Text Size/Accessibility Help

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  1. ConnYoungy, Feb 5, 2015

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    My dad just asked me how to make all the text appear bigger his iMac and without thinking I sent him to the Accessibility options in Sys Pref but there was nothing to be found. To me it seemed common sense since the iPhone has a system-wide text size option but I can't find a similar thing for Yosemite.

    Any advice? I know I can make things like finder text bigger but that doesn't help when say, composing an email, or browsing the web (let's mark manually zooming in and out as a poor solution also).
     
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  2. 5aga, Feb 5, 2015

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    try changing the resolution
     
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  3. Fishrrman, Feb 5, 2015

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    It would help if you told us -which Mac- your dad has?
     
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  4. Partron22, Feb 5, 2015

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    You can use the Accessibility->Zoom feature to make things appear larger.
    Default settings can quickly make you dizzy though, as the display moves around, following the mouse.
    Clicking the Options button brings up a dialog that lets you set min and max zoom, and also set it so the screen image moves only when the mouse pointer reaches an edge. That's a far less vertiginous option.
     
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  5. ConnYoungy, Feb 5, 2015

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    27inch iMac and a resolution change isn't a suitable solution I feel.

    The zoom feature is useful but again not ideal - I don't understand why there isn't a text size option like on iDevices, the mind baffles.

    Thanks for the suggestions so far!
     
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  6. Rendergroup, Feb 9, 2015

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    I think the Yosemite font size is small.

    It should be an option to increase the size, not everybody are 20/20 :D
     
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  7. 5aga, Feb 10, 2015

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