Zooming in mac os

How to zoom in or out on Mac

Use these accessibility features to zoom all or part of your screen.

To set up zoom, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility. Click Zoom in the sidebar, then select any of these zoom features:

Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom

After selecting ”Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom,” you can use these key combinations to zoom:

Zoom in

To zoom in, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Equals sign (=).

Zoom out

To zoom out, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and Minus sign (-).

Toggle zoom

To switch between no zoom and your last amount of zoom, press these three keys together: Option, Command, and 8.

Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom

After selecting ”Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom,” you can press and hold the Control key while scrolling with your mouse or trackpad to zoom. Use the ”Zoom style” menu to choose from three zoom styles: full screen, split screen, or picture-in-picture.

Full screen zoom

Split screen zoom

Enable Hover Text

After selecting ”Enable Hover Text,” you can press and hold the Command key, then move your pointer over an item to display a larger, high-resolution version of that item.

Use the Options button in the Zoom pane to set the size, font, location, and color of this text. Learn more about Hover Text.

Enable Touch Bar zoom

After selecting ”Enable Touch Bar zoom,” you can touch and hold the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro to display a larger version of the Touch Bar onscreen. Learn more about Touch Bar zoom.

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MacOS zoom: How to zoom in and zoom out a Mac screen

MacOS screen zoom FAQ: Is there a way I can zoom in and zoom out my Mac screen (iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro)?

Yes, you can “zoom in” or “zoom out” your Mac screen. The solutions are shown in the sections that follow. Note that this solution has been tested on macOS (formerly Mac OS X) systems from OS X 10.6 through macOS 10.14.

Mac Pro and iMac zoom in/out commands

If you’re using a Mac desktop system (iMac or Mac Pro) with a keyboard and a mouse with a mousewheel, just press and hold the [control] key, then scroll the mousewheel up and down, and you’ll see what I mean. The entire Mac screen zooms in and out, just like the “software zoom” on a digital camera.

Note: If this doesn’t work on your system, scroll down to the “Not working?” section below, where I describe how to fix this problem.

To summarize, here are the Mac/iMac screen zoom commands:

Zoom In: Press the [Ctrl] key and scroll up with the mouse.

Zoom Out: Press the [Ctrl] key and scroll down with the mouse.

Zoom in and out using a MacBook trackpad

You can also zoom in and zoom out your screen on a MacBook Pro trackpad. Again, hold down the [ctrl] key, but this time take two fingers and swipe upwards on the trackpad area to zoom in, then use your two fingers to swipe downwards to zoom out.

This is very cool. A lot of times I’ll find myself making text larger in Firefox by changing the font size ( [command] + to make the font larger, [command] — to make it smaller), but I prefer this Mac zoom-in/zoom-out approach.

Zoom in and out with a Magic Mouse

I just bought an Apple Magic Mouse for use with my iMac, and you can use it to zoom in/out just like you can use a mouse with a scrollwheel. Just hold down the [control] key, then slide your finger to the top or bottom of the mouse, and you’ll zoom in and out just like you would with a mouse scrollwheel.

Not working? Look in Preferences

If this tip doesn’t work for you by default, take a look at your System Preferences settings. On Mac OS X 10.9 (and possibly 10.7 and 10.8), I find it easiest to search for the word “zoom” inside of the System Preferences dialog, then go to the Accessibilities option that lets you click the checkbox that needs to be clicked.

In the following image, the “1” indicates that the first step in the process is to search for “zoom,” and then the “2” shows the checkbox that needs to be clicked:

Once you click the “Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom,” you should find that the zoom-in, zoom-out feature works as I’ve described here.

Preferences on older Macs

On Mac OS X 10.6.x, follow these steps to set this preference:

1. Click the Apple icon in the menu bar.
2. Click System Preferences
3. Click the Mouse icon

In that panel there will be a setting that says, “Zoom using scroll wheel while holding . ”, and then you can select which key to use. Mine shows the “^ Control” key. This preferences panel is shown in the following image:

This screen may be a little different on newer Mac OS X systems, but I’ve loaned my new MacBook Pro to a friend, and can’t look at it at the moment.

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Change Zoom advanced options for accessibility on Mac

On your Mac, use the Zoom options of Accessibility Zoom preferences to set appearance and control options for the selected zoom style (Full screen, Split screen or Picture-in-picture).

To change these preferences, choose Apple menu

> System Preferences, click Accessibility, click Zoom, then click Advanced.

Zoom appearance options

Continuously with pointer

Make the screen image move with the pointer.

Only when the pointer reaches an edge

Prevent the screen image from moving until you move the pointer to an edge of the screen.

So the pointer is at or near the centre of the zoomed image

Keep the centre point of the screen image near the pointer.

Restore zoom factor on startup

Apply the current zoom factor whenever you turn on zoom or start up your Mac.

While using the Split screen or Picture-in-Picture zoom style, invert the colours of the contents in the window. If the screen shows black on white, the zoom window shows white on black.

Make zoomed screen images appear smooth.

Flash screen when notification banner appears outside zoom view

Flash the screen when a notification arrives if the upper-right corner of the screen isn’t shown in the zoom area.

Follow keyboard focus

Magnify the area that has the keyboard focus.

