Computer Glasses3.1.0

Name: Computer Glasses
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

24 August 2012

Magnify a portion of your screen.

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Overview

Computer Glasses lets you magnify a portion of the screen to read fine print or magnify an image.

When you open Computer Glasses, you see a red circle. Click on the circle (magnifier) and drag it over the area to be magnified. As you drag the magnifier, you will see crosshairs. When you release the mouse, the area inside the area within the circle will be magnified. A Control Panel lets you choose the magnifier shape (Rectangle or Circle), the size of the magnifier (slider), turn the magnifier on/off and change the magnification (Slight, Medium, Larger and Largest). You can shrink the Control Panel, move it out of the way on the desktop, or minimize it to the Dock. You can close Computer Glasses by clicking on the control panel's (red) close button. Control Panel settings and location are saved between sessions. Magnifier location is saved between sessions and between Hide/Show views.

What's new in Computer Glasses

Version 3.1.0:

Is compatible with OS X 10.8 default security.

12 Reviews of Computer Glasses

Seriously folks, what's the point of this app if your mac can already zoom in and out of the screen by simply holding CONTROL on your keyboard and moving your mouse wheel up and down????

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Drdul

18 April 2013

Version: 3.1.0

Doesn't work properly on retina screens (it magnifies stuff twice as much as on a normal-resolution screen, which is problematic when there's an external monitor hooked up to your retina MacBook Pro).

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Maclover1-1

28 July 2011

Version: 3.0.0

Universal Access in the System Preferences has a much more integrated approach.. as said by gabrielu below.. but it must be turned on.. guess people rarely go look in there ;-)

I downloaded computer glasses about 2months ago and it worked great. I went to use it and the magnifier is gone. So I uninstalled it and reinstalled it but still no magnifier. Anyone else have this happen?

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Don't get me wrong, this comment is just my own opinion: This app is the exact opposite of OS X-like plus it's useless (yet?) because of the built-in zoom function, maybe you should think of an advantage over the zoom function…

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Thanks for this so very much needed because the Apple failed to activate it in 10.2.8 I'm sorry, but can't you just go to Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Turn on Zoom and achieve the same thing? No you can NOT in 10.2.8 Thanks this is needed. Needs Keyboard controls as it had in OS 9.

As opposed to CTRL +/- which magnify the whole screen, this app.can also magnify only portion of a page.. hence useful

Of cours you can use the build in magnification. BUT if you just want to have one particular region of the Screen magnified while using an other part just normally, this tool is great. Only thing I'd like to see is, that if you toggle hide/show the circle remembers its position. And choosing the size of the circle would also be a nice to have.

Shawnbodh - Yes, you can zoom the entire display using the method you described. I find, however, that you can get the display "stuck" while zoomed way in and have to reboot to get back to normal. Computer Glasses zooms only the area inside the circle. When you close Computer Glasses, everything is back to normal. Paul Young, CSoM

I'm sorry, but can't you just go to Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Turn on Zoom and achieve the same thing? With Zoom you can zoom into any part of the screen as far as you want, has options for image smoothing, and you can edit the keyboard shortcut in System Prefs -> Keyboard & Mouse.

Wonderful idea! Two necessary additions: user-controlled magnification options and toggle on/off with keyboard shortcut.

Computer Glasses3.1.0

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