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The zoom your pro apps don't have

Read itBig.

Can't read that panel? Zoom it. One pinch, any window, instantly bigger. Right where it is. Release, and it snaps back.

Download it free No account · 14-day full trial · macOS 14+ · best on Apple Silicon
Try it Can't read this? Exactly. this is a real window, actual size

Read it Big was born from an everyday annoyance: big, high-resolution screens where interfaces turn microscopic. Apps don't always let you enlarge their text, and the system zoom magnifies the whole screen, so you lose your place. Read it Big does one thing, well: it instantly magnifies just the window you're looking at, right where it is, and then gets out of the way. Hold a key, pinch on the trackpad, read, release. The zoom follows your pointer, and clicks land exactly where you see them, so you can keep working while magnified. If you are reading this sentence comfortably right now, magnified, you have just understood the whole product. It works like this on every window of your Mac: documents, browsers, dense pro apps, even the tiny alert dialogs. No account, nothing to configure, nothing on your screen ever leaves your Mac.

There is nothing to learn and nothing to set up: your resolution, your layout and your habits stay exactly as they are. Only the part you are reading gets bigger.

A Mac app

Here's what Read it Big does

Read it Big magnifies just the window you're looking at, right where it is, then gets out of the way. Hold a key, pinch on the trackpad, read, release.

1On your Mac, a window with text that's too small to read.

Read it Big magnifies just the window you're looking at, right where it is, then gets out of the way. Hold a key, pinch on the trackpad, read, release.

200%

2Read it Big magnifies that window in place, so you can read it.

Read it Big is a Mac app, not a phone app. On your Mac you hold a key and pinch on the trackpad. Open this page on your Mac to try the live demo.

This, on every window of your Mac. Even the ones Apple won't let you enlarge, like Reminders and Notes.

One gesture.
Three ways to use it.

01 Spring Hold the key and pinch to peek. Let go, it snaps back. Like squinting, minus the squint.
02 Stay Double-tap the key, pinch: the zoom locks and stays while you read or edit. Pinch back out to close.
03 Click through The lens follows your cursor, one to one. Clicks land exactly on what you see, so you keep working.

Free forever.
Full, for a lifetime of comfort.

Download it and use everything free for 14 days. Then keep the spring zoom for free, or unlock the rest once.

Free €0 forever
  • Spring zoom: hold a key, pinch to peek, release
  • Works on every window of your Mac
  • No account, nothing uploaded
Download it free
Launch offer Full €12 Standard €19
  • Everything in Free
  • Stay zoom: lock it while you read or edit
  • Keyboard trigger, no trackpad needed
  • One-time payment, updates free forever. No subscription.
  • Works on 2 Macs

If this tool would genuinely help you and the price is a barrier, write to me and I’ll send you a code.

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Current version: 1.0 (build 133) · what’s new · macOS 14+

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