Very helpful for those of us "of a certain age". My favorite zoom shortcut is under Accessibility>Zoom, then "use scroll gesture with modifier". I use Control, so all I have to do to quickly scroll in and out is hold down the Control key, then use a 2 finger swipe up or down on the trackpad.
Oh, man, your videos are SOOOO helpful. I've been having such trouble reading the screen lately. The zoom opt.cmd.8 is really really useful. Thank you.
Thank you for this video. I've spent hours trying to enlarge the font at the top of my screen until I seen your video tip (preference>display>scale). Awesome video!
When I want to make thing bigger, I just tap (magic mouse) the middle (above the left and right clicks positions). The whole window gets bigger :-) Thanks Gary for another fun and fact filled video!! Shalom :-)
Thank you, I found your Channel thru Google! I think I know what I’m doing, but I guess Google didn’t think so. LOL! Your video is very clear and well thought out. Now I have a reference point to come and learn. Happy Holidays! 👍🏻
Absolutely brilliant!! An extensive explanation and clearly demonstrated. Most useful I’ve found on UA-cam. I’ve just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. 👍🏽
This is all well and good, but can you increase the system font size for things like the menu bars, the system font for mail (not the viewing window) and the Safari system font menu bars, favourites etc (not the browser window). I will not use Safari because the toolbars are crazily small.
How can I change the how big the words are in the email. The font is too small. I want to permanently keep the font large so I can actually read the emails. I want to keep the words large.
Hello Gary Even though I increase the zoom percentage on all browsers - Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, the text appears to blurry and distorted. That makes hard to read it on my MacBook Air which I have used and owned for slightly over a year. Do you have any solutions?
My problem is 4 K/ 43 inch monitor connected to MacPro and screen is displaying the tiny letters/symbols/windows. (Icons are no problem.) Just words like menu options in any app, file names,password entry window, etc. The browser content also does not display properly : the text is in the middle like in a column and then there are two huge empty white areas to the left of it and to the right of it. The content has to naturally spread over in a landscape layout, but instead I am only getting the "portrait" look. How do you enlarge the fonts on tabs, menus etc? How do you enlarge the password window? How do you enlarge the System Preference window and the like? Some ppl say you have to deal with system fonts. I am not familiar with that at all. I have used all features in System Preferences windows, even lowered the resolution.I do wish to work in high resolution. And I absolutely hate the zoom-in. It is so bothersome, especially for the program I am using which is Finale, the music notation software. How do I figure this out? I believe it could be done. Again, don't want to opt to low rez, don't want to zoom in/out, maxed out all the features in System Preferences( going from value 12 to value 16 doesn't do anything for a 43 inch screen) This is MacPro 5.1, 2012 built, highly customized running OS 10.14.6, Nvidia Quadro 5000. The screen is connected via DP port, display is beautiful otherwise.Lower resolutions do enlarge everything mentioned above, but the browser window still looks awful. Apple no longer supports this unit. I am very frustrated and upset.Please, help. Thank you
The text on my new 24" imac is smaller than on my 12 yr old 21" imac which is not really a problem. But the text on the new computer is also "lighter" (compared to background). The text on my 12 yr old computer was "darker" and easier to read. Is there something wrong with my new monitor or is there a way to adjust this?
Is there any easier way like Windows 10, in which we can scale text and icons with a 4k display? I recently shifted from windows to mac and now have problem with text and icons, everything is blurry!
Things shouldn't be blurry. Maybe it is the app you are using? Different apps have different ways to zoom the text, etc. Look at my 15 ideas and then experiment and play around with whatever you are trying to do.
My problem is that I have a high resolution monitor and don't want to do any magnification, etc as just want a larger text size than 16 which is the MAX offered on finder for some stupid reason. SOLUTION === FORKLIFT which allows me to have font sizes UPTO 32 !!! FIxed everything !
Gary - what would you suggest to increase the font just in my Mac "Contacts". The forums don't seem to think you can put any permanent change in this program and suggest buying another type of Contacts app outside of the one that comes natively with Mac OS X? I just switched everything over to Mac a few months ago!
You'll just have to use one of the more general suggestions I show, like zooming. But one trick is to use www.icloud.com/contacts/ instead of the app and then you can change the font size there to make it as big as you want.
@@BoomerBlogging how did u do it? I went there but did not see any option to change font size only to enlarge screen. I want my "notes" in contacts to be a larger size font.
