Quick answer: Open System Settings. For a mouse, go to Mouse and raise the Scrolling speed slider. For a trackpad, go to Accessibility → Pointer Control → Trackpad Options and raise the Scrolling speed slider.
Mouse scrolling speed
- Open the Apple menu () → System Settings.
- Click Mouse in the sidebar.
- Drag the Scrolling speed slider toward the right (faster).
Trackpad scrolling speed
The main Trackpad pane only controls the pointer (tracking) speed. The trackpad's scrolling speed lives under Accessibility:
- Open System Settings → Accessibility.
- Choose Pointer Control, then click Trackpad Options…
- Raise the Scrolling speed slider, then click OK.
Bonus: if scrolling feels "backwards," that's Natural scrolling. Toggle it under System Settings → Trackpad → Scroll & Zoom → Natural scrolling. For finer, app-by-app control, free tools like Mos or LinearMouse let you tune scroll smoothing and speed beyond Apple's slider.
The fastest scroll is no scroll
Most of the time, you turn up scroll speed because you're trying to get somewhere specific — usually the very top or the very bottom of a long page. And no slider setting beats not scrolling at all.
To jump straight there, use ⌘ + ↑ (top) and ⌘ + ↓ (bottom) in most apps — though, as Mac shortcuts go, they don't work everywhere.
Or skip the scrolling entirely
Scroll Elevator drops jump-to-top and jump-to-bottom buttons at your cursor the moment you scroll. One click lands you at the top or bottom of any app — no slider tuning, no held keys. And if you do want to glide, hold a button to cruise at a speed that ramps the longer you hold.