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Display file/folder/drive names in full on the desktop

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Mar 15, 20269284 views
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In Mac OS X, when the text for a desktop icon is particularly long, it's displayed with an ellipsis: How do I configure whatever I'm supposed to configure (Finder?) to display that and all text in full? (No ellipses, please!) Edit: I do know that you can change the icon/text/grid size to allow for …

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Fix for: Display file/folder/drive names in full on the desktop

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Open Terminal and execute: Then you will have to restart finder: This will set the maximum characters to 50, you may change it to the value that fits you the best.

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