Chapter 6
Changing How Your Mac Looks, Sounds, and Feels
In This Chapter
Changing the Desktop and screen saver
Setting the date and time
Adjusting alert sounds
Making your Mac more accessible
Talking to your Mac
Listening to your Mac
The desktop user interface functions the same way regardless of the Mac model you have, but that doesn’t mean they all have to look and feel the same. To personalize your Mac, you can change the way it looks and even how it behaves.
By customizing your Mac — and adjusting how it works to make things easier on your eyes, ears, or hands — you can stamp it with your personality and truly turn your Mac into a personal computer that feels like it’s working with you and for you, rather than against you.
When you have a choice about how an application or function looks or responds, Preferences are where you go to specify your choices. There are two places to ...
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