Much as I appreciate the iPhone's blindingly bright LED screen in direct sunlight, it's not always the nicest sight to see in a nighttime environment. This is especially true for iPad pros and iPhone users alike who may need their device for use in darkened theaters or while surveying the night sky.

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In short: When you need to use your iPhone or iPad without blinding yourself or nearby neighbors, sometimes iOS' lowest Brightness setting just doesn't cut it. But there's a better way, thanks to Apple's Accessibility settings.

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How to make your iPhone darker than the lowest Brightness setting

1. Open the Settings app.
2. Go to General > Accessibility > Zoom.
3. Enable Zoom.

4. Set the Zoom Region to Full Screen Zoom.

5. Tap on Zoom Filter.
6. Select Low Light.

Your screen will immediately dim; from here, you can do more minor brightness adjustments from Control Center. (Those of you hoping for another way to save your battery life will sadly be disappointed, unfortunately; the screen 'dimming' is actually just a filter, not a physical dimming of your screen.)

How to set up a shortcut for ultra-low brightness

Those six steps above are a nice time-waster and all, but you can make ultra-dimming your screen at any time a cinch by enabling Apple's Accessibility shortcut.

1. Open the Settings app.

2. Go to General > Accessibility > Accessibility Shortcut.

3. Select Zoom, if it's not already selected.

Now, whenever you wish to activate (or deactivate) Zoom's Low Light brightness setting, triple-press the Home button and press the Zoom button on the resulting pop-up.

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Whether you're suffering from eyestrain or increasing age-related farsightedness, there are times when being able to increase the size of the text on your phone, tablet or laptop makes all the difference. Fortunately, it's easy to enlarge text without increasing the size of your screen. Here’s how you can make your smartphone, tablet and laptop more readable.

How to make text larger on Macs, iPhones and iPads

iOS devices

On your iOS device, you can make many of the same adjustments you have access to on your laptop or desktop machine. You can invert colors, adjust text contrast, zoom or enlarge text.

To display larger text in various apps, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Larger Text, then turn on “Larger Accessibility Sizes.” You can also drag the slider on that page to adjust the overall font size. Under Accessibility, you can toggle on and off Bold Text or Increase Contrast to reduce transparency and darken colors, all of which may make reading the screen easier on your eyes.

To invert the colors, go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations, and select Invert Colors. To reduce the brightness of the colors (don’t confuse this with screen brightness), go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations, and turn on Reduce White Point. From there, you can reduce the intensity of bright colors from 25 percent to 100 percent.

To magnify your entire screen, use the Zoom function located under Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom. Once you’ve enabled Zoom, you can double-tap three fingers to zoom, drag three fingers to move around the screen, or double-tap with three fingers and drag to change zoom.

Not large enough? Adjust the maximum zoom level anywhere from 1.2x to 15x. To adjust the zoom region, select between “Full Screen Zoom” and “Window Zoom.” To zoom on text or a text insertion point while typing, turn on Follow Focus. The area immediately around the area you select will become magnified while the keyboard remains visible. (Tip: Unlike Touch Bar, you can use Zoom with VoiceOver.)

macOS computers

On devices running macOS, access a feature called Zoom to enlarge the content on your screen. To use Zoom, go to System Preferences > Accessibility > Zoom.

From there, you’ll need to enable some shortcuts to take advantage of Zoom. One unique function is the ability to zoom in wherever your cursor is located. Check the box for “Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom,” and then select either the Control, Option or Command key as your shortcut button. For example, if you selected the Control key, whenever you place your cursor, you’ll hold the Control key and drag two fingers up or pinch two fingers open to zoom in, or drag two fingers down or pinch two fingers closed to zoom out on your trackpad.

Other settings include “Smooth images,” which makes zoomed images appear smooth; “Zoom follows the keyboard focus,” which magnifies the area that has the keyboard focus; and “Zoom style,” where you can adjust the minimum and maximum magnification settings, how Zoom will follow the cursor, and full-screen or picture-in-picture magnification style.

For faster access to Zoom, enable the shortcuts under the Accessibility settings.

(Tip: Under Display, select “Invert colors” or “Increase contrast” to see if adjusting the colors makes the text easier to read.)

You can even enable Zoom on your Touch Bar. Under Zoom settings, turn on “Enable Touch Bar zoom.” Then hold a finger on the Touch Bar. A larger version will appear on your computer screen. To increase or decrease the zoom, hold the Command key and pinch two fingers open or closed on the Touch Bar.

To activate a Touch Bar function, slide your finger on the Touch Bar until the circle on the screen representing your finger hovers over the item you want to select. Keep your finger there until the circle changes color or fills with white, and then remove your finger to virtually click the item. Alternatively, touch and hold the item you want to select with one finger and tap anywhere on the Touch Bar with another finger to select the item without waiting for the color to change. (Tip: Touch Bar zoom doesn’t work when using VoiceOver.)

