How to change the colors of the folders on your Mac?

Did you know that you can change the colors of the Finder folders? It is a perfect alternative to differentiate files: Work documents, music, games, movies, applications … We explain how to change the colors of the folders in the Finder of your Mac, a very simple process that will change the way you work and organize your folders on Mac.

How to change folder colors on Mac

Work comfortably and neatly by changing the colors of Mac folders like this:

  1. Hover over the folder you want to change the color to on your Mac and right-click> Get  Info .
  2. Click on the folder icon, located at the top. You have to copy this image from the top menu Edit > Copy .
  3. Now we are going to change the color of the folder from the Preview application on the computer. Open the Preview app> and select New from clipboard .
  4. Play with the colors in the app to change it to the one you like the most from Adjust Color .
  5. When you have it ready, double click on the big folder icon. Then go to  Edit > Select All > Copy .
  6. Go back to the folder where you want to change the color, to the Get information section . Here you have to select the icon, and then go to Edit > Paste .

Here’s a video so you can see how easy it is to change the color of the folders on your Mac!

In this way the folder has the custom color to identify it quickly. The change applies only to the selected folder . If there are several subfolders within it, they continue with their standard color. In the event that you also want to change the color of these, you must repeat the same process with each of them.

In this way, you can go one step further than the colored dots that macOS allows to add to folders. Now that you know the process, you just have to get down to work and start organizing all the folders on your Mac computer by color as soon as possible.

 

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