Amaya Toman As you know, your Mac is equipped with a number of accessibility features that help users with disabilities fully operate the computer. Apple is known for building assistive technology into all of its platforms, and the Mac is no exception. In addition, within the macOS operating system, you will find a number of accessibility functions that you can use even if you do not live with any handicap.
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One of the accessibility features on the Mac is zoom. As the name suggests, this feature allows you to magnify selected content either full-screen, split-screen or picture-in-picture by pressing a specific hotkey. To enable and customize Zoom, click the menu -> System Preferences in the upper-left corner of your Mac screen. Choose Accessibility, choose Vision -> Zoom in the left panel, then set the desired shortcut. Finally, all that remains is to select the desired magnification mode.
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Visual accompaniment with warning sound
A variety of warning sounds and audio notifications work within the macOS operating system. However, it may happen that we miss these notifications for any reason, for example in case of problems with the sound on the Mac. In such a case, you may find it useful to activate a feature where your Mac's screen will noticeably flash when an alert beep sounds. In the upper left corner of your Mac screen, click menu -> System Preferences. Choose Accessibility and click Sound in the Hearing section on the left side of the window. Then activate the item The screen will flash when the warning sound is heard.
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Mouse movement speed
As part of the availability in macOS, you can also to some extent customize the speed and other parameters of the movement of the mouse cursor. In the upper left corner of your Mac screen, click menu -> System Preferences. Choose Accessibility, and in the Motor Functions section of the left panel, choose Pointer Control. Click on Mouse Options to start customizing the scrolling speed, after clicking on Trackpad Options you can set scrolling parameters and other properties.
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Change the color of the cursor
The macOS operating system also offers you the option to change the color of the mouse cursor. If you want to change the color of the mouse cursor on your Mac, click the menu -> System Preferences in the upper left corner. Choose Accessibility, but this time in the left panel, head to the Monitor section. In the upper part of the window, click the Pointer tab, and then you can choose the color of the fill and the outline of the mouse cursor.
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Reading content
On a Mac, you can also have the content read aloud to you on the monitor. This can be useful, for example, when you need to read some text, but for various reasons you cannot look at the monitor. As part of this function, you can, for example, mark a selected message on the web and have it read. To enable and customize content reading, click the menu -> System Preferences -> Accessibility in the upper left corner of your Mac screen. In the left panel, select Read content in the Hearing section, check the Read selection option, click Options and set the appropriate parameters.
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