Skip to content

The Eclectic Light Company

Macs, painting, and more
Main navigation
  • Downloads
  • M1 & M2 Macs
  • Mac Problems
  • Mac articles
  • Art
  • Macs
  • Painting

System Preferences

From Control Panels to System Settings in Ventura

T T Read More

You can’t fail to notice changes in System Settings in Ventura, but just what has changed inside it? How do third-party Preference Panes cope?

October 11, 2022 Macs, Technology

The transition from Preferences to Settings

Ventura’s switch to using Settings is going to be messy in apps, but System Settings will pose serious problems for macOS support material.

October 8, 2022 Macs, Technology

System Settings in Ventura: a turn for the worse?

The most controversial of all changes in Ventura is the move to System Settings. Although this does achieve important objective, there’s still a long and painful journey to get it right.

September 20, 2022 Macs, Technology

Why you should consider upgrading to Ventura early

Among the fancy Emoji and extended language support, Ventura brings four major changes that will affect our Macs deeply for years to come, and are good reasons to upgrade early.

September 7, 2022 Macs, Technology

Big Sur’s Dock & Menu Bar pane remains a mess

A good improvement appears to have been abandoned unfinished and suffering from bugs. Will Apple fix these and finish it off in 11.3?

April 7, 2021 Macs, Technology

Mojave System Preferences bug: Accent colours get confused

Grey, non-grey, grey – and the General pane has already lost track of the Accent colour. Another sloppy bug.

February 18, 2019 Macs, Technology

At your service: Services menus

T T Read More

Like many other parts of the macOS human interface, its Services menus are heavily used by some users, […]

January 22, 2018 Macs, Technology

Generic troubleshooting: how to fix something that doesn’t work

Eight steps to fix software which doesn’t work the way that it should: be your own Q&A expert.

November 25, 2015 Macs, Technology
Blog at WordPress.com.
Footer navigation
  • About & Contact
  • Macs
  • Painting
  • Language
  • Tech
  • Life
  • General
  • Downloads
  • Mac problem-solving
  • Extended attributes (xattrs)
  • Painting topics
  • Hieronymus Bosch
  • English language
  • LockRattler: 10.12 Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.13 High Sierra
  • LockRattler: 10.11 El Capitan
  • Updates: El Capitan
  • Updates: Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina, Big Sur
  • LockRattler: 10.14 Mojave
  • SilentKnight, silnite, LockRattler, SystHist & Scrub
  • DelightEd & Podofyllin
  • xattred, Metamer, Sandstrip & xattr tools
  • 32-bitCheck & ArchiChect
  • T2M2, Ulbow, Consolation and log utilities
  • Cirrus & Bailiff
  • Taccy, Signet, Precize, Alifix, UTIutility, Sparsity, alisma
  • Revisionist & DeepTools
  • Text Utilities: Nalaprop, Dystextia and others
  • PDF
  • Keychains & Permissions
  • LockRattler: 10.15 Catalina
  • Updates
  • Spundle, Cormorant, Stibium, Dintch, Fintch and cintch
  • Long Reads
  • Mac Troubleshooting Summary
  • LockRattler: 11.0 Big Sur
  • M1 & M2 Macs
  • Mints: a multifunction utility
  • LockRattler: 12.x Monterey
  • VisualLookUpTest
  • Virtualisation on Apple silicon
  • LockRattler: 13.x Ventura
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

  • Follow Following
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Join 3,182 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • The Eclectic Light Company
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...