Where in the System Preferences do I increase the computer screen text size
Where in the System Preferences do I increase the computer screen text size
What you need to change is Screen Resolution.
You can change the screen resolution in System Preferences / Displays. On that pane you will see numbers like 1440 x 900. The larger the numbers the smaller the text on the screen. (The current setting is shown in grey.) Just experiment with other resolutions til you find one that suits you. You want to move down in the options to increase the size of the displayed text.
When you select a new resolution, you have to confirm that it's what you want, else the computer will revert to the previous resolution.
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What is the trick on getting it out of there?Hi,
Read All on this one.
The Disk or the Installer .dmg that you got for this should have an Uninstaller included.
On a Disk it may be a separate item.
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The web site for the app should also have instructions (in rare cases the Uninstaller is on the web site)
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The ones that come in the OS are in Hard Drive Name/System/Library/PreferencePanes
Note the Path Bar displayed across both pics. (Finder > View Menu > Show Path Bar).
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Norton is Invasive !!
USE THE UNINSTALLER Method
9:43 pm Friday; January 31, 2014
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Hi.
My Macbook Pro has Snow Leopard version os x 10.6.8.
For any reason that I do not know, I am unable to use all the functionalities of the trackpad like rotate a picture etc.
Besides that, if I go to the System Preferences Folder, and select the Trackpad preferences pane, I find a clear window... all the options about trackpad functionalities disappeared and I do not know how to restore it.
Besides that, now my trackpad does not appear to have all functionalities operational. For example, in order to open a file, now I have to press twice the trackpad. Before, it only was necessary to tap twice the trackpad, without pressure on it.
Does anyone knows how to solve this?
Thank you in advance,
PA SousaHi yong88
Try to reset PRAM and PMU.
Try to boot from installer disk and press D for hardware diagnostic.
Try to repair permission.
Go to system preference > International > Input menu > check only UK.
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thanks,
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I don't know what else to try.Hi Erwin, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Could be many things, we should start with this...
"Try Disk Utility
1. Insert the Mac OS X Install disc, then restart the computer while holding the C key.
2. When your computer finishes starting up from the disc, choose Disk Utility from the Installer menu. (In Mac OS X 10.4 or later, you must select your language first.)
*Important: Do not click Continue in the first screen of the Installer. If you do, you must restart from the disc again to access Disk Utility.*
3. Click the First Aid tab.
4. Select your Mac OS X volume.
5. Click Repair. Disk Utility checks and repairs the disk."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
Then try a Safe Boot, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, reboot when it completes.
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Hi!
I have mac os x 10.6.8. The system preferences doesn't show java at all. How can I install java please?Don't change your story now. You did not say through Apple, you first gave a link to this site,
http://www.java.com/en/download/apple.jsp
You said, "Go there and download the latest version of Java"
that plainly says,
"Mac OS X Version 10.6 and below
Use Software Update available on the Apple menu to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java 6 for your Mac."
This corroborates me saying that Java for Mac OS 10.6 is done through Software Update, no where else.
If any Mac OS 10.6 user does not have Java on their Mac, they get it from Apple just as the link you provided shows it is from Apple. Not Oracle. You have provided the evidence that plainly contradicts yourself.
This is your second link that is to Apple.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1573
Just to go over this again. Software Update not only updates Java to the latest, but if Java does not exist at all, SU will install it from scratch. And in doing so will be the latest version.
Providing a link to Oracle's site is useless information that does not get Java installed on a Mac running 10.6.
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3. In the list that comes back, click the top most entry for the item that you want. ..... that is the one for the English language.
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20 files were scanned. 20 of 20 files were present on the hard disk. 0 of 20 files had file permissions that did not match those specified in the package. 0 of 20 files had checksums that did not match those specified in the package.
6. Click “close”. Go to step 7.
Extract or Install........
7. In the Toolbar (upper left), you now have the option to extract or install. Click a file in the lower list and those two icons will be enabled.
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9. In the next dialog, click “Extract”.
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Pacifist will begin to extract files.
12. In steps 8/10ß.... you also have the choice to “cancel”
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Stop
Leave original alone
Update .....
Default selection
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