TMO Quick Tip - Changing Icon Sizes in Leopard's Open and Save Dialogs

by , 7:30 AM EDT, March 14th, 2008

Just because you prefer the icon view in Open and Save dialogs in Mac OS X 10.5 doesn't mean you have to be happy with the icon sizes. If you would rather see bigger or smaller icons, you can, as long as you know where to look.

Here's what to do:

• You need an Open or Save dialog open, so either choose File > Open, or create a new document and then choose File > Save in the application of your choice.

Changing icon size in the Open/Save dialog.

• Now click and hold on the icon view button and slide your mouse pointer down to Icon Size.
• Select a new icon size from the Icon Size fly-out menu. The default size is 64 x 64 pixels, but 16 x 16, 32 x 32, and 128 x 128 are options as well.

Sorry, Tiger users. Since the icon view option is limited to Leopard, you can't take advantage of this feature.

Jeff Gamet is TMO's Morning Editor and Reviews Editor. He lectures, teaches and speaks on Mac OS X and design-related topics, and is the author of The Designer's Guide to Mac OS X from Peachpit Press.

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