General (System Preferences)

The General pane of System Preferences in macOS allows a user to customize their Mac by adjusting their general user interface settings.
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==History==
With the release of Mac OS X, the General preference pane superseded the General Controls control panel from classic Mac OS.Road to Mac OS X Leopard: System Preferences by Prince McLean, AppleInsider. 2007-10-24. From Mac OS X 10.3 to 10.6.8, it was renamed to the Appearance pane.The untold history of macOS System Preferences by Arun Venkatesan. 2020-09-17.
As of OS X 10.10 "Yosemite" in 2014, an option of a dark menu bar and Dock was introduced.How to enable Dark Mode on OS X 10.10 Yosemite by Jason Cipriani, CNET. 2014-10-16.
As of macOS 10.14 "Mojave" in 2018, the user can select a full Light or Dark Mode, and select accent color, highlight color, sidebar icon size, scroll bar behavior, and window closing behavior. Users can also specify the default web browser, font smoothing, and the number of recent items displayed in menus.Apple introduces macOS Mojave, Apple Inc. 2018-06-04.
==References==
==External links==
*Change General preferences on Mac at Apple Support
**Use a light or dark appearance on your Mac
**Change General preferences in Terminal on Mac
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