Open the settings: Apple menu > System Settings, then Accessibility in the sidebar.
One preferred reading size for the desktop, sidebars and the apps that follow it.
To undo: Drag the Text size slider back to the left.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Increase font size and icons on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Uses a lower resolution so everything on the screen looks bigger.
To undo: Click Default (or the size you had) in the same place.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Increase the size of what's on the Mac screen (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Magnifies the whole screen or the part under the pointer.
Shortcut Option-Command-8 on/off; Option-Command-Plus (+) / Minus (-)
To undo: Press Option-Command-8 again.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Zoom in on your Mac screen (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Shows a big copy of the text under the pointer while you hold the Command key.
Shortcut Hold Command
To undo: Turn Hover Text off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Hover to zoom in on text and colors (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Darker borders around buttons and boxes so they stand out.
To undo: Turn Increase contrast off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Display settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Grayscale, colour-blindness filters or a tint over the whole screen.
To undo: Turn Color filters off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change display colors on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Warmer screen colours after dark.
To undo: Set the Night Shift schedule to Off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Night Shift settings on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
A larger pointer that grows when you shake the mouse or wiggle a finger on the trackpad.
To undo: Drag Pointer size back; click Reset Colors for the usual colours.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Make the pointer easier to see on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
A pointer outline and fill in colours that are easy to see.
To undo: Click Reset Colors (white outline, black fill).
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Make the pointer easier to see on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Words on screen for audio from apps and conversations around you.
Apple says captions can get words wrong and should not be relied on in high-risk or emergency situations.
To undo: Turn Live Captions off.
Macs with Apple silicon only, and not in every language or region. Downloads language data the first time.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Get captions of spoken and computer audio on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Both sides of the sound in each ear or speaker.
To undo: Turn it off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Audio settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
The screen flashes when an alert sound plays.
To undo: Turn it off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Audio settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Easier-to-read subtitles, and closed captions or SDH when a video has them.
To undo: Choose the default style.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Accessibility features for hearing on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Press key combinations one key at a time.
Shortcut Shift five times (if turned on in Sticky Keys options)
To undo: Turn Sticky Keys off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Keyboard settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
A key counts only after it has been held a moment, so brushed keys are ignored.
To undo: Turn Slow Keys off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Keyboard settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
An on-screen keyboard you use with the pointer.
To undo: Turn Accessibility Keyboard off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Keyboard settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
More time between the two clicks of a double-click.
To undo: Drag it back to the middle.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Pointer Control settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Double-tap to pick something up, lift your finger, tap once to drop it.
To undo: Turn "Use trackpad for dragging" off.
For Mac trackpads.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Pointer Control settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Moves the pointer and clicks with the keyboard.
Shortcut Option five times (if turned on in Mouse Keys options)
To undo: Turn Mouse Keys off.
While Mouse Keys is on, those keys do not type text.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Change Pointer Control settings for accessibility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Select text and the Mac reads it out loud.
Shortcut Option-Esc
To undo: Press Option-Esc again to stop; turn Speak selection off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Have your Mac speak text that's on the screen (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Speak and the Mac types the words wherever you can type.
Shortcut Microphone key (if there is one)
To undo: Press Esc to stop; turn Dictation off in Keyboard settings.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Dictate messages and documents on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Speak commands to open apps, click buttons and type.
To undo: Turn Voice Control off.
When Voice Control is on, regular Dictation is not available.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Accessibility features for mobility on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Less sliding and morphing on screen; can also pause animated images.
To undo: Turn Reduce motion off.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Customize onscreen motion on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Silences notifications for a while.
To undo: Turn Do Not Disturb off in Control Center.
From Apple Support, Mac User Guide: Set up a Focus on Mac (checked Oct 14, 2026).
Menu looks different? In System Settings, type the setting's name in the search field at the top of the sidebar.