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How to adjust icon size in finder when wanting to upload images/files to a browser or social media?

Need some advice from the experts. When I open my folders I can set images/document/files size, no problem there. But when I want to add a photo or a document to let say Facebook or a photo hosting site or to anything online where you need to upload photos or documents the finder screen that opens the photos and documents are really small icons and I can't seem to find a way to set the size. There are no slider or adjustment option in that Finder that opens.

I am half blind and really struggle to see the smaller photos/ files or documents. I added two screen shots, the one is normally as I can view in finder and the other screen shot as it looks when I want to upload a photo or doc to a website.User uploaded file

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MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), macOS Sierra (10.12.5)

Posted on Jun 25, 2017 6:25 PM

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User profile for user: PikiPiki
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Posted on Jun 25, 2017 7:25 PM

I found this on a website and it seems to work. Except I set the icon size to 165 not 265. Not sure why Apple can not just have this as option. macos - How can I increase the size of thumbnails when opening files? - Super User



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There is a way to fix this even in Sierra. You will be using Pref Setter to set the iconSize value in com.apple.finder.plist This file is not visible to some users,so use the Go to Folder command and enter this path:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

http://www.nightproductions.net/prefsetter.html is where to download it. It's free and while a bit old does work.

Open com.apple.finder.plist in Pref Setter and change the iconSize value as shown. Press Enter to confirm the new value, save changes and exit.

Restart your Mac and your Open/Save dialog thumbnails should be as in my case 256 pixels instead of the default 64. Hope it goes well for you.

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Jun 25, 2017 7:25 PM in response to PikiPiki

I found this on a website and it seems to work. Except I set the icon size to 165 not 265. Not sure why Apple can not just have this as option. macos - How can I increase the size of thumbnails when opening files? - Super User



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There is a way to fix this even in Sierra. You will be using Pref Setter to set the iconSize value in com.apple.finder.plist This file is not visible to some users,so use the Go to Folder command and enter this path:

~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist

http://www.nightproductions.net/prefsetter.html is where to download it. It's free and while a bit old does work.

Open com.apple.finder.plist in Pref Setter and change the iconSize value as shown. Press Enter to confirm the new value, save changes and exit.

Restart your Mac and your Open/Save dialog thumbnails should be as in my case 256 pixels instead of the default 64. Hope it goes well for you.

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How to adjust icon size in finder when wanting to upload images/files to a browser or social media?

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