{"id":3187,"date":"2016-10-09T16:40:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T13:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/?p=3187"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T02:05:18","slug":"os-x-universal-access","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/os-x-universal-access","title":{"rendered":"Mac OS X: How to Use Universal Access Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">People use mostly keyboards, mouse or trackpad to navigate through the commands, however, if a user has any difficulty seeing, hearing or using these three elements, they may use OS X&#8217;s comprehensive set of accessibility features, that make Mac easier to use.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Mac_OS_X_How_to_Use_Universal_Access_Panel\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">1<\/span> Mac OS X: How to Use Universal Access Panel<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#Ten_OS_X_tips_for_new_Mac_Users\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_2\">1.1<\/span> Ten OS X tips for new Mac Users<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"#Links\"><span class=\"toc_number toc_depth_1\">2<\/span> Links<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Mac_OS_X_How_to_Use_Universal_Access_Panel\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Mac OS X: How to Use Universal Access Panel<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Accessibility features can be found within the <em>Universal Access<\/em> panel of <em>System Preferences<\/em>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Cursor Size:<\/em> This option makes the mouse pointer larger to help the user distinguish it better.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Display:<\/em> This option sets your screen to Grayscale (black and white colors) or White on Black (just like a film negative). To toggle the modes, click &#8220;Command + Alt + ^ + 8&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Enhance Contrast:<\/em> The option increases the starkness of the difference between dark and light. The shortcuts &#8220;Command + Alt + ^ +.&#8221; and &#8220;Command + Alt +,&#8221; have the same effect.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Flash:<\/em> This is a visual alternative to the alert sound.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Mouse Keys:<\/em> You should turn on this feature if you want to control the mouse pointer using the numeric keypad section of your keyboard.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Sticky Keys:<\/em> This function allows the user to enter key combinations in sequence rather than simultaneously.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>VoiceOver:<\/em> This feature provides spoken feedback to help the user navigate between items, applications and windows with the keyboard.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Zoom:<\/em> Once activated, the shortcuts &#8220;Command + Alt +&#8221; or &#8220;Command + Alt -&#8221; zoom in and out on any area of the screen, following the mouse pointer around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">You may wish to activate the OS X Speech Recognition features. In OS X you can use this technology to give commands in certain applications, switch between programs, open some programs, and so on.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Note:<\/em> On a Mac laptop, hold down the FN key to access the numeric keypad.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Ten_OS_X_tips_for_new_Mac_Users\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Ten OS X tips for new Mac Users<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>The first tip is an obvious one:<\/em> Enable right-click and adjust tracking speed of your mouse or trackpad: Head to <em>System Preferences<\/em> &#8211; click on <em>Mouse<\/em> and next mark <em>Secondary Click<\/em>, thus enabling right-click. Below you&#8217;ll see a slider and you can adjust tracking speed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Placing the Dock on the side of the screen:<\/em> You can place the Dock on the side of the screen by going to <em>System Preferences<\/em>, clicking on <em>Dock<\/em>, and then using <em>Position on screen<\/em> where you&#8217;ll choose between <em>Bottom, Right<\/em> or<em> Left<\/em>. Why will you want to change the position? Because if you place the<em> Dock<\/em> on the side you will get more vertical place for other icons.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Minimize windows into application icon:<\/em> When you have just a couple of items on the screen, it doesn&#8217;t really matter, but when you have many windows open. Note that when you minimize windows into applications, the <em>Dock<\/em> is growing because minimized windows are added to the Dock. To do this: Go to <em>System Preferences<\/em> &#8211; <em>Dock<\/em> and once there mark <em>Minimize windows into application icon<\/em>. Now the open windows are presented as icon and don&#8217;t take extra space on your <em>Dock<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Enable &#8220;Show Desktop&#8221; Hot Corner:<\/em> Of course there are keyboard shortcuts which can help you see desktop quickly. But you can easily assign this task to your mouse. You to this by going to <em>System Preferences<\/em>, clicking on <em>Mission Control<\/em>, then clicking on <em>Hot Corners<\/em>, selecting one of the four <em>Active Screen Corners<\/em>, and then choosing <em>Desktop<\/em>, then you click <em>OK<\/em> and close <em>System Preferences<\/em> (see the Video).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Enable three finger drag with trackpad:<\/em> You can enable this feature which will help you easier move applications through the screen. For this, head to <em>System Preferences<\/em>, but once there DON&#8217;T GO to <em>Trackpad<\/em>, as you might think, but choose <em>Accessibility<\/em>. Once there, scroll down to <em>Mouse &amp; Trackpad<\/em>. Click this pane and then click <em>Trackpad Options<\/em>. Next click <em>Enable dragging<\/em> and from the drop-down menu select <em>three finger drag<\/em>\u00a0option. To finish, click <em>OK<\/em> and close <em>System Preferences<\/em>. Now you will be able to move content with three fingers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Show Keyboard, Emoji &amp; Symbol Viewers:<\/em> Of course you can see emoji by going to <em>Edit<\/em> and then opening emoji. But you can add this possibility by going to <em>System Preferences &#8211; Keyboard<\/em> and checking <em>Show Keyboard, Emoji &amp; Symbol Viewers<\/em> in menu bar. After you close <em>System Preferences<\/em>, you will see this option added to your menu bar on top of the screen.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Set Full Keyboard Access<\/em> to &#8220;<em>All controls<\/em>&#8220;: Go to <em>System Preference<\/em>s, click<em> Keyboard<\/em>, click <em>Shortcuts<\/em> and you will see the choice\u00a0<em>Full Keyboard Access<\/em>: in windows and dialog, press <em>Tab<\/em> to move keyboard focus between <em>Text Boxes<\/em> and lists only or <em>All controls<\/em>. If you choose <em>All controls<\/em>, you will be able to use the keyboard to perform all the operations without using your mouse or trackpad.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Clean up the Finder<\/em>: Go to <em>Finder &#8211; Preferences<\/em>, and once there check everything you&#8217;d like to see or uncheck all the unnecessary items.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Disable Shadow on screenshots<\/em>: This feature is one of the personal preferences. Apple adds shadows for aesthetic purposes. If you prefer to disable <em>Shadows<\/em>, go to <em>Launchpad<\/em>, then go to <em>Other<\/em>, next go to <em>Terminal<\/em> and disable screenshot shadows.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>Add a shortcut to the Library:<\/em> Many users find this option extremely handy. Just go to <em>Go<\/em> in the <em>Menu bar<\/em>, look for <em>Library<\/em> in the drop-down menu. You can drag your <em>Library<\/em> icon to your side bar, and now you can quickly access the library.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center\"><span id=\"Links\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">A couple of things to note: You can always trade in your old Apple computer for cash at iGotOffer. We offer the best prices online, check them now, prices are stated in US$. We&#8217;ll pay what you old computer is really worth, not a cent less! Free instant quote, free fully insured shipping, fast payment: <a href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sell old electronics<\/a>\u00a0now!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People use mostly keyboards, mouse or trackpad to navigate through the commands, however, if a user has any difficulty seeing, hearing or using these three elements, they may use OS X&#8217;s comprehensive set of accessibility features, that make Mac easier to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mac OS X: How to Use Universal Access Panel | iGotOffer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mac OS X Universal Access Panel - OS X&#039;s comprehensive set of accessibility features, that make Mac easier to use for computer users.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/igotoffer.com\/apple\/os-x-universal-access\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mac OS X: How to Use Universal Access Panel | iGotOffer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mac OS X Universal Access Panel - 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