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Why does my Safari screen keep zooming in?

First off, I LOVE OSX Lion. It's the fastest system upgrade I've ever seen on a Mac. With that said, I have this problem. I'm using a Magic Mouse. Just since my Lion upgrade, while I'm in Safari, browsin', every so often it just zooms in close on the page. Doesn't matter the site. It does it on a google search or a Mac discussions page. Something I am inadvertently doing or some glitch with the system (with mouse?). I say mouse because it usually happens as I move the mouse over to click on something on the page. I thought it might be a combination of twitching fingers on mouse top, and maybe the movement of mouse together. I don't know, but when it happens I can't undo it. So I have to get out of the page. If I just try to reload page, or put the same thing in the search engine again, it doesn't matter, it still is zoomed. It's ridiculous.

Anybody know how I can either stop it or zoom back? I'm puzzled.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Leonard

iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11), 512Mb Ram

Posted on May 9, 2012 8:03 PM

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TildeBee

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Posted on May 9, 2012 8:10 PM

Leonard --

This happened to me, and I started paying really close attention to what I was doing . . .. I found that, being used to a wired Apple mouse, I got into the habit of tapping on the top of the mouse while waiting for the page to change. This sets off Zoom on the Magic Mouse.

So see if that's what's happening with you. I have to really watch it. I've gotten much better at not subconsciously tapping on the top, but it still happens every once in a great while. Otherwise, I love the Magic Mouse.

EDIT: If this is what's happening with you, you can undo it by tapping again on the top of the mouse. It's like a toggle.

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Alley_Cat

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Dec 8, 2012 1:06 PM in response to Alley_Cat

Thanks Leonard - your thread gave me the solution!

TildeBee

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Dec 8, 2012 2:37 PM in response to Alley_Cat

😎

Alley_Cat

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Dec 8, 2012 2:52 PM in response to TildeBee

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Feb 7, 2013 5:58 AM in response to Leonard Wheeler

Thanks for the info, Leonard, this happens to me with the Magic Mouse. Problem is that I can't recreate it without a various bunch of random clicks. I like Le Papy du Web's reset option. This was why I didn't use Safari much at all.

Epoche

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Feb 7, 2013 6:36 AM in response to Epoche

I solved my problem by elimination an app that enhanced features on trackpad. i do not recall what the app was as I trashed it off my Air. Looked uppurchased but did not show. Icon on app had 4 blue/white circles as I recalland it resided in my top menue bar with battery level, Wi-Fi etc. I keep getting zooming until I turned off app and eventually trashed it. Anyone know what app I am referring to?

Mar 17, 2013 4:56 AM in response to Epoche

I've been having the same problem, and I think the app you refer to is Magic Prefs. I'll have to look into it. I use it because it makes the magic mouse more compliant with the acvtions I use in CAD, particularly centre button dragging. I may have to fall out with it as the zooming issue in Safari is really annoying.

Sundarun

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Mar 22, 2013 2:04 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler

Thanks Leonard and Bee. Am not sure what I am doing to get the zoomed in screen, but now I know how to restore:)

May 20, 2013 2:22 AM in response to Leonard Wheeler

Cause:

It seems to be a triple tap on the center of the magic mouse - not tapping; triple tapping.

You can triple tap again to get it back to normal!

Once you know, it's not so annoying, but gee was it annoying for two weeks. aggghh.

May 23, 2013 8:41 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler

fantastic.Got two things, how to solve the problem and how to do something new

Cheers

Tim92563

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Jul 24, 2013 9:53 AM in response to iphonehighfivingfanboy

Oh how I love group forums! As others have said, this was driving me nuts but couldn't figure out what subtle motion I was doing. Thanks everyone, including iphonehighfivingfanboy... the triple tap is it.