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How do I make this window larger by default so whenever I use 'open a file' in any program, it's not super small?
I am referring to the window size, not the text size.
I have the Finder (outside of 'open a file') larger by default, but I am unsure how to make this one larger.
You have several different options:
While this doesn't solve your problem with the dock, using a keyboard shortcut can be much faster and can help in your workflow.
Activate Finder by clicking the desktop background
(If the desktop is cluttered with windows, pinch out to clean it up and then click)
Use the New Finder Window shortcut: ⌘ + N
Uncheck the Missions Control preferences checkbox to switch to a space with open windows for an application:
On a side note, this does not effect the Finder if you have the Assign to all Desktops option selected. Link Here
It is very easy to do this:
Open a new Finder window.
As you resize the window, hold the Command ⌘ (not Alt / Option) key. Close resized window.
Then hold the Alt / Option key as you right click on Finder in the Dock and click Relaunch.
Any Finder windows opened after this will open at that size.
Note: This does not work for windows opened from folders on the desktop.
Best Answer
Generally speaking a window remembers the last size it was set to before closing it. That can and will be overridden on an individual folder basis. EG a folder will usually remember the size and position of the finder window that was opened to view it.
Unfortunately the days of a truly spatial Finder went away with macOS X. So the Mac does not always remember the window size, icon arrangement and such. A feature I really miss from the Classic MacOS days.
But, again, macOS should remember the size that the last Finder window that was opened.