Geek Posted January 2, 2012 Posted January 2, 2012 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/zoom-os-x-lion.jpg" alt="Screen Zoom in OS X Lion" title="zoom-os-x-lion" width="619" height="263" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25503" /></p> <p>Screen zoom is a useful feature of Mac OS X that zooms into the screen where ever the cursor is located. The feature was enabled by default in prior versions of Mac OS X whenever the control key was held down, but in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">OS X 10.7 Lion</a> it has been turned off by default and is now a feature of Universal Access. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">How to Enable Screen Zoom in OS X Lion</h2> <ul> <li>Open System Preferences from the Apple menu </li> <li>Click on “Universal Access” and then click on the “Seeing” tab</li> <li>Check the box under “Zoom” to “ON”</li> </ul> <p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/screen-zoom-lion.jpg" alt="Screen Zoom in OS X Lion" title="screen-zoom-lion" width="620" height="280" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-25504" /></p> <p>Now with Screen Zoom turned on, the feature can be accessed with either the trackpad, mouse, or keyboard:</p> <p><strong>Zoom with Trackpad or Mouse</strong> For trackpads, scrolling is achieved with two fingers gesturing up or down, with a mouse it’s simply the scrollwheel in either direction, with both you need to hold down the Control key to access.</p> <ul> <li>Control+Scroll Up to zoom in</li> <li>Control+Scroll Down to zoom out</li> </ul> <p><strong>Zoom with Keyboard</strong> New to Screen Zoom in OS X Lion are keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out:</p> <ul> <li>Command+Option+= to zoom in</li> <li>Command+Option+- to zoom out</li> </ul> <p>Just like other versions of Mac OS X, you can still <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/31/disable-anti-aliasing-in-mac-os-x-zoom/">toggle anti-aliasing on and off</a> within the Zoom feature by hitting Command+Option+/.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OC7oqVX_0lk8RYzhE_GmTOvm6a8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OC7oqVX_0lk8RYzhE_GmTOvm6a8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OC7oqVX_0lk8RYzhE_GmTOvm6a8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OC7oqVX_0lk8RYzhE_GmTOvm6a8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=3VcLQifxVCA:y0yMITy4WaU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/3VcLQifxVCA" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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