@@macmost You are right. No change. I'm trying to send my nieces' some fun animations (made in Key Note )to keep them occupied. I test sent 2 emails to me first to see what they would see. I get the file, open it, then seemingly have access to Key Note. The menu bar, toolbar, everything works. Is that because the computer of origin opened the file, or is that just how it's sent right from Key Note or Pages? I just want the recipient to see the file only. Having the same issue with Zip files. I hope you and your family are safe, healthy and getting ready for this nonsense to be over! Thank you! Greg
I am fairly certain that nothing can be done with these modern screens they use on MacBooks. maybe in the future when they change monitor technology it will get better.. but looks like it will have to be windows laptop for now.
It seems to be the case that I'm in minority (but there are many like me), but I find the current MacBook screens unbearable to look at. I returned m1 MacBook Pro because it was causing terrible eye strain, similarly, MacBook Air seems better but not sure if it's worth trying it. I have an old MacBook Pro which has non Retina display and it is so much more comfortable for the eyes. what if find with these new screens is that if I look at a word for a moment and then back to white background, I still see the outline of the word. This doesn't happen on the old screen. Also, somehow I can go down to very low brightness on the old one, and the contrast is still good enough to read the text on it. But with new one, on low brightness the contrast just isn't good enough and you have to go to higher brightness to be able to read text. The old one had TN screen, the MacBook Pro's uses mini-led and MacBook Air ips. But definitely the m1 MacBook Pro had the worst screen for eye strain and many people said it gives them eye strain when they use it. @@macmost
@@JimSendre Interesting. It should be the opposite of what you describe. I wonder if you went into an Apple Store and talked to someone there if they may be able to show you a setting or something that you are doing that is different than everyone else that is causing this for you.
Thank You for valuable info, But, have You noticed that the speed of Your speech increased more and more. At that point You are no longer teaching but trying to get it over asp or showing how quickly YOU can do it?
Apple macbooks and especielly macbook pro´s are so expensive, but still they have so bad font smoothing that in many apps the fonts look really bad and it is seriously bad for the eyes. So sad that so good laptops are so bad for the eyes, when in pc word it is so easy to make drispy sharp fonts and it is a joy for eyes.
Text should look crisp and clear on a MacBook screen. If not, try changing your resolution settings or contacting Apple Support. Or, if it is a specific app with a problem, contact support for that app.
I have been using Windows since DOS my first PC was an IBM you were clearly born before 1986 with the whole gray beard old man looking facial hair decoration or maybe you are just not standing close enough to your razor. I have been looking at switching from Gates Windows crap to IOS for 3 years. I have been thru 2 Acers in three years. I just bought the Mac Air M1 chip. EVERYTHING WORKS EVERYTHING SYNChS AND I ALREADY HAVE AN IPHONE AND an Ipad so some of it I knew. Anyhow tint your beard it makes you look 10 years older. Guessing you are in your 50's?
Very helpful for those of us "of a certain age". My favorite zoom shortcut is under Accessibility>Zoom, then "use scroll gesture with modifier". I use Control, so all I have to do to quickly scroll in and out is hold down the Control key, then use a 2 finger swipe up or down on the trackpad.
Oh, man, your videos are SOOOO helpful. I've been having such trouble reading the screen lately. The zoom opt.cmd.8 is really really useful. Thank you.
Thank you for this. Laptop was impossible until you helped me to change the resolution.
Good job Gary. Your videos are very instructive and not boring. I've learned a lot from you. Take care.
THANK YOU! I have been trying to find these options but the instructions were quite vague. You have provided very helpful instructions!
Wow, as I listened to and watched more of what you were saying and demonstrating I learned SO MANY OTHER options! Thank you so very much!
Thank you for this video. I've spent hours trying to enlarge the font at the top of my screen until I seen your video tip (preference>display>scale). Awesome video!
Super informative and detailed. Should appear first in UA-cam search!
When I want to make thing bigger, I just tap (magic mouse) the middle (above the left and right clicks positions). The whole window gets bigger :-) Thanks Gary for another fun and fact filled video!! Shalom :-)
Thank you, I found your Channel thru Google! I think I know what I’m doing, but I guess Google didn’t think so. LOL! Your video is very clear and well thought out. Now I have a reference point to come and learn. Happy Holidays! 👍🏻
Incredibly useful and relevant. Thanks
Absolutely brilliant!! An extensive explanation and clearly demonstrated. Most useful I’ve found on UA-cam. I’ve just subscribed to your channel. Thank you. 👍🏽
Really appreciate this video! New to Mac, and the text is just too small.
