Quick Tip #3 • Customize System Preferences

• Customize System Preferences •


I got this tip from the awesome team over at Cult of Mac  so I thought I would share it with you. I can’t believe I never knew you could do this but I am glad I know kow to now.

This is a very easy tip just takes a few steps. 

1. Launch System Preferences so you are looking at the a similar screen as the one below:

2. Click on the View menu, from the Top Menu Bar, and select Customize. You should then see check marks appear next to the icons, like you can see in the above screenshot. This allows you to uncheck the ones you don’t want or need there. Once you are finished. Click Done to save your changes and those icons disappear.

3. That’s it your done. Told you it was easy. 

• If you want to find them again and add them back, simply select Customize again from the View menu and the now hidden icons will show up with a checkbox allowing you to select them if you choose so they can reappear in the System Preferences window. 

• If you happen to not want the icons organized by Category then you can select Alphabetically and watch the icons shift around. Its actually a more minimal view.

Well that’s it for Quick Tip #3, if you have a better hint about this or we missed something make sure to let us know at appleservice@checkpnt.com.

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Quick Tip #2 • Change Audio Settings Quickly from the Menubar

• Change Audio Settings Quickly from the Menubar •

If your someone who happens to use external speakers (USB speakers) or maybe even an external mic, then you’re all to familiar with having to go to System Preferences to make changes to your audio or input settings. Well who wants to do that every time! Todays Tech Point will help you to easily change settings & have your audio blasting through you fancy new speakers in no time!

This tip is surely not obvious, but extremely simple! One of those hidden little tricks.

When you typically click on the sound icon in the menubar you get the volume slider like this:

Now try holding the Option key down and then click on the same volume icon, you’ll get the Input & Output options for your Mac. Like this:

You can now easily select the Input or Output option your looking for (I don’t have anything extra plugged in right now so I don’t see many options). So go ahead make the change you were looking for an your ready to go!

If you have any questions or need more instruction please feel free to let us know!

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