, it seems a little silly. By removing scroll bars, Apple removes a key visual benefit, which is the ability to know where you are in a document at all times. Scrollbars instantly show you your current position, as well what direction you may wish to move in to view the remaining document or go back to the beginning. Jump to the next page will move the contents of the window a page at a time, either up or down, depending on where you click on the scrollbar. Jump to the spot that’s clicked lets you fly to a point within the window's contents based on where you clicked on the scrollbar.
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If you click near the bottom, you'll go to the end of the document. If you click near the top, you'll go to the top of the window. And if you click somewhere in-between, you'll be moved to a spot in the document that matches up to where you clicked.
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Disabling scroll lock in macOS Disabling scroll lock on a Mac is just as easy—but only if you have a full-size keyboard. On an extended keyboard, hit the F14 button to turn scroll lock on and off. You may have to hit Shift + F14, depending on your settings.
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