Daring Fireball1d ago
MacOS Tip: Enable the Zoom ‘Peek’ Gesture
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/04/13/macos-zoom-gesture
MacOS Tip: Enable the Zoom ‘Peek’ Gesture

Link to: https://unsung.aresluna.org/testing-tip-enable-the-zoom-peek-gesture/

Daring Fireball
Show threadGeoff Coffey
@daringfireball Re: several vs. many… My friend, this feature has been built in to macOS since at least 7.5. It was called "CloseView" in classic macOS.
Apr 13 at 6:19pmWeb
Show threadSteve Barnes1d ago

@gwcoffey, @daringfireball –

I was about to say: I remember zooming around to imitate the quick pans in early episodes of The Simpsons, and I thought I remembered doing it with HyperCard stacks open.

Show threadGeoff Coffey1d ago
@Starfia @daringfireball Yeah I used it all the time to look at that sweet sweet 1 bit pixel art. Command-option-O and then up and down arrows.