When I save a file, I can see all the files/folders in a dialog box greyed out to the point where they are VERY difficult to read. How do I change the color/density/font of these files to make them more legible?
MacBook Pro
FWIW, Folders should not be greyed out. Files are greyed out because you are saving a file, not searching for one. In any case, you cannot change it. You could increase the global contrast but that would effect everything.
Other than the overall change in contrast settings that was mentioned by dialabrain, there is no fix, short of Apple rewriting the Cocoa framework that produces that save panel to use a different shade of gray. That won't happen.
Somewhere in the MacOS there is a number that describes the color of the greyed out files file colors. There ought to be a way to change it.
If I didn't have a reason for reading the file names, I wouldn't be asking.
For that matter, if Apple isn't going to let you read the file names, why display them at all? Seriously. I can understand the need to navigate folders, but why even show file names at all if they're not going to be legible?
It's like printing a book in an unreadable font because the publisher doesn't think anyone will read it!
Hopefully, there's someone out there with more knowledge of the OS who can identify a way to change the font color.
kurta wrote:
Hopefully, there's someone out there with more knowledge of the OS who can identify a way to change the font color.
Good luck with that. In the meantime you could send Apple feedback. However, if you are running Mojave since you posted here, nothing will change because Mojave is no longer supported.
How do I change the color of files in a "save" dialog?
