System Settings
Master System Settings
The Mac’s preferences interface has a new look and a new name
IT WILL TAKE
> 5 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN
> How to open and navigate System Settings to configure your Mac
YOU’LL NEED
> macOS 13
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Apple’s ongoing plan to bring its operating systems closer together and form a single all-purpose ecosystem took another step forward with macOS Ventura, as System Preferences got an iOS-inspired makeover.
Now called System Settings, it functions in much the same way as the old System Preferences, but instead of being arranged in a grid of preference panes, it’s now far more like the Settings app in iOS and iPadOS, with a long list of individual settings options. In macOS, this list is set into a sidebar, with the settings options themselves in the main window.