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OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual
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OS X El Capitan: The Missing Manual

by David Pogue
November 2015
Beginner
843 pages
29h 44m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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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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