{"id":44156,"date":"2024-07-19T11:45:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=44156"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:44:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:44:48","slug":"system-settings-in-sequoia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/19\/system-settings-in-sequoia\/","title":{"rendered":"System Settings in Sequoia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Malcolm Owen<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Apple has refreshed the System Settings app of macOS Sequoia, with tweaks to how it looks and performs.<\/p>

[…]<\/p>

The biggest difference for System Settings is that Apple has shuffled around the positioning of items in the sidebar. This does make it slightly difficult to find things if you’re used to Sonoma placements, but everything’s still findable.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

While there was previously a Passwords section in System Settings, Apple has now moved it to its own dedicated Passwords app.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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This is the System Settings “redesign” LOL<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

reycat<\/a> (via Accidental Tech Podcast<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Network locations are back in Sequoia. 👏 👏 👏<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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System Settings Privacy & Security now show the number of apps that have access (e.g., None and 0), which is a bit of a relief.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Look at this ridiculous UI.<\/p>\n

I have 5 startup disks.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Is this the oldest instance of horizontal scrolling<\/a> UI in macOS? It was annoying from the beginning and is even harder to use with the larger icons.<\/p>\n\n

Mario Guzmán<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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New iCloud UI in System Settings.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

Thomas Tempelmann<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Can someone explain why macOS System Settings lets me reveal non-apps in Finder, via the (i) button, but not “Background” apps? Right-clicking there doesn’t work (that works only in the “Open at login” section). What a UI mess!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not fixed in Sequoia.<\/p>\n\n

Mario Guzmán<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We already have to scroll a lot to get to many things due to the lazy list-y design of Setting Settings but do they have to make it so we have to scroll more? Not sure how necessary these headers are.<\/p>

It’s also a header, so not sure it needs its own visual box around it or row box -- whatever you want to call it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ryan Jones<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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iOS 18 Settings app is not really different.<\/p>\n