Icon Size

I just got a new MacBook Pro. At seemingly random intervals, the size of the icons jumps way up or down. It's while I'm scrolling, so I must be hitting something. It's driving me crazy. Is there a way to "lock in" a certain setting for icon size?

You just need to get use to the track pad. It is very sensitive, when you are on a window that has icons (for example Finder) if you have to fingers on the trackpad using a pinching motion it will decrease the size of icons, all you need to do is the opposite motion to get them back. Once you become used to the trackpad you shouldn't have any problems. Once you get used to it you will love it!

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