Making the Desktop Easier to See

In today's workshop, we're going to look at a simple change we can make to our computer's desktop, so the icons for documents and folders are easier to see. Sometimes a background with images and animations can look pretty cool. However, busy backgrounds can make it harder to see items on our desktop.

So, it's great that we can customize the way our desktop looks so it's easier to find the stuff we really want. With a simple change in the wallpaper settings, we can select a color with contrast that works for us and make our Mac's desktop look just the way we want it.

To personalize the way our desktop looks, we'll head over to the wallpaper settings and to get to the wallpaper settings, let's first open the Apple menu by clicking on the Apple icon in the top left corner of the screen.

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