Weird display issue

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Weird display issue

I have a M1 Mac Mini 12.5.1 with 2 Dell 2415 displays. Recently the image on my displays has occasionally zoomed in. It has happened when I am working on a Keynote presentation with the Keynote window at almost full screen. Suddenly the image will enlarge so that the Keynote window spreads across both screens with about 2 in. of the window in the right display. Of course the bottom of the window is no longer accessible as you can't move a window above the tool bar. The only fix I have found is to reboot. Any suggestions?

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Nov 20, 2022 5:06 PM

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Luis Sequeira1

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Nov 21, 2022 12:25 AM in response to Bob1177

It looks like you accidentally zoomed in the whole display.

The default way to do it is by holding down the Control key while doing a scroll up gesture. Hold down the Control key and do the scroll down gesture to zoom back out.

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Nov 21, 2022 7:33 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks. It took awhile for me to succeed at your suggestion. I am not on a laptop however I do have a trackpad. The scroll up and down didn't do any thing when I used the scroll bar or the scroll on my trackball. Those are 99% of my scrolling. It wasn't until I tried the trackpad that I was successful. I must have inadvertently brushed the trackpad and failed to notice it. I will try using that for a brief magnification technique.

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Nov 21, 2022 7:38 AM in response to Bob1177

I am glad you got it sorted.

As someone whose eyesight is not so great anymore, this zooming feature is something that I use rather often.

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