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 keyboard: Option-
for Mission Control preferences, Option-volume key (
, 
, or 
) for Sound prefs, Option-brightness keys (
or 
) or Option-keyboard-brightness key (
or 
) for the Displays prefs. At that point, you can click Show All or press ⌘-L to see the full spread.If you know the name of the System Preferences panel you want, it’s often quicker to use Spotlight. To open the iCloud panel, ...
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