The Mac has many visual animations that draw on screen as you perform various actions throughout the operating system, whether it’s the zooming in and out of opening Mission Control, or sliding between desktops in Spaces, amongst others. These provide for some enjoyable visual eye candy, but some users may find the animations cause motion sickness, or serve as unnecessary glitz.
If you want to disable animations in Mac OS, you can toggle a setting called Reduce Motion that greatly diminishes the interface animations on the Mac.
How to Disable Most Mac Animations with Reduce Motion
- Pull down the Apple menu and choose ‘System Preferences’
- Choose “Accessibility” from the preference panels
- Select the “Display” option from the left side menu of Accessibility options
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