awatibi01: iTunes 10 change list font size and style.

Thursday, 21 April 2011

iTunes 10 change list font size and style.

This hint requires that you have the Apple Developer Tools installed in order to use the Property List editor.

In the Finder navigate to the /Applications folder and right click on iTunes and select 'Show Package Contents.' Once Contents is open the path is Contents/Resources/English.lproj/TextStyles.plist. Right click on TextStyles.plist and open it with the Property List Editor.

In the plist locate 9003 and click the arrow next to it.

You will see three lines of settings on the 'font' row. I changed the font to LucidaGrange-Bold and on the 'size' line I changed the size from 13 to 18. Note that you need root-level permissions to save the changes.

I now have iTunes with a bold and larger font just the way I like it. I'm a musician and use iTunes to make my band's set lists. I just take a screen capture of the list and print it in Preview.

[crarko adds: I haven't tested this one, but did look at ...