Leopard users have been experiencing problems with the "Login Items" system preferences pane, where the preferences pane will appear to be corrupted, with some items not being shown properly. When ...

If you frequently access the same System Preferences pane on your Mac, you can add a shortcut directly to your Dock. Here’s how: If you want to add shortcuts for third-party panes, those are found in ...

The Apple's Developer Connection site has recently posted a large number of new and revised development materials, which reflect changes introduced with Mac OS X v10.1. Highlights include: Inside Mac ...

System Preferences is easy to use: open it, click here, click there—whoops, not there, over here instead… wait, where is that setting? My point is: System Preferences could be easier to use. And it is ...

For years I thought System Preferences was dumb about how it only allowed one pane open at a time, but at least it was possible to add frequently used panes to the toolbar to avoid having to go back ...

Open preference panes with keyboard commands in OS X Here’s how you can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly open preference panes in OS X. 1. Use the Option key in combination with various keys on your ...

If you want to change the default format and location for screenshots without having to mess around in Terminal, Screenshots Preference Pane 1.0 adds a useful pane for doing just that to OS X’s System ...

Mac OS X ships with a lot of default system preference panes and I have about 30 of these on my MacBook Air running Mac OS X Lion. There are an extra 11 preference panes that I’ve added by installing ...

Blacktree Software has released Secrets 1.0.6, a Snow Leopard-compatible version of their preference pane which exposes hidden features on your Mac. If you’ve ever read a Mac tip that starts, “Open a ...