How to fix choppy scrolling on 10.9 Mavericks?

I just upgraded my mid-2012 MacBook Air to 10.9. Now whenever I scroll down a page, the effect is very choppy. The scrolling seems to stop and start very quickly. Also, sometimes the left part of the page will scroll down but the right part of the page will stay put for a fraction of a second. The net effect is very flickery and distracting.

Any ideas on how to fix this? Slighly different case, but this guy was able to solve a very similar problem (external monitor) by opening AutoCAD (what the heck?).

I also tried resetting the SMC as recommended here. Still no luck.

Solution 1:

Try System Preferences -> Energy Saver -> Automatic graphics switching -> Off

Solution 2:

Not a cure, but here is a temporary solution.

• Go to Apple menu at the top left corner of your screen, then go to System Preferences.
• Under the personal heading click General,
• Under Show scroll bars, click Always.

This worked for me.

Solution 3:

Finally figured out the scrolling issues:

1. Go to System Preferences → Accessibility → Mouse & Trackpad
2. Go to Trackpad Options…
3. Set Scrolling to max speed and 'with inertia'