OS X V10.7 Lion :: Changing Font Size In Sidebar Of Finder Windows?
May 26, 2012
I have one user account with small (say 9pt) Sidebar items in the custom list of Folders/Places. That user was migrated from Leopard but I do not recall if it came over like that or I set it up. In another user on same MBP the Sidebar items are significantly larger (say 13pt) and I would like to change them to be about 9pt like my other user account.
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3), 10.7.4 actually Wacom 6x11
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This issue is replicated on my wife's MacBook Pro, also running Lion. I recently updated to Lion (10.7.3). This issue did not occur in Snow Leopard.
