How to Increase the Text Size on Your Mac

Whether your eyes aren't sharp enough for the text on a website or the default settings on your Mac render words too small to read,

you'll want to know how to make text bigger on macOS. To get the text to a size that suits your eyes, you can lower your Mac's resolution, change the desktop icon font size and increase sidebar size or the scale at which web pages render.

1. Click the Apple icon in the top left corner.

2. Select System Preferences.

3. Select Displays.

4. Click Scaled.

5. Select a lower resolution. If you see icons with different sized previews of text, select the icon that says Larger Text and click OK.

You’ve increased the size of everything on your Mac by lowering its resolution.

Increase Text Size for Desktop Icons

1. Click View in the menu bar.

2. Select Show View Options

3. Click the number next to Text size.

4. Select a larger number

You’ve increased the size of the text for desktop icons.

Increase Size of Text in a Web Browser

1. Click Command and + at the same time until the text looks large enough.