Late 2009 21.5" acts like a 27" - help

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dave92029

macrumors member

Original poster

• Apr 20, 2010

• #1

Yesterday, my late 2009 21.5" iMac's screen now acts like a 27" display ( or larger).😱

I have gone to settings - 1920x1080 - detect monitor, but the image projected on my screen no longer fits. I need to push the mouse around to go from side to side or up and down because the image is now much bigger than my 21.5" monitor 🙁.

This is happening in all programs. I have shut down and restarted, still the same.

How to I get my image to fit the size of my monitor again? 😕

Thanks
Dave

 

spinnerlys

Guest

• Apr 20, 2010

• #2

That's the screen zoom feature.

Use the control (CTRL) key + the scroll "wheel" of your mouse to zoom in or out of the screen.

To turn it off: System Preferences > Universal Access.

 

gatepc

macrumors 6502

• Apr 20, 2010

• #3

I think you turned zoom on.

Try holding down the command key ( or was it control? try both ) and scrolling up and down on the mouse.

 

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dave92029

macrumors member

Original poster

• Apr 20, 2010

• #4

Thank you....

That fixed it! Thank you 😀

 

OrangeSVTguy

macrumors 601

• Apr 20, 2010

• #5

That should be off by default... and the "Control, Option, Command, 8" command too. Lots of confused people out there 😀