how do you unzoom a screen that is zoomed in

Hold the Control key and scroll or swipe down.

If it doesn't return to normal, then go to: Apple / System Preferences / Displays and select the native resolution for your monitor.

Open system preferences, Universal Access, and under the Seeing tab make sure the zoom option is off.

That will stop the Universal Access Zoom feature, but it will not disable the Mouse or Trackpad Zoom features.

den.thed,

Since the OP said the screen automatically zooms in when he logs in, I would think it was not because of the mouse zoom feature no? 🙂

Maybe, if your holding the ⌥⌘= keys at login or there stuck no? 😉

I'm actually leaning more towards the Display Resolution in that account?

den.thed,

My thinking was that the ⌥⌘8 key combination was pressed by mistake at some point,probably before turning off the computer, activating the universal access zoom.

Then when you restart the computer, the screen is zoomed in at startup. 😉

⌥⌘8 will activate it and it will stay active even after a restart until you go and turn it off using ⌥⌘= or in Universal Access.

Eric Fauque wrote:

My thinking was that the ⌥⌘8 key combination was pressed by mistake at some point,probably before turning off the computer, activating the universal access zoom.

Could be ⌥⌘8 might be the problem.

Eric Fauque wrote:

Then when you restart the computer, the screen is zoomed in at startup. 😉

True, however like I said in my first post to the OP all one needs to do is "Hold the Control key and scroll or swipe down." to return to normal view.

Eric Fauque wrote:

⌥⌘8 will activate it and it will stay active even after a restart until you go and turn it off using ⌥⌘= or in Universal Access.

That is only partly true.

⌥⌘8 turns the UA Zoom both on and off, while ⌥⌘= zooms in and ⌥⌘- zooms back is out the same as "Hold the Control key and scroll or swipe down."