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 ...

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 ...

The folks at Macworld have reported on a new feature in OS X Lion that is quite useful, especially if you regularly access the system preferences. Apple's system preferences in OS X are organized into ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sometimes applications can install extras in the form of System Preference panes. However, when you remove the app from your Mac, you might be left with extraneous System Preference panes. To ...

Many Mac OS X hints involve quick trips into System Preferences. The app, built into the operating system, gathers together all sorts of systemwide options—which is why it can get a bit cluttered. An ...

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 ...

Many functions in Mac OS X are only exposed to the user via System Preferences, so as you might guess, a lot of new things in Leopard show up there. Among them are a few of the "secret new features" ...

macOS has gone through a handful of visual changes over the last several years, but one thing that has stayed largely the same is System Preferences. A new concept imagines how Apple could revamp the ...

Here’s a geeky hint for your post-Independence-day Friday, whereby you can express your independence by customizing the appearance of the System Preferences panel. As delivered by Apple, each of the ...