How to make text larger on Windows devices

Windows 10 computers and tablets

If you want to make global changes, you can increase the text size or choose to make everything bigger. Go to Start > Settings > Display. For increasing text, you use the slider bar and can preview the change in font size. In the Display settings, you can also adjust the brightness of the built-in display

If you just need to increase the size on an occasional bases, you can use a tool called Magnifier to enlarge your screen so you can see things more clearly. To open Magnifier, go to Start > Settings > Ease of Access > Magnifier. Move the slider under Magnifier to make adjustments. Alternatively, select the Windows logo key and plus sign or minus sign to enlarge or reduce your screen.

Magnifier offers three different view settings: full-screen, lens or docked. Full-screen view magnifies your entire screen, so you can’t view the entire screen at once. Move the mouse around to see the hidden portions of your screen. Lens view acts as a virtual magnifying glass, enlarging only the portion of the screen where your cursor is located. Docked view performs much like lens view, but the main part of your screen remains unchanged. Instead, the magnified portion appears in the docking area as your cursor moves across the screen.

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Don’t like Magnifier following your cursor around? Adjust your settings and check a box to tell Magnifier to follow your mouse, the insertion point or the keyboard. Select the Configuration (cog wheel) options button to make any changes. (Tip: Under options, select “Turn on color inversion” and see if reversing the colors makes the text on the screen easier to read.) To close Magnifier, select the Close button on the toolbar.

Touchscreen users have access to all the same features. You can open Magnifier and perform adjustments as you would on a mobile device. For example, zoom in and out by tapping on the corners, or move the screen around by dragging the corners.

In a hurry? Try these Magnifier keyboard shortcuts.

Another way Windows users can make text more legible is a feature now nearly two decades old. Windows introduced ClearType font smoothing technology with Windows XP. This technology displays computer fonts with extreme smoothness and clarity, helping make text more legible, especially after you’ve been reading for long periods of time.

To adjust ClearType, go to Start > Settings and search for 'ClearType'. Then follow the on-screen prompts to enable, disable or adjust ClearType attributes. (Tip: Techlicious recommends adjusting your ClearType settings each time you switch to a new monitor.)

How to make text larger on Android and ChromeOS devices

Android phones and tablets

On Android devices, you can adjust the font size, enlarge a screen or adjust the contrast level. To change the font size, go to Settings > Accessibility > Font Size, and adjust the slider on the screen. To change the display size of your screen, go to Settings > Accessibility > Display Size, and adjust the slider on the screen. To make your text easier to read with contrast or inverted colors, go to Settings > Accessibility > High contrast text or Color Inversion. Android lists these as an experimental feature, so they may not work well across your device’s apps.

To magnify the screen, go to Settings > Accessibility > Magnification gestures, and toggle it on or off. To zoom on your entire screen, triple-tap anywhere. From there, drag two fingers to pan across the screen, pinch two fingers open or closed to zoom in or out, or triple-tap the screen to zoom out entirely.

If you prefer to temporarily magnify the screen, triple-tap and hold anywhere on your screen. To pan across the screen, drag your finger without releasing. Then lift your finger to stop magnifying the screen. (Tip: Be patient. When magnification is enabled, single taps take a little longer to process, to ensure the tap isn’t part of a double- or triple-tap gesture.)

Chromebooks

If you’re using Chromebook, turn on accessibility features by selecting Settings > Show advanced settings > Accessibility. Then toggle on or off various features, including “Show large mouse cursor,” “Use high contrast mode” and “Enable screen magnifier.”

Text enlargement fixes for your web browser

Don’t want to fuss with your computer settings? Select Ctrl/Command + the plus sign or minus sign to increase and decrease your display size while browsing any web page. Then just press Ctrl/Command + 0 to revert back to your computer’s default display setting. (Alternatively, try pinching in and out on your touchscreen or trackpad.)

Google Chrome lets you easily change the size of text, images and videos. Click the triple dots on the URL bar the select Settings and scroll down to the Appearance section to adjust your font size and page zoom settings. Under font size, select very small, small, medium, large, or very large text; medium is recommended. You can adjust the page zoom anywhere from 25 percent to 500 percent. Chrome also recommends adding accessibility extensions to enhance your browser experience. Find them here.

On Mozilla Firefox, you can adjust the size of the page by going to Menu and scrolling to Zoom and click the plus or minus sigin. You can also adjust the font size independently of the rest of the web page. Press Alt to bring up the menu at the top of the window and then select View > Zoom and select “Zoom Text Only.” Whenever you use the “When browsing the web” advice above, Firefox will instead increase or decrease the font size and not the entire page.

If today’s web aesthetics favor tiny font sizes too small for your comfort, adjust Firefox to display a minimum text size. Go to Menu > Options and scroll down to the Language and Appearance panel where you'll find a Fonts and Colors section. There you can set the default font style, size and color. Click on Advance to select a minimum font size. Then select OK to save your settings.

Microsoft’s Edge allows you to zoom in on a webpage by selecting the Menu (triple dots) and scrolling to zoom.

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Since Apple also puts advanced accessibility features on its machines, it also keeps things simple in its web browser. In Safari, you can adjust the zoom function and minimum font size. That’s it. To access these features, go to Safari > Preferences > Websites and then choose Page Zoom. Page Zoom allows adjustments from 50 percent to 300 percent. Under Accessibility, you can require the browser to next use font sizes smaller than a predetermined font size, ranging from 9 points to 24 points.

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Updated on 7/19/2019

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