Comments on: Use the Magnifying Glass Tool in Preview to Zoom Into Image Detail

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 03:29:28 +0000

My magnifying glass in preview keeps changing shape while I’m reading pdfs. Itll be a rectangle then suddenly it gets a little wider, or a little smaller or will turn into a square. Its incredibly irritating.

By: Kerri Bax

Kerri Bax — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:14:59 +0000

Another tip: if you don’t have the track pad, use the + sign to make the magnifying circle bigger, and the – sign to make it smaller (like in Photoshop when changing the pen sizes).

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:40:29 +0000

It seems that JPEG, TIFF and other image files get a circular magnifying glass, whereas PDF files get a rectangular one.

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By: Brad Dora

Brad Dora — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:02:15 +0000

So that’s how CSI solves all those crimes. I always wondered.

By: clasqm

clasqm — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 13:51:50 +0000

Now this may just be my keyboard, but for me it’s actually the backtick (`) key that does it. The tilde (~) is Shift-`

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By: Sim

Sim — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:20:29 +0000

My magnifier glass is rectangular; how do I get a circular one?

By: fles

fles — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 09:17:52 +0000

Go to Tools in the menubar
There should be a sign next to Show Magnifier
This is the key you should use.
In Belgium it’s the ` key.

By: Flo

Flo — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 08:55:56 +0000

Thanks for this! On a German keyboard layout we don’t have such a specific tilde key. Can you tell me the key for the magnification tool on a German keyboard?