"Zoom using scroll wheel while holding" is broken

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"Zoom using scroll wheel while holding" is broken

Hello,

Since updating to Mac OS X 10.7 Lion this morning, the "Zoom using scroll wheel while holding" feature is broken.

In the mouse control panel the checkbox for "Zoom using scroll wheel while holding" is definitely checked. The default Control ^ key is selected. I verified I'm hitting the correct key on the keyboard using the keyboard viewer.

I've tried using this with 2 finger scrolling on my trackpack as well. I've also tried turning off most of the trackpack geustures.

I tried searching these forums prior to posting and found replies telling people with various different situations to turn this feature off. I want it on. I use it constantly.

I have a MacBook Pro Aluminum 13-Inch Mid 2010

Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB

Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7 (11A511)

Any advise would be appreciated!

Thanks.

MacBook Pro 13, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 8:46 PM

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Answer 1

midjew

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Jul 21, 2011 2:43 AM in response to philsown

Hi,

Sorry I cannot help but i am having the SAME problem. HOW ANNYOING!

Although i think it must be a glitch in the software as a few minutes ago it just worked and NOW NOTHING!

Any one out there no a fix?? or Apple find an update.

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Allards1

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Jul 21, 2011 2:54 AM in response to philsown

The same here only on Macbook Pro (mid 2010) iMac and Air no problem!

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midjew

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Jul 21, 2011 3:49 AM in response to Allards1

I have the problem on my iMac

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Answer 4

Jul 21, 2011 5:41 AM in response to philsown

Apple moved the option into Universal Access instead of Trackpad:

Go to Preference Pane > Universal Access > Sight

and enable the Zoom feature.

In the option's preferences you can choose which button to press and if the zoom should follow the mouse. Just like before Lion.

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Allards1

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Jul 21, 2011 5:53 AM in response to Kåre Svendborg

It works but it is:

Go to Preference Pane > Universal Access > Sight > Zoom (leave off) > Options > Use Scroll Wheel with .....

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Jul 21, 2011 6:16 AM in response to Allards1

You're right.

I noticed, as I've also read on another forum, that you don't have to directly enable the feature to actually enable it. It's enough just to approach the feature - oddly enough.

But do you know why? Seems strange.

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Answer 7

Jul 21, 2011 8:20 AM in response to Allards1

This worked for me. Thanks!!

> It works but it is:

> Go to Preference Pane > Universal Access > Sight > Zoom (leave off) > Options > Use Scroll Wheel with .....

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midjew

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Jul 21, 2011 10:13 AM in response to Allards1

I have an iMac and does not seem to be working???? 😟

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Jul 23, 2011 2:19 AM in response to Kåre Svendborg

It is rather a ******* thing to do to hide a Universal Access feature for us partially sighted users several levels deep!!!

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qojop

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Jul 23, 2011 9:53 AM in response to philsown

I have the same problem in my iMac with Lion AFTER SLEEP. I have tried with System Preferences (Universal Access and so on) and it is useless.

The only two things that fixes it for a while are rebooting and entering Time Machine.

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Answer 11

Jul 23, 2011 11:31 PM in response to qojop

Me too. 27" i7 iMac - OSX lion it worked. Then stopped. Then entering time machine fixed it. A definite bug folks. Looking forward to 10.7.1

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qojop

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Jul 24, 2011 2:13 AM in response to Brian Findlay

Brian Findlay wrote:

Me too. 27" i7 iMac - OSX lion it worked. Then stopped. Then entering time machine fixed it. A definite bug folks. Looking forward to 10.7.1

A more simple workaround: activate the screensaver. Then, do anything and zoom works.

Please, send feedback to Apple

http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html

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Answer 13

Jul 24, 2011 8:29 AM in response to qojop

Thanks qojop - the Time Machine fix works a treat 🙂

At least that gives me a workaround to read my email without a hand-held magnifying glass now!

Setting Sleep to Never didn't make any difference.

Cheers,

Rob

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philsown Author

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Jul 24, 2011 9:37 AM in response to philsown

Hello. Original poster here. I can confirm a few things after observing for a few days and trying stuff.

1) The Universal access fixes did nothing. I set & reset those settings til I was blue in the face.

2) I tried a "Repair Permissions" with the Disk Utility. No luck.

3) It works intermitently. After sleeping sometimes it works. After plugging into my external monitor sometimes it works on the external monitor but then if I unplug it won't work again. After a reboot somtimes it works, then after sleeping stops working. Kinda strange. When it works it works from both my external USB mouse and the trackpad, so I don't think it's the hardware.

I don't have Time Machine configured - been using Carbonite, but they're not compatible with Lion so might have to get Time Machine running anyway - but it's not a fix per se, since this oughta work all the time.

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qojop

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Jul 24, 2011 10:05 AM in response to philsown

philsown wrote:

Hello. Original poster here. I can confirm a few things after observing for a few days and trying stuff.

1) The Universal access fixes did nothing. I set & reset those settings til I was blue in the face.

2) I tried a "Repair Permissions" with the Disk Utility. No luck.

3) It works intermitently. After sleeping sometimes it works. After plugging into my external monitor sometimes it works on the external monitor but then if I unplug it won't work again. After a reboot somtimes it works, then after sleeping stops working. Kinda strange. When it works it works from both my external USB mouse and the trackpad, so I don't think it's the hardware.

I don't have Time Machine configured - been using Carbonite, but they're not compatible with Lion so might have to get Time Machine running anyway - but it's not a fix per se, since this oughta work all the time.

Please, try to activate the screensaver. I have configured the bottom left corner (system preferences/desktop screensaver) and that's all! No need of Time Machine trick.

By the way, send feedback to Apple about the problem.

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