diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.cpp
index b3d74d6c4..db11ab613 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "gui/common/RSTreeWidgetItem.h"
 #include "util/QtVersion.h"
 #include "util/qtthreadsutils.h"
+#include "util/misc.h"
 
 #include <retroshare/rsfiles.h>
 #include <retroshare/rsturtle.h>
@@ -167,8 +168,8 @@ SearchDialog::SearchDialog(QWidget *parent)
     //  To allow a proper sorting, be careful to pad at right with spaces. This
     //  is achieved by using QString("%1").arg(number,15,10).
     //
-    ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_SIZE_COL, mSizeColumnDelegate=new RSHumanReadableSizeDelegate()) ;
-    ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_AGE_COL, mAgeColumnDelegate=new RSHumanReadableAgeDelegate()) ;
+    //ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_SIZE_COL, mSizeColumnDelegate=new RSHumanReadableSizeDelegate()) ;
+    //ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_AGE_COL, mAgeColumnDelegate=new RSHumanReadableAgeDelegate()) ;
 
     /* make it extended selection */
     ui.searchResultWidget -> setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::ExtendedSelection);
@@ -255,8 +256,8 @@ SearchDialog::~SearchDialog()
     delete mSizeColumnDelegate;
     delete mAgeColumnDelegate;
 
-    ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_SIZE_COL, nullptr);
-    ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_AGE_COL, nullptr);
+    //ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_SIZE_COL, nullptr);
+    //ui.searchResultWidget->setItemDelegateForColumn(SR_AGE_COL, nullptr);
 
     rsEvents->unregisterEventsHandler(mEventHandlerId);
 }
@@ -1325,11 +1326,13 @@ void SearchDialog::insertFile(qulonglong searchId, const FileDetail& file, int s
 		 * to facilitate downloads we need to save the file size too
 		 */
 
-		item->setText(SR_SIZE_COL, QString::number(file.size));
+		item->setText(SR_SIZE_COL, misc::friendlyUnit(file.size));
 		item->setData(SR_SIZE_COL, ROLE_SORT, (qulonglong) file.size);
-        item->setText(SR_AGE_COL, QString::number(file.mtime));
+        item->setText(SR_AGE_COL, misc::timeRelativeToNow(file.mtime));
         item->setData(SR_AGE_COL, ROLE_SORT, file.mtime);
 		item->setTextAlignment( SR_SIZE_COL, Qt::AlignRight );
+		item->setTextAlignment( SR_AGE_COL, Qt::AlignCenter );
+
 		int friendSource = 0;
 		int anonymousSource = 0;
 		if(searchType == FRIEND_SEARCH)
@@ -1627,3 +1630,26 @@ void SearchDialog::openFolderSearch()
         }
     }
 }
+
+void SearchDialog::showEvent(QShowEvent *event)
+{
+    if (!event->spontaneous()) {
+        updateFontSize();
+    }
+}
+
+void SearchDialog::updateFontSize()
+{
+#if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
+    int customFontSize = Settings->valueFromGroup("File", "MinimumFontSize", 13).toInt();
+#else
+    int customFontSize = Settings->valueFromGroup("File", "MinimumFontSize", 12).toInt();
+#endif
+    QFont newFont = ui.searchSummaryWidget->font();
+    if (newFont.pointSize() != customFontSize) {
+        newFont.setPointSize(customFontSize);
+        QFontMetricsF fontMetrics(newFont);
+        ui.searchSummaryWidget->setFont(newFont);
+        ui.searchResultWidget->setFont(newFont);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.h
index 8aa7bac64..aa5c4e2b4 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/FileTransfer/SearchDialog.h
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ public:
 
     void updateFiles(qulonglong request_id, const FileDetail& file) ;
 
+protected:
+	virtual void showEvent(QShowEvent *) override;
+
 private slots:
 
 /** Create the context popup menu and it's submenus */
@@ -116,6 +119,8 @@ private slots:
 
 	void filterItems();
 
+	void updateFontSize();
+
 private:
 /** render the results to the tree widget display */
     void initSearchResult(const QString& txt,qulonglong searchId, int fileType, bool advanced) ;