Hi Apple community,
How do you increase the size of fonts in Finder UI elements so they are easier to read?
I have a 15" MBP running OS X 10.8.5.
Thanks!
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Finder> command J > Text size
Hmmm- that didn't increase the size of items in the menu bar though...
Sidebar is different.
Apple Menu () >System Preferences>General>sidebar icon size> Large
Doesn't seem to increase font size in the Finder menu bar (the bar accross the top where the Apple menu sits).
Which menu bar? The one at the top of the Finder? To increase its font size, you will need to change your display resolution.
Zoom everything
In System Preferences’ Accessibility pane, you can turn on zooming that affects your entire display. 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. 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.
OS X's Accessibility preferences pane offers options for zooming your whole screen.
Finally, if you have a Mac that permits you to change the display resolution, you might want to go that route. The Displays preference pane of System Preferences lets you scale your display. Try it and see if you can see enough on your screen after magnifying its scale. This alteration changes the number of pixels on the screen and, therefore, the size of text in the menubar, menu items, and so on.
Although font size settings are limited to certain apps, it’s good to know where you can make this change.
You can increase the system font size by either:
1. Reducing your screen resolution from System Settings -> Displays
2. Use the free TinkerTool app to change default fonts and sizes
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Dear Apple,
This is kind of lame.
I can increase the font size in Windows UI elements with ease.
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Please consider this a feature request.
Thank you
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I understand this is a user forum, thanks.
I was merely expressing frustration that such a basic accessibility feature isn't present in Mac OS at this point -
the 'feature request' comment was half tongue-in-cheek.
Apple probably wouldn't ever implement such a feature, because it would break their precious aesthetic around the look of the OS.
Increase font size
