Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-06 Thread Terje Strømberg
You have the inbuilt Zoom and ZoomText. For the moment, ZoomText magnification have sharper font smoothing i.e. you can increase text size and still have very sharp and clear text. Better than Zoom. Then again, i thought Zoom magnifyed an Adobe Flash Air program (streaming music) with clearer an

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Alex Hall
This is on Mavericks. Open System Preferences, Accessibility, and select Zoom from the table of items. The laptop I looked at has "full screen" set for the zoom style, instead of "picture in picture". Basically, with no settings touched at all, enabling Zoom should enlarge everything. Yes, most

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April
Please do find out what settings she uses to en large the menu. It would help. For a while anyway. On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 4:42:57 PM UTC-5, Alex wrote: > > Hi everyone, > My sister uses Zoom on the Mac. A machine we have here is Lion, her laptop > came with Mountain Lion, and now it ha

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread eric oyen
I wish I could run mt lion here. I have this silly 2007 white macbook. I might have to look into the X86 project and see if they have a version that can make this machine work with mt lion. -eric On Feb 5, 2014, at 2:42 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > Hi everyone, > My sister uses Zoom on the Mac. A ma

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Alex Hall
Hi everyone, My sister uses Zoom on the Mac. A machine we have here is Lion, her laptop came with Mountain Lion, and now it has Mavericks. On all three operating systems, Zoom enlarges the menu bar, dock, and everything else just fine. I'm not sure what people are running into, but it is definit

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Daniel Hawkins
Hmm, I just downloaded Tinkertool, looks fully accessable by Voiceover. I cannot see so but if you go under toolbar and click fronts, and play around that. Here is the download page for Tinkertool http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/download.php Thanks, Daniel Hawkins - Posted from my Macbo

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Jim Gatteys
I found this option which seems like it will make all text larger. Jim http://www.makeuseof.com/answers/enlarge-upper-bar-imac-changing-screen-resolution/ On Feb 5, 2014, at 1:20 PM, Anouk Radix wrote: > Hi april, > I have not much knowledge about this but cant Zoom do the menu bar > magnifica

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Anouk Radix
Thanks april, i meant just the included zoom. Greetings, Anouk, On 05 Feb 2014, at 20:22, April Brown wrote: > The zoom in the system preferences is basically a magnifying glass that you > move around the screen. The motion can cause dizziness. > > If you mean a non included program, I don't

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April Brown
The zoom in the system preferences is basically a magnifying glass that you move around the screen. The motion can cause dizziness. If you mean a non included program, I don't know. I haven't bought any programs. April Brown Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the myths we hide b

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi april, I have not much knowledge about this but cant Zoom do the menu bar magnification for you? Greetings, Anouk, On 05 Feb 2014, at 19:58, April wrote: > Not comparable. > > On the Mac there is no easy way to enlarge the menu or scrollbars. Icon text > can be increased minimally. > >

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi Erik, Thanks a lot, so you do think the retina might be a better choice over the non-retina pro or the 3 inch air for someone who still has some sight? Thanks again, Greetings, Anouk, On 05 Feb 2014, at 20:07, erik burggraaf wrote: > Hi, Zoom doesn't have the huge feature set of zoomtext, bu

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April Brown
Is there? Where? I haven't been able to find them. One on One training person told me the only option was to decrease the resolution. That was a month ago. I think menus are still stuck in 5 point font. Dock isn't bad though. April Brown Writing dramatic adventure novels uncovering the

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread erik burggraaf
HI, You need to look again. The options to increase the sizes of dock and menus are available in mountain line and up. Best, Erik Burggraaf Ebony Consulting toll-free: 1-888-255-5194 or on the web at http://www.erik-burggraaf.com On 2014-02-05, at 1:58 PM, April wrote: > Not comparable. >

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread April
Not comparable. On the Mac there is no easy way to enlarge the menu or scrollbars. Icon text can be increased minimally. On the Mac, there seem to be two choices: 1. lower the resolution to magnify everything, or 2. use an on screen magnifier, and not be able to read menus without it.

Re: magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread erik burggraaf
Hi, Zoom doesn't have the huge feature set of zoomtext, but it does work very well. For best performance you need a newer mac with the best display possible, such as a macbook with retina display. Make sure accessibility shortcuts are turned on. Make sure smooth images is on. Make sure mouse t

magnification on the mac

2014-02-05 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I have been a blind mac user for years now. Some friends of mine are still able to use magnification and some people ask me for advice because supernova is crashy or jfw and magic are crashy on their systems. Are there people that can give an account how magnification works on the