Accessibility for all

Apple’s accessibility features can improve the Mac experience for everyone.

1 REDUCE MOTION

In System Preferences, open Accessibility and select Display from the scrolling pane. In the Display tab, turn on Reduce Motion. This replaces several macOS animations with simpler crossfades. The feature is designed to aid people with vestibular conditions but removes visual noise for every user and makes the aforementioned actions feel faster.

2 REDUCE TRANSPARENCY

The Reduce transparency button takes semi-translucent elements of macOS and makes them solid. Again primarily designed to assist people with vestibular disorders, the setting also makes macOS more broadly legible and stops semitransparent elements from being a distraction if something’s moving/playing behind them.

3 ADJUST MORE SETTINGS

Poke around in Display and you’ll find more goodies. “Increase contrast” is a bit extreme, but handy if you fail to locate buttons. You can also adjust the size of the macOS pointer in the Cursor tab – useful if you frequently lose it and don’t want to keep shaking the thing to make it bigger.