Accessibility Features on Mac

From www.support.apple.com 4/2024

On Mac, choose Apple Menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility.

Vision

VoiceOver User Guide 

Change Zoom preferences for accessibility 

Use Hover Text 

 Zoom in on the Touch Bar 

Change Display preferences for accessibility 

Change Pointer preferences for accessibility 

Change Color Filters preferences for accessibility 

Change Spoken Content preferences for accessibility 

Change Descriptions preferences for accessibility 

Hearing 

Real-Time Text (RTT) 

macOS accessibility features for hearing 

Change Audio preferences for accessibility 

Change RTT preferences for accessibility 

Change Captions preferences for accessibility 

Motor 

macOS accessibility features for mobility 

Control your Mac and apps using Voice Control 

Create a custom vocabulary 

Use item number and grid overlays 

Navigate your Mac using Full Keyboard Access 

Change Keyboard Hardware preferences for accessibility 

Use the Accessibility Keyboard 

Control the pointer using Dwell 

Change Mouse & Trackpad preferences for accessibility 

Control the pointer using Mouse Keys 

Change Alternate Control Methods preferences for accessibility 

Move the mouse using head pointer 

Use Switch Control 

General: 

macOS general accessibility features 

Siri requests  

Change Siri preferences for accessibility 

Change Shortcut preferences for accessibility 

 

Use the Accessibility Shortcuts panel on Mac

The Accessibility Shortcuts panel offers shortcuts to quickly turn on or turn off common accessibility features such as Zoom, VoiceOver, and Sticky Keys.

Accessibility Options panel

Open the Accessibility Shortcuts panel

Press these keys together: Option (⌥), Command (⌘), and F5. On notebook computers with a Touch Bar, you might need to press the Fn (Function) key as well.


On notebook computers with Touch ID, triple-press Touch ID. (If you press and hold the Command key while doing this, VoiceOver turns on or off.)


To close the panel, click Done or click anywhere outside of the window.

 Change the shortcuts in Accessibility Shortcuts

To change the shortcuts that appear in the panel, choose Apple menu  > System Preferences, then click Accessibility. Select Shortcut in the sidebar, then use the checkboxes to turn shortcuts on or off.