My Mac mini shows a Red box around the text that I type or highlight,

when I begin typing in pages, or Numbers, a red box surrounds the typing. How do I get rid of it?

Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023)

Posted on Nov 22, 2023 12:03 PM

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Posted on Nov 26, 2023 1:27 PM

BDAqua led me to the "Accessibility settings" there I found: "Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom;" which was turned off, however, "Hover Text" was enabled. When I disabled it the red box around disappeared, which solved the problem. I had previously looked there and noticed "Use keyboard shortcuts" to zoom" was disabled this solved the problem.

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Nov 26, 2023 1:27 PM in response to BDAqua

BDAqua led me to the "Accessibility settings" there I found: "Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom;" which was turned off, however, "Hover Text" was enabled. When I disabled it the red box around disappeared, which solved the problem. I had previously looked there and noticed "Use keyboard shortcuts" to zoom" was disabled this solved the problem.

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