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Hi, I've recently upgraded to Ventura 13.3.1 (a) and I went to the top LH corner "apple" symbol to use System Preferences... Its disappeared from the pull down... Please can someone advise? Thank you!
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.3
PeterMon wrote:
Hi, I've recently upgraded to Ventura 13.3.1 (a) and I went to the top LH corner "apple" symbol to use System Preferences... Its disappeared from the pull down... Please can someone advise? Thank you!
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/91e35da2-5804-41f5-9aba-ef12e65a69b3
See System Settings...
ref: Customize your Mac with System Settings
PeterMon wrote:
Hi, I've recently upgraded to Ventura 13.3.1 (a) and I went to the top LH corner "apple" symbol to use System Preferences... Its disappeared from the pull down... Please can someone advise? Thank you!
https://discussions.apple.com/content/attachment/91e35da2-5804-41f5-9aba-ef12e65a69b3
See System Settings...
ref: Customize your Mac with System Settings
Additionally, many settings have moved around so it would be good to become familiar with settings by checking out all the different categories to see where settings are. Another tip, if you are looking for one specific setting, you can type its name in the top Search bar of the System Settings window and it will show you where it is.
Customize your Mac with System Settings - Apple Support
To add to Randall_2023's excellent suggestion of perusing the Settings app to get accustomed to it here is a basic guide to the differences:
System Preferences has disappeared...
