{"id":40225,"date":"2023-08-01T13:27:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T17:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40225"},"modified":"2023-08-09T15:52:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T19:52:49","slug":"system-settings-that-arent-in-system-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/01\/system-settings-that-arent-in-system-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"System Settings That Aren’t in System Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Howard Oakley<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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By rights, settings in an app should only control the behaviour of that app. Settings for macOS behaviours should be controlled in System Settings, after all that’s what the name says. However, over the years Apple has hidden some away in its bundled apps, leaving users confused as to how these settings get changed without their control. Here’s a list of useful and important system settings you might otherwise struggle to find.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

To change the destination and other details for screenshots, press Command-Shift-5 for its floating panel with the Options menu.<\/p>\n

There are, of course, several third-party apps that give more coherent and extensive access to these and other controls, but it’s frustrating that instead of rationalising them, System Settings doesn’t centralise them any better than System Preferences did.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n