Increase the text size on your device (and reset it) as needed. Includes options for “Easier,” “Monitor Stand” (my custom setup), and “Defaults.”

Actions Used

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Choose from Menu
Presents a menu and runs different actions based on which menu item was chosen.
Set Reduce Motion
Reduce the motion of the user interface, including the parallax effect of icons.
Set Text Size
Customize your text size with extended accessibility sizes.
Set Increase Contrast
Increase color contrast between app foreground and background colors
Set Zoom
Zoom magnifies the entire screen.
Set Reduce Transparency
Improve contrast by reducing transparency and blurs on some backgrounds to increase legibility.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Embiggen
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Embiggen
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Embiggen” end tell

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