System Preferences is now called System Settings, and that's not the only thing that's changed. Some settings have moved, too!

How to hide and show System Preferences icons in macOS Open System Preferences. This can be done by clicking the Apple logo in the top left, then System Preferences.

The System Preferences app in macOS has been there since the very beginning, and it’s showing its age. A tiny, largely unchanging rectangle sized for the tiny displays of the early 2000s, it’s ...

System Settings, the macOS Ventura replacement for System Preferences, more closely resembles Settings on iPhone and iPad, but as well as visual changes, it has also moved key elements.