System settings that aren’t in System Settings – The Eclectic Mild Firm
By rights, settings in an app ought to solely management the behaviour of that app. Settings for macOS behaviours must be managed in System Settings, in spite of everything that’s what the identify says. Nonetheless, through the years Apple has hidden some away in its bundled apps, leaving customers confused as to how these settings get modified with out their management. Right here’s an inventory of helpful and essential system settings you would possibly in any other case battle to seek out. For good measure, I’ve included some that, though positioned logically, aren’t simple to recollect.
Default e-mail reader
That is set within the Mail app’s Settings > Normal; third-party mail shoppers may additionally help in checking that is set appropriately.
Default calendar app
That is set within the Calendar app’s Settings > Normal.
Default for calls (default name handler)
That is set on the foot of the FaceTime app’s Settings > Normal. It could be modified with out warning by third-party apps like Skype, however they don’t provide the management in their very own preferences, which may trigger confusion.
Default Script Editor
That is set in Script Editor’s Settings > Normal.
Script menu
Present script menu in menu bar can also be set in Script Editor’s Settings > Normal.
App Retailer Automated Updates
Though appropriately positioned, this could now be set both within the App Retailer app’s Settings, or within the Software program Replace settings with different replace choices.
Shared with You
This covers content material shared in Messages which seems in different apps, and management over whether or not that sharing is automated. That is set within the Messages app’s Settings > Shared with You for all such shared content material.
iTunes authorisation
That is managed within the Music and TV apps’ menu Account > Authorisations.
Default internet browser
That is set in System Settings > Desktop & Dock; third-party browsers could provide to vary this setting for you.
Screenshot choices
To alter the vacation spot and different particulars for screenshots, press Command-Shift-5 for its floating panel with the Choices menu.
There are, in fact, a number of third-party apps that give extra coherent and in depth entry to those and different controls, however it’s irritating that as an alternative of rationalising them, System Settings doesn’t centralise them any higher than System Preferences did.
App Retailer corrected 31 July.