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How to Zoom Out on a Mac

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Billy Mark
How to Zoom Out on a Mac

Apple systems have built-in zoom features which can be enabled or disabled by the users. The users can choose to zoom out on the internet browser or to zoom the entire Mac display. Go through these guidelines to zoom out on the Mac.

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Steps to Zoom Out Through the Mac Zoom Preferences

  •   Click on the Apple logo located on the upper left side of the display.
  •   Select the “System Preferences” option given in the pull-down menu.
  •    Go to the “System” option and after that, select the “Universal Access” option.
  •   Select the “Seeing” option. You can see the middle column which has “Zoom” options.
  •    In case of zoom in or out is disabled, then press on the option to enable it.
  •   Click on the Command, options and minus symbol options together to see the shortcuts so that you can zoom out.
  •    You have to enable or disable the zoom in and out option without the help of the Universal Access window.
  •   Tap on the options button, Cmd and eight keys together so that you can control zoom in and out feature.
  •    In case the zoom feature is not working correctly on your Mac, then this means that the zoom option is disabled.

Steps to Zoom Out on a Mac Through Mouse

  •   Connect the wheel in a mouse to the Mac system.
  •   Click on the “Control” option.
  •   Move the mouse wheel in the upward direction to zoom in after clicking on the Control option.

Steps to Zoom Out on a Mac Through Trackpad

  •    Keep pressing on the Control button.
  •    Go to the upward direction with the help of your fingers on the track pad so that you can zoom in on your Mac.
  •   Click on the Control button and go down on the track pas so that you can zoom in and out on your Mac.

Steps to Zoom Out on a Safari Browser

  •  Press on the default browsing software on the Mac.
  •  Go to the webpage which you wish to see.
  •  Keep pressing on the Cmd button.
  •   Click the plus symbol given on the display so that you can zoom in. Your default internet browser will zoom in regularly when you click on the plus symbol.
  •   Click on the minus symbol while long pressing on the Cmd button so that you can zoom out.
  •   This procedure will not zoom other applications outer of the browsing software.
  •    Internet browsers like Google Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Firefox, and Safari use the shortcuts to zoom in and out.

Billy Mark is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security, cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes for Norton security products at norton.com/setup.

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