Quick zoom on Mac IOS Preview or Safari

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Quick zoom on Mac IOS Preview or Safari

Is there an ability to zoom on Preview, Safari or Adobe Photoshop with Command + Scroll up / down on the mouse ? When I do Command + Scroll Up / Down - the entire screen zooms in which is impractical. I am looking to just have the photo on Preview or web page on safari zoom in. PC has the ability to do this and saves a bunch of time rather than using Command +/- to zoom. This way I do not have to dedicate both hands on the keyboard just to zoom. Let me know if someone has found the solution for this or if we can include it in the next ios update

Mac mini, macOS 15.1

Posted on Jan 18, 2025 10:05 AM

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Answer 1

Kurt Lang

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Jan 18, 2025 10:36 AM in response to svnnyb

To help avoid confusion, can we presume you're talking about macOS, which is the OS for Mac desktop and laptop computers? iOS is the OS for Apple's mobile devices, which is mainly iPhones and iPads.

That said, I couldn't find a way to get Preview to pay attention to a mouse scroll for zooming. Not with an Apple mouse, or the center scroll wheel of the Logitech M330 mouse I normally use.

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Answer 2

VikingOSX

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Jan 18, 2025 12:56 PM in response to svnnyb

Zooming (and rotating) in macOS Preview are a function of Trackpad settings (if you have one). Otherwise, one can zoom in ⌘+ or zoom out ⌘- while in Preview, use its default toolbar icons (e.g. -⃝ and +⃝) for the same purpose, or even the Tools menu > Magnifier.

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