System Preferences

The Mac lets you customize a great number of the features of your computer to accommodate your personal working habits. In the Dock, click the System Preferences icon (shown to the right) to get the “pane” shown below (or you can go to the Apple menu and choose “System Preferences...”). You can click on any icon to get a new pane in which you can customize features. You’ll be using this a great deal.

  • For all the details about every System Preference shown below, see Chapter 22.

    Single-click on one of the icons in the System Preferences and you’ll get choices for customizing that particular feature, as shown below. This ...

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