How to access Accessibility on Mac from menu bar

If your machine is running macOS Big Sur or later, you can access these features directly from the menu bar or Control Center. The Accessibility Shortcuts menu brings a lot of frequently used accessibility features such as grayscale without having to go to System Preferences as before.

Accessibility Shortcuts is a module you can add to Control Center or let it show up directly on the menu bar.

Click the Apple logo in the left corner of the screen and choose System Preferences .

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From here, click on the Dock & Menu Bar button .

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From the sidebar, scroll down and select Accessibility Shortcuts . Check the boxes next to Show in Control Center and Show in Menu Bar . You can return here and uncheck these options to remove the Accessibility Shortcuts icons .

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To access Accessibility Shortcuts from Control Center , click the Control Center icon in the right corner of the Mac screen.

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Now, click on the Accessibility icon from the bottom of Control Center or the menu bar.

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The menu is expanded and you will see all the accessible features.

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You can drag the Accessibility Shortcuts icon from Control Center to the menu bar. To delete, hold the Command key , drag the icon to the screen and release.

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Click a certain accessibility feature to turn it on or off.

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Marvin Fry

Update 18 November 2020