Editing System Settings (section)

{{Short description|MacOS application}}
{{For-multi|the generic "settings" facility provided with most types of operating system|Computer configuration |the EP by Rioux|System Preferences (EP){{!}}''System Preferences'' (EP)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox software
| name = System Settings
| logo = System Preferences icon.png
| screenshot = 
| screenshot_alt = MacOS System Settings Screenshot on macOS Sequoia Version 15.0 Beta
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = System Settings application in [[macOS Sequoia]]
| operating system = [[macOS]]
| genre = [[Control panel (software)|Control panel]]
}}

'''System Settings''' (known as '''System Preferences''' prior to [[macOS Ventura]]) is an [[Application software|application]] included with [[macOS]]. It allows users to modify various system settings, which are divided into separate [[Preference Pane]]s. The System Settings application was introduced in the first version of [[Mac OS X]] to replace the control panels found in [[Classic Mac OS|earlier versions of the Mac operating system]].