However, there’s another tool that will help people who struggle to see icons. The Dock icons will change before your eyes as you use the slider. I prefer just under halfway towards large. Note that you can make them very, very big and very, very small (those are the technical terms). If you simply want to make the icons bigger, use the first slider. This will bring up a window with two sliders… Head to System Preferences and – surprise, surprise – click the Dock option on the top row.

The former will show you how to make the Dock (the menu bar that stretches along the bottom of the screen) icons larger, while the latter will guide you through boosting the size of folders, files and icons on your desktop.

I’m going to split this article into two sections: the Dock and desktop icons.

Do you find yourself squinting down at the macOS Dock, trying to differentiate between Google Chrome and Spotify? If so, Apple has made it incredibly easy to boost the size of icons and folders to give your eyes a rest.

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