Window size doesn't fit screen

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Window size doesn't fit screen

Often when I'm reading a page on my Browser (Chrome) on my MacBook Pro, the open browser tabs all suddenly change size and are too big to fit in the MacBook Pro's display. Specifically, I can't see the menu bar at the top, and the bottom is beyond the display. This happens across all open applications--but it usually starts from a browser window. The only way I've been able to resize the windows to fit the screen has been to restart the computer.

I thought updating my system would fix the problem, but I'm now running MacOS Monterey 12.6.1 and the problem seems to be worse, not better. This problem occurs on all my different computers. MacBook Pro 15, MacBook Pro 13, MacBook Air 11, and iMac 21 and systems ranging from Mojave to Big Sur to Monterey.

Can anyone help me?

MacBook Pro 15″

Posted on Nov 21, 2022 05:20 PM

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Answer 1

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Luis Sequeira1

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Nov 25, 2022 06:22 AM in response to Linda K. Kadota

As P. Phillips already indicated, this is related to the zoom feature in accessibility.

You can turn it off, but also it is useful sometimes, and all you need to do is zoom back out. Hold down the Control key and do a scroll down gesture to zoom out. Indeed, you accidentally ard zooming in but holding the Control key and doing a scroll up gesture.

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Owl-53

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Nov 25, 2022 03:51 AM in response to Linda K. Kadota

Suggest the user open System Preferences >> Accessibility >> Zoom and check the setting

Unfortunately, the image below is from Ventura macOS 13 but Monterey macOS 12 should be about to same

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Jeff_W.

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Nov 23, 2022 01:57 PM in response to Linda K. Kadota

Hi Linda K. Kadota,

If this is isolated to Google Chrome and you're experiencing it on multiple devices; it sounds like there may be an issue with how that application is resizing windows. To look into that further, you'd need to reach out to Google for further assistance: https://support.google.com/

We hope this helps you out.

Cheers.

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Nov 24, 2022 09:41 PM in response to Jeff_W.

Thanks anyway, but I've already ruled out a Google Chrome problem. It happens across all open Apps. My desktop suddenly is too big for my screen. I think it's a problem with the Apple OS system and some accessibility feature. Somehow, I am accidentally turning on some kind of magnification, but I don't know what I've done to turn it on, and I don't know how to turn it off other than to restart the computer.

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Owl-53

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Nov 25, 2022 06:40 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

👍 😀

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Nov 27, 2022 05:05 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thank you. I tried repeating your instructions, and you do indeed have the solution to my problem.

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