![]() It combines preferences from multiple panes on Monterey: Dock & Menu Bar, General (now named Appearance in System Settings), and Mission Control. The Desktop & Dock section in System Settings is also absurdly long. (By the way, I should mention that Show All Preferences has the keyboard shortcut ⌘L in System Preferences, a shortcut that does nothing in System Settings.) Moreover, System Settings has no way to alphabetize the list, or customize the list to remove unwanted items, unlike in System Preferences. So the sidebar will never show all of the items, unlike in System Preferences. As it is, the sidebar can only show 18 items on my screen at minimum window height, 27 at maximum window height (with bottom Dock). If the General items were included in the sidebar, it would be even more of a mess. I'm not sure what's supposed to make these general and the other items not general. General includes 7 items that are actually full preference panes in System Preferences. Apple might as well have named it "Junk Drawer". ![]() ![]() There are 12 items in the "General" category of System Settings. Some people say they prefer the System Settings sidebar list to the "Show All Preferences" view in System Preferences, but my response is that the sidebar list is artificially short. System Settings has 30 items in the sidebar (not including the Search field and the "Start Using iCloud" advertisement that I can't dismiss with "Not Now"). ![]() Monterey System Preferences has 33 built-in preference panes (or 34 if you've installed a beta profile and thus have a Profiles pane). Anyway, they're missing the fundamental maxim I quoted in Part 1, "Design is how it works." General Disarray Why are people like this? It's like they revel in ignorance. First, I've seen some people vehemently defend the System Settings redesign who haven't yet installed macOS 13 Ventura or used the new System Settings. I have some additional thoughts after Part 1. Why Ventura System Settings is bad, Part 2 Articles index Why Ventura System Settings is bad, Part 2 Jby Jeff Johnson ![]()
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