To make the names of your desktop icons appear in black enter this in a terminal window:
To return to the default (this) enter:
defaults write com.apple.finder Desktop.HasDarkBackground 0The names will look appear like this.
To return to the default (this) enter:
defaults write com.apple.finder Desktop.HasDarkBackground 1(Of course you need to logout or kill the Desktop to see the changes)
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