Questions tagged [zoom]
For questions related to zooming the screen or part of it, i.e. accessibility. For the teleconferencing app Zoom, please use the [zoom.app] tag.
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Restore Quick Look "Scroll-to-Zoom" for PDFs on macOS Tahoe
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I have recently migrated from OS X El Capitan (10.11.6) to the latest version of macOS Tahoe (26.1).
For the past 10 years, I have frequently used a Quick Look feature on El Capitan that ...
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Make "screen" over ssh compatible with accessibility "zoom" feature
I tried to use the accessibility/zoom feature on a terminal window which is running a ssh session to a remote FreeBSD host and where after login to the remote system a "screen" session has ...
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Can I use the zoom buttons in Safari's toolbar to zoom text only?
I can use the zoom buttons (AA) in Safari 17's toolbar to increase the size of every element on a page. I can also hold alt/option to increase only the page's text size in the View menu (called
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New Safari windows do not open fully zoomed after update to Sequoia (macOS 15)
I always use Safari in its own space with the window fully zoomed (not full screen). For as long as I can remember, whenever I would launch Safari or open a new window, I'd get a window zoomed full ...
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Why does the necessary key combination to zoom in/out change while using Apple Maps?
When using Maps on my iMac, I'm able to zoom in/out using only +/- when I first open the app. However, after requesting directions to a location, I need to use CMD-(+/-) to zoom in/out, even after I ...
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macOS Sonoma 14.4 breaks moving the "zoomed in" area while zoomed in
As of at least macOS Sonoma v14.4, part of the system accessibility feature of being able to zoom in on a portion of your screen, seems to be broken. Specifically it broke the ability to move the ...
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How do I prevent audio from muting when I use dictation?
I interview people on zoom and write notes on my thoughts as they speak. I type slowly and would like to dictate while they're talking (while my Zoom mic is muted). However, every time I begin ...
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What does the “Double-click a window’s title bar to zoom" mean exactly?
In the macOS User Guide, the explanation for zoom is
Zoom: Expand a window to fill the space between the Dock and the menu bar. If the Dock is along the side of the screen, the window fills the space ...
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For iPhone 15 pro, set the default zoom for the camera to be 0.5x instead of 1x?
How do I set the default zoom for the camera to be 0.5x instead of 1x?
I have already turned on the setting for "Remember my last setting that I left the Camera app on". However, when I come ...
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How exactly does the front camera zoom in iPhone 14 Pro (Max) works? [duplicate]
iPhone 14 Pro has 3 front cameras with 4 default zoom numbers. When you choose 0.5x it uses ultrawide camera. However, 1x and 2x seems to use main (wide) camera up to 3x. At 3x the telephoto camera is ...
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Optical Zoom on iPhone Xs
I want to record something with 1.8x zoom on iPhone Xs.
I have read that optical zoom should be preferred over digital zoom, and Apple says the iPhone XS has 2x optical zoom.
Does everything between ...
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Set Default MS Excel Zoom to 125% on Mac
For some reason, Excel text is teeny tiny on this Mac.
How do I set it to ALWAYS zoom at 125%?
Do I have to save a default template or something at 125%, or is there an easier way?
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Low res images sent in iMessage are zoomed in
I send a 128x128 image via iMessage on my iPhone. I expect it to be quite small in the messages window, but it is zoomed in and pixelated for the recipient. It is actually already this large and ...
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Can I customize a keyboard shortcut to exit a zoom meeting? [duplicate]
I went into the zoom settings but there didn't seem to be an editable keyboard shortcut to leave a meeting easily. It looks like command-w will close the window, and I'm trying to find a way to ...
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Zoom Audio Device not displaying in Mac Audio/MIDI for use
I'm a music teacher who is very interested in using Zoom and it's sound sharing ability.
Previously I had the Zoom Audio Driver (can't remember exactly what it's called) present in both my Audio/MIDI ...
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