Editing System Settings (section)

== Preference Panes ==
In System Preferences, preferences are organized by theme into Preference Panes (abbreviated profane), which are special [[Dynamic loading|dynamically loaded]] [[Plug-in (computing)|plugins]]. Introduced in [[Mac OS X 10.0]], the purpose of a Preference Pane is to allow the user to set preferences for a specific application or the system by means of a [[graphical user interface]]. Preference Panes are the macOS replacement for [[Control panel (Mac OS)|control panels]] in the [[classic Mac OS]]. Prior to [[Mac OS X v10.4]], collections of Preference Panes featured a "Show All" button to show all the panes in the collection and a customizable toolbar to which frequently-used preference panes could be dragged. In [[Mac OS X Panther|Mac OS X 10.3 Panther]], the currently-active pane would also be highlighted in the toolbar when it was selected. With [[Mac OS X Tiger|Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger]], the toolbar was removed in favor of a plain Show All button and back/forward history arrows. With the release of [[MacOS Ventura]], they were resigned to look like the ones used in iOS.