How to Zoom In on a Mac

With a Mac's zoom feature, you can magnify your entire digital photo library.

Apple computers feature a built-in zoom function. The integrated feature magnifies screen images in real time, utilizing Apple's Quartz graphics engine to zoom in without slowing down your computer's performance. The feature allows users to zoom in up to 40 times, ideal for inspecting photographs or reading fine print in documents. The function is user friendly, but a first-time Mac user may not know how to access the zoom feature.

Instructions

Turn On Zoom

1. Click on the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your Mac's screen.

2. Click “Preferences.”

3. Click on the Universal Access option. This is unlabeled, but represented with an icon featuring a white and blue arrow circling together.

4. Click the “Seeing” tab.

5. Click “Turn on Zoom.” If this option is already selected, leave it as is.

6. Close the window.

Use Zoom

1. Press and hold the "Option" key.

2. Press and hold the "Command" key. This key is sometimes referred to as the “Apple” key, because on many Macintosh models it features an Apple logo.

3. Press the “=” key to zoom in and the “-” key to zoom out.

References

• Apple: Mac OS X Vision
• “Mac OS X Hands-On Training”; Garrick Chow

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish