Anyone know how to increase the font size on a MAC?

[Nick Gromicko]

I'm getting old and can't read this fine print.

[Michael Larson]

Bigger monitor or magnifying glass

or try this:

You can change your mac system fonts by clicking on your desktop not on any application and then go to the view menu situated at the top. Now simply choose the view options . Change the system fonts from here as you need and wish. for changing the program font size i think you will need to change it from the program itself. because in my opinion it must be independent of the system fonts. Try a large system fonts and check whether it applies to the program fonts or not. i will recommend you to use 14 to 15 pt.

[Nick Gromicko]

That doesn't change the font on this message board though. The font on this message board is really small on my computer and I can't figure out a way to increase it.

[Nick Gromicko]

If I hit Command +, it increases, but doesn't hold when I switch to a new thread or page on the message board.

[Nick Gromicko]

Font is fine on a PC.

But my MAC' Command + function oddly only holds until I move to a new page.

[Les C. Abstein]

If you are using safari, click on the top left safari, go to preferences, and on the appearance tab click select next to standard font. That should give you a window to change the font size. Hope that helps.

[Nick Gromicko]

I'm on Firefox.

As I always say... Apple should make computer cases for their MACs that include a side pocket big enough for a laptop PC.

[Les C. Abstein]

In firefox it is under, firefox preferences content, and then click on advanced on fonts and colors.

What you are trying to do is change the browser settings, not the computer settings.

[Nick Gromicko]

That works but not for the message board. The message board keeps reverting back to tiny font as soon as I refresh or change pages.

[Les C. Abstein]

hmmmm?

[Nick Gromicko]

Who makes a computer that requires you to increase the font with every page change? Ridiculous.

There is a reason Bill Gates is the richest man in the world... he deserves to be.

[Les C. Abstein]

let me ask my wife she knows everything- rofl

[Michael Larson]

Check you browser options Nick. It should be in there somewhere.

Read this:

One possibility is the setting in Safari-Preferences-Advanced tab "Universal access - never use font sizes smaller than...."

Failing that, Quit Safari and use the Finder to drag the file com.apple.safari.plist from Home/Library/Preferences/ to the desktop. If your font changes work ok now, then you can trash the file you moved. When Safari starts it will create a new 'default' preferences (plist) file. So you will need to re-do any changes you have made previously.

[Christopher Currins]

What's a MAC?

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by labstein

hmmmm?

You got it