Lupe is a utility that diplays a magnified view of whatever is underneath your mouse cursor.

Choose from 1:2 to 1:8 magnification. Hit Command-C to copy the magnified snapshot to the clipboard.

Lupe is freeware.

 

Looking for a Mac OS X version?

Click here!

...for the curious:
"Lupe" is german for "magnifying glass" and
"Systemordner" is german for "System Folder" :-)