January 2018
Beginner
883 pages
27h 22m
English
Content preview from macOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual
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Chapter 10. System Preferences
The hub of Mac customization is System Preferences, the equivalent of the Control Panel (Windows) or the Settings app (iPhone, iPad, Android). Some of its panels are extremely important, because their settings determine whether or not you can connect to a network or go online to exchange email. Others handle the more cosmetic aspects of customizing macOS.
This chapter guides you through the System Preferences program, panel by panel.
Note
Only a system administrator (Figure 6-6) can change settings that affect everyone who shares a certain machine: most of its Network settings, Energy Saver settings, and so on. If you see a bunch of controls that are dimmed and unavailable, now you know why.
A tiny 
in the lower-left corner of a panel is the other telltale sign. If you, a nonadministrator, would like to edit some settings, then call an administrator over to your Mac and ask her to click the , input her password, and supervise your tweaks.
The System Preferences Window
You can open System Preferences in dozens of ways:
Choose its name from the
menu.Jump directly to a System Preferences pane by pressing Option as you tap keys on the top row of your ...
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