Keep zoom window stationary

While using the Picture-in-Picture zoom style, keep the zoom window in one location on the screen.

Adjust size and location

While using the Split screen or Picture-in-Picture zoom style, change the size and position of the zoom area or window.

For Split screen: To resize the zoom area, drag the separator bar up or down. When you’re ready, click OK.

For Picture-in-picture: To resize the window, drag any edge or corner of it. To reposition the window, drag it to a new location. When you’re ready, click OK.

If you select the option in the Controls pane to use keyboard shortcuts to adjust the zoom window, you can easily resize and reposition the window while working:

Resize the window: Press the Control-Option-Command-arrow keys to make the window larger or smaller.

Reposition the window: Press the Option-Command-arrow keys to reposition the zoom area or window on the screen.

Zoom controls options

Hold to temporarily toggle zoom

Temporarily zoom in or out on the screen when you press and hold the Control and Option keys at the same time.

Hold to temporarily detach zoom view from pointer

If the screen is zoomed in, making it difficult to see information displayed under the pointer, press and hold the Control and Command keys at the same time to hide the pointer and move the zoom view without changing the location of the pointer.

Hold F to toggle between full screen and picture-in-picture zoom

Press and hold the Control and Command keys at the same time to switch between zoom styles.

Use keyboard shortcuts to adjust zoom window

Select the tickbox to be able to change the size and position of the zoom window while working using the indicated keyboard shortcuts.

Use trackpad gesture to zoom

Select the tickbox to be able to zoom using the indicated trackpad gestures.

Maximum Zoom, Minimum Zoom

Drag a slider to set the maximum or minimum level of magnification.

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Maximize & Zoom Windows in Mac OS X the Old Fashioned Way

Among some of the seemingly smaller changes made in newer versions of Mac OS from OS X Yosemite onward is an adjustment to how a windows green Maximize button behaves.

In older versions of Mac OS X, clicking on the green maximize button would expand and enlarge the window to a larger size, but in the newest macOS releases, clicking on the green maximize window sends the window (or app) into Full Screen mode.

If you prefer the older maximize button behavior and would rather windows become larger instead of being sent into full screen, you can modify the maximize behavior with a simple keypress, or by using a new double-click trick.

How to Make the Green Maximize Window Button Zoom Windows in Mac OS X

To change the maximize behavior, simply hold down the OPTION button as you hover your mouse cursor over the green zoom button.

You’ll notice that the button changes from two arrows moving in opposite directions indicating expansion into full screen mode, into a (+) plus icon, indicating the buttons behavior has changed. Using the Option+click will result in a larger window rather than a full screen window.

There is probably a way to permanently switch the Option+Click behavior to become the standard behavior using a defaults write command string, but thus far it has yet to be discovered. If you happen to figure it out, be sure to let us know in the comments!

How to Maximize Windows with a Double-Click in Mac OS X

Another way to maximize windows in Mac OS X now without making them full screen is to simply double-click the window titlebar, this instantly enlarges the window in the same way that option-clicking the green maximize button does, zooming in without going full screen.

Longtime Mac users may remember that double-clicking the titlebar has served other functions before, ranging from window shading to minimizing, but now in the most modern MacAOS and Mac OS X versions, it enlarges and zooms a window instead.

Finally, another option would be to set up a specific keyboard shortcut for maximizing windows, a trick that’s not specific to the latest versions of Mac OS X and works on prior releases as well. Go here to learn how to do that amongst a variety of other window management tricks for Mac OS X.

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Use a Zoom Window in Mac OS X

Another option when enabling zoom in OS X Lion and other newer Mac OS X versions is to use a smaller floating zoom window, rather than zooming into the entire screen. This allows you to zoom into screen elements using a small zoom window that hovers over screen elements, kind of like a virtual magnifying glass.

This is an accessibility feature but it’s useful for many Mac users. Additionally, some users may prefer this to the full-screen enlargement offered in the broader zoom trick, we’ll show you how to enable this feature in MacOS and Mac OS X.

How to Use Zoom Window on Mac

This is how to enable the hovering zoom window in Mac OS X:

1. Open “System Preferences” from the  Apple menu, and click on “Accessibility” (note that prior versions of OS X will list this as a “Universal Access” preference panel)
2. Click on the “Zoom” section (again, prior versions will show this as a “Seeing” tab and then choose “Zoom”)
   • Mac OS 10.12 +, Mac OS X 10.9 and newer: Check the box for “Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom”, then under the “Zoom Style” menu pull down select “Picture-in-Picture”
   • OS X 10.8 and before: Choose the “On” button, and then click the checkbox next to “Zoom in window”

This is what the appropriate picture-in-picture and Zoom settings panel looks like in the latest versions of Mac OS X, including macOS 10.12, 10.11, OS X 10.9 and OS X 10.10:

This little zoom box appears on screen in a little rectangular floating window that zooms in on whatever elements it’s hovered over.

For those with older versions of Mac OS system software, here’s what this zoom box setting looks like in OS X 10.8 and prior versions:

The default zoom shortcut is Control+Scrolling, but this and other aspects can be adjusted by clicking on the “Options” button under the Zoom section of the Universal Access panel.

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