Changing Desktop Font Color

I don't think this is the answer that he was looking for. Color labels are meant as a productivity feature (you can sort by and search by color, for instance).

I think the person was asking how to change the default icon text color. If you select a white or almost white background, the white text is hard to read. By default, files will be created without any color coding (and you don't generally want to be forced to color code anyway -- it's meant to tag a file as being different than standard).

The answer is: you cannot change the font or font color of the menu bar or items on the desktop without an application like ThemePark.

Hi Philiwig,

You could add a color that surrounds the text. Highlight any item on the desktop and press Command+I. Or choose Get Info from the Apple menu bar. The color label will show that it's on X, or no color. Choose any of the the seven colors to the right and close the box.

Hi J D,

Yes, I understood what Philiwig was looking for, but adding a color behind the text by using the label color attribute would have the same effect of making the text easily readable without having to hack the OS. Since most folks don't keep that many items on the desktop, it's not something he'd have to do hundreds of times. If that were the case, then yes, applying a label color to each and every item would be a royal pain.

Still, it's very easy to change everything on the desktop at once. Instead of doing a Get Info on each item one at a time to add a label color, highlight everything and press Command OptionI. You'll get a single Get Info dialogue box (doesn't matter if it's a mix of files and folders). Pick a label color and close the box. Every item on the desktop will get the label color in one move.

That said, Silk may give you the option you're looking for. I know you can change the default menu font with it. I haven't really looked into everything it can do, but you might find just want you want in that little haxie.

If you select view then show view options(command + J) in the finder a menu appears which allows you to increase the size of icons/font on the desktop. I hope I understood your requirements correctly.

Is it possible to increase the font size on the desktop without choosing a different screen resolution?

My eyes aren't what they used to be...

Hi philiwig:

Welcome to Apple discussions.

I think you will be able to do what you wish this way:

Select the item (for example, select the HD). Then go to the file drop down menu. At the bottom you will see "color label." Select the one you want and close the drop down menu.

Barry

Hi CM Digital Design,

As far as I know, Silk is the only utility that allows you to alter the desktop fonts. There's a link just above in my previous post.