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User profile for user: Leonard Wheeler
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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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User profile for user: TildeBee
TildeBee
User level: Level 7
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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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User profile for user: TildeBee
TildeBee
User level: Level 7
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May 9, 2012 8:10 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler

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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User profile for user: 5BLogan
5BLogan
User level: Level 1
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Sep 6, 2012 7:46 PM in response to Leonard Wheeler

Thanks Leonard!!! and Bee!!!!

OMG driving me NUTS!! I started paying attention too. I wasn't tapping the mouse like I originally thought. All I was doing was holding the sides and picking up the mouse and moving it in a diagonal direction. Partly out of habit and partly to get the pointer back in the screen. (as I too was used to a wired mouse). This one tap solution is a life saver to my sanity!! :-) Thanks guys.

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User profile for user: Alley_Cat
Alley_Cat
User level: Level 7
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Dec 8, 2012 1:03 PM in response to TildeBee

Phew - the Magic Mouse was driving me nuts and I couldn't work out why it was doing this!


I've lost my Magic Trackpad moving the computer around believe it or not, but found a few old mice - the lovely wired mouse had succumbed to scroll wheel debris (not opening one with a Stanley knife ever again!), so I fired up the old Magic Mouse with the useless battery compartment cover that keeps dropping off!


AC

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