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<p>If you’ve been busy <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/24/get-personal-folders-back-in-os-x-lions-desktop-window-sidebar/">customizing the Favorites folders</a> and <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2011/08/25/get-color-sidebar-icons-back-in-mac-os-x-10-7-lion-finder-windows/">colorizing the Finder sidebar icons</a>, you might want to change the font and icon size of that sidebar text while you’re at it, which has been increased in OS X Lion.</p>

<p>Oddly enough, this isn’t in the “Finder Preferences” or “View Options” where you might expect to find it:</p>

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<li>Open System Preferences and click on “General”</li>

<li>In the middle of the preference panel, look for “Sidebar icon size” and select one of the three options: Small, Medium, Large</li>

<li>Changes take effect immediately, close out System Prefs when you are happy with the

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<p>Medium is the default in <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X 10.7</a>, which some people feel is too large, but I think this depends entirely on the Macs screen resolution. Small is the default in 10.6, and Large isn’t the default in anything, but it’s quite large and is a great selection for kids or anyone who has vision impairments. </p>

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