How to Navigate the Reshuffled System Settings in macOS Sequoia

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Apple has refreshed the System Settings app of macOS Sequoia, with tweaks to how it looks and performs. Let’s look at some of the changes and how to use them.

Apple has moved around some of the items in the sidebar of System Settings. The Notifications, Sound, Focus, and Screen Time items are now further down (but are still grouped together). General, Appearance, Accessibility, and Control Center have moved upwards in the sidebar.

That group is joined by the Desktop & Dock, Displays, Screen Saver, and Wallpaper segments, followed by the Notifications block. The Passwords option is gone, as it’s been replaced by a Passwords app. (However, to make matters a bit confusing, there’s still a section within System Settings for managing the Login Password.)

Sidebar items have been shuffled around in macOS Sequoia.

Privacy & Security moves down the list near Lock Screen, Login Password, and Users & Groups. Siri & Spotlight slips down to join Internet Accounts, Game Center, and Wallet & Apple Pay, but now in separate Siri and Spotlight sections.

At the bottom is the peripherals section with the Keyboard, Mouse, Trackpad, Game Controllers, and Printers & Scanners options. Finally, Apple ID has been changed in the System Settings to Apple Account.