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Navigate System Settings

REQUIRES

macOS 13

YOU WILL LEARN

How to open and navigate System Settings to configure your Mac

IT WILL TAKE

5 minutes

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, butindividual settings options. In macOS this list is set into a sidebar, with the settings options themselves in the main window.

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