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I'm writing on behalf of my almost 90 year old Father-in-law. He remembers that there was a Hover Zoom function that did not require any keyboard stroked. I can't find that ability anywhere. Does anyone know a way? I am able to turn on and off the Hover Zoom in the Accessibility function, but there is no option to do it without a keyboard stroke.
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
Howdy,
I checked some macOS versions.
High Sierra 10.13 and Mojave 10.14 don't offer the Hover Text option.
Catalina 10.15 and Big Sur 11.5.2 both offer Hover Text but both require a modifier key to activate.
Does the Picture in a Picture Zoom option work for him? That doesn't require a modifier key once activated (like with Option Command 8). Accessibility > Zoom > Zoom style > Picture-in-picture
Once selected, I like the Advanced… option to either have the screen image move
Continuously with the pointer, or
So the pointer is at or near the center of the zoomed image.
Oh, and you might want to Adjust Size and Location. I found the zoom window too narrow to be effective.
Please see if that works for him. And thanks for helping him!
ivan
Howdy,
I checked some macOS versions.
High Sierra 10.13 and Mojave 10.14 don't offer the Hover Text option.
Catalina 10.15 and Big Sur 11.5.2 both offer Hover Text but both require a modifier key to activate.
Does the Picture in a Picture Zoom option work for him? That doesn't require a modifier key once activated (like with Option Command 8). Accessibility > Zoom > Zoom style > Picture-in-picture
Once selected, I like the Advanced… option to either have the screen image move
Continuously with the pointer, or
So the pointer is at or near the center of the zoomed image.
Oh, and you might want to Adjust Size and Location. I found the zoom window too narrow to be effective.
Please see if that works for him. And thanks for helping him!
ivan
hover zoom Big Sur
