{"id":26584,"date":"2017-05-23T06:40:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T10:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/?p=26584"},"modified":"2017-05-22T09:44:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T13:44:34","slug":"the-quick-trick-for-magnifying-your-macs-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/the-quick-trick-for-magnifying-your-macs-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quick Trick for Magnifying Your Mac\u2019s Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how good your eyes are, at some point there will be something on your Mac\u2019s screen that\u2019s just too small to see well. With just a minute of setup, you can take advantage of a macOS feature that lets you zoom the screen right where the pointer is. Open System Preferences &gt; Accessibility &gt; Zoom, and select \u201cUse scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom.\u201d Choose which modifier key you\u2019d like from the pop-up menu\u2014we like Control. From then on, when you want to zoom in, hold down the Control key and use the gesture you use to scroll, whether it\u2019s a two-fingered swipe up on the trackpad or an old-style mouse\u2019s scroll wheel. The screen will zoom where the pointer is\u2014the more you scroll, the higher the zoom level. To zoom back out, hold Control and scroll down.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-1024x663.png\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-1024x663.png 1024w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-768x497.png 768w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-1080x699.png 1080w, https:\/\/tcn.tidbits.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen.png 1338w\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"381\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 588px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 588\/381;\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No matter how good your eyes are, at some point there will be something on your Mac\u2019s screen that\u2019s just too small to see well. With just a minute of setup, you can take advantage of a macOS feature that lets you zoom the screen right where the pointer is. Open System Preferences &gt; Accessibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[39,5,206,60,196,207,57,208],"tags":[221,219,220,222],"class_list":["post-26584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-mac","category-modifier-key","category-productivity","category-restricted-content","category-screen","category-tip","category-zoom","tag-apple-newnan-ga","tag-apple-sarasota-fl","tag-apple-savannah-ga","tag-technology-sarasota-fl"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/tip-zoom-Mac-screen-1024x663.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6YLEm-6UM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26941,"url":"http:\/\/www.computeradvantage.us\/v3\/the-fastest-ways-to-switch-between-virtual-screens-on-your-mac\/","url_meta":{"origin":26584,"position":0},"title":"The Fastest Ways to Switch between Virtual Screens on Your Mac","author":"computeradv","date":"August 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"When you click the green zoom button in a window on your Mac, that puts the window into full-screen mode. 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