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To increase icons and icon text on the desktop: Control-click the desktop > Show View Options, then move the icon size slider. Some apps have app settings that allow the text size to be selected.

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To increase app text (works in many apps): Press Command -+ (Command and plus simultaneously) or Command- – (Command and minus). To increase Messages text: While in Messages, Messages > Preferences > General then move the Text Size slider. Beside Message Font, click on Select then choose from the drop down menu. To increase email text: While in the Mail app, Mail Preferences > Fonts & Colors, beside Message List Font, click on Select then choose from the drop down menu. To maintain a larger cursor: Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, then move Cursor Size slider. You can also temporarily increase the cursor by quickly moving your finger back and forth on the trackpad or rapidly move the mouse. This will maintain an increased cursor size. Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, then select Increase Contrast. This will reduce the transparency and will also make borders darker and more visible. Apple Menu > System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver > Desktop, then browse through the picture folders and select the desired picture.

Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accessibility > Display, then select Reduce Transparency.Ĭhange the desktop background picture that is less busy or fewer colors.

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Reducing the transparency changes the bright white transparent areas of the desktop and app windows to gray. Apple Menu > System Preferences > Dock, then select Magnification and move slider to the desired level of magnification. You can also adjust the length and size of the dock by changing the Size slider. When Dock Magnification is on, the cursor moves over the dock symbols, the symbol with the focus becomes larger. Many of these options can be selected by going to the Apple Menu (Apple symbol in the top left corner of the screen) > System Preferences > Accessibility then selecting the accessibility category: Display, Zoom, VoiceOver, Descriptions, Captions, Audio, Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad, Switch Control and Dictation. There are many accessibility options built-in to Apple Computers. For additional updated information, go to Low Vision Accessibility Settings for MacBooks (February 2019). (The information below is based on OS X El Capitan.

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