How to make the text and icons larger in the Finder app in macOS 13 Ventura

This section gives you step by step instructions on how to make the text and icons larger in the Finder app in macOS 13 Ventura, with pictures of the screens to help.

1. Click the Finder icon in the dock.

2. Along the top of the Finder window, click the icon for the type of view you would like to change the text size for:

Icon view
List view
Column view
Gallery view

3. Click View in the menu bar and choose Show View Options.

The options available to you in the View Options panel depend on which Finder view you are editing. This guide shows the options for changing the text and icon size for the List view.

4. Click the drop-down menu for Text size and choose a new value.

5. To show larger icons, click the larger size option.

6. Select Use as Defaults to apply these settings to all folders when Finder is in this view. If you don’t click Use as Defaults, your new settings will only apply to the items in the current folder. Note: The Use as Defaults button will only become selectable when you change one of the settings.

While the View Options panel is open, you can repeat these steps for the other Finder views.