Chapter 22. Customizing Your Mac with System Preferences

The System Preferences allow you to change the settings of a number of features on your computer. This will become a familiar process to you as you work with your Mac. You might want to skim through this chapter to learn what each of the various preferences offer, then come back when you decide you want to change something.

Contents of this chapter

System Preferences

Personal

Desktop

Dock

General

International

Login Items

Screen Effects

.Mac Slide Show

Hardware

ColorSync

Displays

Energy Saver

CDs & DVDs

Keyboard

Mouse or Trackpad

Sound

Internet & Network

Internet

Network

QuickTime

Sharing

System

Classic

Date & Time

Software Update

Speech

Startup Disk

Accounts

Universal Access

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