This is all well and good, but can you increase the system font size for things like the menu bars, the system font for mail (not the viewing window) and the Safari system font menu bars, favourites etc (not the browser window). I will not use Safari because the toolbars are crazily small.
I want to make the general text seen on my desktop larger
My Catalina OS does not show that same option in display. I don't want to change resolution because then it is fuzzy
This was very informative, thank you
As usual, I learned something new from your video :-).
This is so helpful and informative thanks for sharing 👍🏼
Thank you for the reference video
Excellent stuff , very helpful
All very helpful, but how do I make a dyslexic font my default in Safari. That's what I really need.
Your video was very useful thank you very much for it
thanks for the hot tips!
Thank you thats very helpful
Thanks Gary. Wish I could increase font size in the URL address.
thanks for this, very helpful x
Thank you!
My husband has trouble seeing the commands in mail because the letters are too pale. Is there a way to make them darker?
Thank you. you are the man.
How can I change the how big the words are in the email. The font is too small. I want to permanently keep the font large so I can actually read the emails. I want to keep the words large.
Hello Gary Even though I increase the zoom percentage on all browsers - Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, the text appears to blurry and distorted. That makes hard to read it on my MacBook Air which I have used and owned for slightly over a year. Do you have any solutions?
Not sure why it is looking blurry for you. Maybe try adjusting your Display resolution in System Settings instead?
My problem is 4 K/ 43 inch monitor connected to MacPro and screen is displaying the tiny letters/symbols/windows. (Icons are no problem.) Just words like menu options in any app, file names,password entry window, etc. The browser content also does not display properly : the text is in the middle like in a column and then there are two huge empty white areas to the left of it and to the right of it. The content has to naturally spread over in a landscape layout, but instead I am only getting the "portrait" look.
How do you enlarge the fonts on tabs, menus etc? How do you enlarge the password window? How do you enlarge the System Preference window and the like? Some ppl say you have to deal with system fonts. I am not familiar with that at all. I have used all features in System Preferences windows, even lowered the resolution.I do wish to work in high resolution. And I absolutely hate the zoom-in. It is so bothersome, especially for the program I am using which is Finale, the music notation software. How do I figure this out? I believe it could be done. Again, don't want to opt to low rez, don't want to zoom in/out, maxed out all the features in System Preferences( going from value 12 to value 16 doesn't do anything for a 43 inch screen)
This is MacPro 5.1, 2012 built, highly customized running OS 10.14.6, Nvidia Quadro 5000. The screen is connected via DP port, display is beautiful otherwise.Lower resolutions do enlarge everything mentioned above, but the browser window still looks awful. Apple no longer supports this unit. I am very frustrated and upset.Please, help. Thank you
Hi Gary!
The text on my new 24" imac is smaller than on my 12 yr old 21" imac which is not really a problem. But the text on the new computer is also "lighter" (compared to background). The text on my 12 yr old computer was "darker" and easier to read. Is there something wrong with my new monitor or is there a way to adjust this?
Seems like you found the video I would point you to: ua-cam.com/video/clpXTjMXtwo/v-deo.html
In mail how do you make the preview in left bigger. What you said works on the email body not the summary (2-3 line on after folders. thanks
System Settings, Accessibility, Display, Text Size, Custom -> Mail.
@@macmostappreciate you Gary! Got my first Apple to II 1979. Gave it up for an AT for 10 grand in 81. Now switching back..tks
u are just amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hope u would be successful to reach 100000000000 subs
Is there any easier way like Windows 10, in which we can scale text and icons with a 4k display? I recently shifted from windows to mac and now have problem with text and icons, everything is blurry!
Things shouldn't be blurry. Maybe it is the app you are using? Different apps have different ways to zoom the text, etc. Look at my 15 ideas and then experiment and play around with whatever you are trying to do.
My problem is that I have a high resolution monitor and don't want to do any magnification, etc as just want a larger text size than 16 which is the MAX offered on finder for some stupid reason. SOLUTION === FORKLIFT which allows me to have font sizes UPTO 32 !!! FIxed everything !
