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System Settings

System Settings (known as System Preferences prior to macOS Ventura) is an application in macOS that allows users to modify system settings, such as displays, audio, peripherals, and network connections. It was first introduced in Mac OS X 10.0 to replace the control panels found in Classic Mac OS, replacing multiple fragmented utilities with a single…

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Operating system
macOS
Type
Control panel

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System Settings

Nodes75
Edges74
Triples22
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.026667
Components1

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System Settings

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related to Classic Mac OS · 13
System Settings → Apple, Apple Lisa Preferences, Before, Control, Control Panel, Desk Accessory, Lisa Office System, Mac OS, Susan Kare, System, System Preferences, The, This
related to macOS Ventura (13.0) · 7
System Settings → AirPods, Because, If AirPods, In, Settings, System Preferences, Ventura
Operating system · 1
System Settings → macOS
Type · 1
System Settings → Control panel

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item os system preference mac added renamed toolbar macos panes settings preferences application control category apple removed new panels 10

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
System SettingsOperating systemmacOS1.00infobox
System SettingsTypeControl panel1.00infobox
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSBefore0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSMac OS0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSControl0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSSystem Preferences0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSApple0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSControl Panel0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSApple Lisa Preferences0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSThis0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSLisa Office System0.60section
System Settingsrelated to Classic Mac OSThe0.60section

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