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Subject: Re: [AE] Monitors
From: Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com>
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Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 12:07:07 -0500
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I upgraded to 10.8.4 yesterday, and learned that zooming has to be =
enabled. =20

It's in System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom > check "Use scroll =
gesture with modifier keys to zoom."  The default is the Control key.


On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:15 PM, Jim Curtis <jpcurtis@me.com> wrote:

> I can relate.  I have a decade on you, Brian. =20
>=20
> Here's what I do:  Hold down the Control keyboard button, and zoom in =
using the scroll wheel up and down direction.  The screen magnifies in =
the direction of the cursor, and any mouse movement towards the edges of =
the zoomed area scrolls the screen in that direction.
>=20
> I believe this is a default in OSX, but I'm not sure when it was =
implemented.  In earlier versions it required enabling in the System =
Settings > Universal Access panel.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> On Jul 31, 2013, at 2:08 PM, Brian Maffitt wrote:
>=20
>> =46rom a 50-year old user's perspective, while I love the extra real =
estate, I deplore the higher resolution when we have no user control =
over scaling the interface. I sold my 30" Cinema Display and now use =
three 24" monitors instead.
>>=20
>> I really thought this was a problem that would be solved by now, but =
using a high-resolution display means I basically have to work with =
reading glasses on, which is not my first choice. I'm really surprised =
that there isn't a "UI scale" slider in all applications, to let a user =
fine-tune an application to their native resolution at a custom scale.
>>=20
>> Brian