Are you forever opening up your Mac’s System Preferences app and searching for the section you need? If so, it’s because by default, all those Preference Panes are ordered by category, which — to me ...

Setting up a new Mac is an experience in itself. But once you finish your initial setup, you should change these Mac system settings for a better experience. These five easy tweaks to default Mac ...

I’ve never been able to find anything easily in macOS’ System Preferences. Even the most basic things, such as changing wallpaper-related settings, I find myself using the search bar inside the System ...

One of the major (and majorly controversial) changes in macOS Ventura is a redesign of System Preferences. It’s now called System Settings and it’s designed to better resemble the iOS Settings app.

Apple likes to monkey with System Preferences in macOS. Every few releases, they move things around, rename items, and change how it works. But you might have overlooked a long-running option to take ...

A handful of MacFixIt readers reported that they are unable to access the "Displays" pane of System Preferences after updating to Mac OS X 10.3.8. One reader writes: "After having used 'Software ...

Make the navigation of your macOS System Preferences easier, by hiding icons for elements that you never access. Most users are familiar with System Preferences on their Mac. If there's a setting ...

Several users have experienced an issue where System Preferences will not open properly or freeze when opening in Snow Leopard. Users are required to Force Quit the System Preferences window most of ...

You can change the primary language on your Mac computer, or add a secondary language, from the System Preferences menu. Changing the language on your Mac will effect menus and pop-ups, as well as ...