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I am running a Mac Mini with OS X 10.6.2 as a HTPC on a 42" 1080p TV
With Windows 7 it was trivial to make everything easier to read from the couch (icons, web browser, explorer etc). Is there a simple way to achieve the same goal on OS X?
Paul Lockwood
Posted 2009-12-28T00:19:47.403
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Unfortunately, there isn't an easy way to do this in System Preferences. This post describes a method using the following command in the Terminal:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain AppleDisplayScaleFactor 1.5
where 1.5 is a scaling factor you'll need to play around with. It will apply to newly opened applications. It may not change every font for every application, though.
fideli
Posted 2009-12-28T00:19:47.403
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I think the only native part of OS X designed to be used on a TV is FrontRow (Cmd + esc), unfortunately.
James
Posted 2009-12-28T00:19:47.403
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Hulu and XMBC (plays DVDs too) work well on a TV too. FrontRow seemed a little lame to me. Last night I was using ctrl + scroll wheel to zoom in on Safari – Paul Lockwood – 2009-12-28T13:39:50.567
Oh, if you don't mint zooming, then the universal access zooming is the most awesome zooming ever! – James – 2009-12-28T16:12:49.257
I just played with the settings and found it possible to zoom the task bar + finder icons. That's all I've found so far – Paul Lockwood – 2009-12-28T19:24:39.680
Have a look at the universal access preferences, you can enable zooming with Ctrl+scroll, and then the whole screen zooms and follows the mouse, it's awesome :D – James – 2009-12-29T00:13:14.013
good tip, will do – Paul Lockwood – 2009-12-29T14:05:00.950
No problem. Good to hear. – fideli – 2010-01-07T23:52:20.280