Safari URL and tab title text size not increasing

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Safari URL and tab title text size not increasing

Safari URL text is too small. Is there a way to make it bigger? I have scaled up the whole monitor and set the "always use" text size 24 but these have little effect on the URL box or the tab title box. I've attached a screenshot to demonstrate. For an older person, this is most awkward, especially if you spelled the URL wrong but can't see the text to fix it. Thanks in advance for any help on this. Running Mac mini M4 on latest Tahoe (26.5) and Safari 26.5. My display is a new Apple Studio 2 Display.Thanks in advance for any help with this. Btw. The screenshot in this question is at least twice a big as on my monitor.

Mac mini, macOS 26.5

Posted on May 28, 2026 1:16 AM

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6x6

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May 28, 2026 5:20 PM in response to ricknz

Sorry, no, there is no settings in Safari that would increase the URL field. You need to play with the screen resolution to get what you need.

You actually can choose in-between sizes. In System Settings > Displays, click the Advanced button (bottom of the screen), turn on "Show Resolutions as list" and click Done:

Then, turn on "Show all resolutions" to display all the resolutions available for your monitor (The list below will most likely not correspond to the one you'll see as I use an iMac 5K):

Finally, select one of the lower resolutions, one you are comfortable with.

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ricknz Author

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May 28, 2026 5:03 PM in response to 6x6

Thank you. I knew about this. I was just hoping that I could more selectively increase the size as other things were basically ok. As that is not possible, I will live with everything being bigger. Thanks again for your time. Cheers.

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6x6

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May 28, 2026 4:28 PM in response to ricknz

You will need to scale up the Mac display settings, using one of the Larger Text options: Make everything on the screen larger. This makes all the text, including the URL field in Safari, bigger.

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ricknz Author

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May 28, 2026 5:24 PM in response to 6x6

Thanks. After our discussion, I found this one you mention. It is much better at getting the right size! Thanks. Cheers.

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