What is it?
When I go to display, I Dom't have a 5 little icons you have for adjusting the text. I am running Catalina.
In the "Resolution" section, did you select "Scaled"?
Gary - what would you suggest to increase the font just in my Mac "Contacts". The forums don't seem to think you can put any permanent change in this program and suggest buying another type of Contacts app outside of the one that comes natively with Mac OS X? I just switched everything over to Mac a few months ago!
You'll just have to use one of the more general suggestions I show, like zooming. But one trick is to use www.icloud.com/contacts/ instead of the app and then you can change the font size there to make it as big as you want.
@@macmost - Great - thanks Gary - this certainly does the trick! Much appreciated!
@@BoomerBlogging how did u do it? I went there but did not see any option to change font size only to enlarge screen. I want my "notes" in contacts to be a larger size font.
Does changing the default text size effect graphic placing/use in Key Note or other content editable apps?
It shouldn't change anything IN the content you are creating. Try it and see.
@@macmost You are right. No change.
I'm trying to send my nieces' some fun animations (made in Key Note )to keep them occupied. I test sent 2 emails to me first to see what they would see. I get the file, open it, then seemingly have access to Key Note. The menu bar, toolbar, everything works. Is that because the computer of origin opened the file, or is that just how it's sent right from Key Note or Pages? I just want the recipient to see the file only. Having the same issue with Zip files.
I hope you and your family are safe, healthy and getting ready for this nonsense to be over!
Thank you!
Greg
I wish we could change the system font back to Lucida grande! The new system font is so hard to read and looks very childish and un-mac like.
Lets be totally honest, the M1 Retina and lack of test size options sucks as compared to intel macs.
M1 vs Intel doesn't matter here. Both use macOS and both have the same options.
I am fairly certain that nothing can be done with these modern screens they use on MacBooks. maybe in the future when they change monitor technology it will get better.. but looks like it will have to be windows laptop for now.
"Nothing can be done?" What do you mean by that?
It seems to be the case that I'm in minority (but there are many like me), but I find the current MacBook screens unbearable to look at. I returned m1 MacBook Pro because it was causing terrible eye strain, similarly, MacBook Air seems better but not sure if it's worth trying it.
I have an old MacBook Pro which has non Retina display and it is so much more comfortable for the eyes. what if find with these new screens is that if I look at a word for a moment and then back to white background, I still see the outline of the word. This doesn't happen on the old screen.
Also, somehow I can go down to very low brightness on the old one, and the contrast is still good enough to read the text on it. But with new one, on low brightness the contrast just isn't good enough and you have to go to higher brightness to be able to read text.
The old one had TN screen, the MacBook Pro's uses mini-led and MacBook Air ips. But definitely the m1 MacBook Pro had the worst screen for eye strain and many people said it gives them eye strain when they use it.
@@macmost
@@JimSendre Interesting. It should be the opposite of what you describe. I wonder if you went into an Apple Store and talked to someone there if they may be able to show you a setting or something that you are doing that is different than everyone else that is causing this for you.
Thank You for valuable info, But, have You noticed that the speed of Your speech increased more and more. At that point You are no longer teaching but trying to get it over asp or showing how quickly YOU can do it?
See macmost.com/about
Excellent job Gary.
Apple macbooks and especielly macbook pro´s are so expensive, but still they have so bad font smoothing that in many apps the fonts look really bad and it is seriously bad for the eyes. So sad that so good laptops are so bad for the eyes, when in pc word it is so easy to make drispy sharp fonts and it is a joy for eyes.
Text should look crisp and clear on a MacBook screen. If not, try changing your resolution settings or contacting Apple Support. Or, if it is a specific app with a problem, contact support for that app.
I have been using Windows since DOS my first PC was an IBM you were clearly born before 1986 with the whole gray beard old man looking facial hair decoration or maybe you are just not standing close enough to your razor.
I have been looking at switching from Gates Windows crap to IOS for 3 years. I have been thru 2 Acers in three years. I just bought the Mac Air M1 chip. EVERYTHING WORKS EVERYTHING SYNChS AND I ALREADY HAVE AN IPHONE AND an Ipad so some of it I knew.
Anyhow tint your beard it makes you look 10 years older. Guessing you are in your 50's?
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soo complicated. why can't apple just make it easier on mac, like how they did with the iphone and ipads?