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1. #HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER HOW TO#
2. #HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER UPDATE#
3. #HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER PRO#
4. #HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER WINDOWS#

#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER PRO#

#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER UPDATE#

You may need to close and reopen the app to see the change in the Dock (folders and docs should update immediately).Drag the image on top of the existing app/folder/doc icon (you may need to enter your Mac’s password).

#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER HOW TO#

How to change Mac icons for apps, folders, documents

Set up your most-used apps appropriately, and your eyes will thank you for making them work a bit less.Whether you want to revert to an app’s previous icon, customize your apps, folders, documents with a theme, or make them match the modern macOS Monterey look, read on for how to change Mac icons.Ĭhanging Mac app icons is a simple and painless process and can be fun to do for a custom macOS look and feel. This alteration changes the number of pixels on the screen and, therefore, the size of text in the menubar, menu items, and so on.Īlthough font size settings are limited to certain apps, it’s good to know where you can make this change. Try it and see if you can see enough on your screen after magnifying its scale. The Displays preference pane of System Preferences lets you scale your display. OS X’s Accessibility preferences pane offers options for zooming your whole screen.įinally, if you have a Mac that permits you to change the display resolution, you might want to go that route. I often use the scrolling option-which, on a trackpad, is a two-finger drag-to get a closer look at things that I can’t zoom any other way, such as text in graphics on webpages. Click the Zoom icon in the sidebar of that preference pane, and check either or both Use keyboard shortcuts to zoom and Use scroll gesture with modifier keys to zoom. In System Preferences’ Accessibility pane, you can turn on zooming that affects your entire display. Go to Messages > Preferences, click Messages, and then click the Set Font button next to each of the two background color sections.Ĭhoose the font, font size, and background color for Messages. (See “ Get the most out of Finder views” for tips.)Īpple’s Messages lets you change the font and size for incoming and outgoing messages independently. You’ll have to make this change for each different Finder view you use (Icon, List, Column, and/or Cover Flow) that you want it to apply to.

#HOW TO CHANGE FONT SIZE ON MAC FINDER WINDOWS#

Click Use as Defaults to apply this new font size to all windows in the current view. Select Text Size, and you’ll get a popup menu that lets you choose a font size of from 10 points to 16 points. To make it easier to see folder and file names in Finder windows, press Command-J, or choose View > Show View Options, when a Finder window is visible.

(This setting is also in the Trackpad preference pane.)īigger fonts in the Finder With the View Options settings, you can get the perfect-size fonts in Finder windows.

(If it doesn’t work for you, check Zoom In or Out in the Scroll & Zoom section of System Preferences’ Trackpad pane.) You can also double-tap with two fingers to get a quick zoom in Safari double-tapping again zooms out. If you use a trackpad, you can pinch out to zoom in, and pinch in to zoom back out. Trackpad tips: In Safari, you can also zoom in to increase the size of the entire page. Under ‘Accessibility’, select Never use font sizes smaller than and adjust the font size to a comfortable level. Safari settings: As an alternative approach in Safari, go to Safari > Preferences and click the Advanced tab. Many other apps that display text use the Command-plus shortcut as well, so try it if you ever need to make text bigger in a particular application. If the fonts are too big on certain pages, Command-minus (−) makes them one notch smaller. For example, if you use Apple’s Safari or Mozilla’s Firefox as your browser, you can press that keyboard shortcut-or choose View > Zoom In-at any time. Many apps use the Command-plus (+) shortcut to increase font size.