System Preferences

1 Jan 2015 17:02:09

Drew McFarlane

Hi,

A Happy New Year to All.

In System Preferences, is it possible to rearrange the icons in alphabetical order. I believe they were in alphabetical order in older machines but not in the newer models.

Re: System Preferences

1 Jan 2015 17:57:42

Euan Williams

Hi Drew, welcome home for what we all hope will be a happy new year for you too!
System preferences can be viewed in alpha order by going to its View menu, and clicking on "Organize Alphabetically".
This is true in Yosemite, but I haven't checked for Mavericks, etc.

Re: System Preferences

2 Jan 2015 18:08:37

Drew McFarlane

Thank you Euan, where do your glean your Apple knowledge from? It is certainly not from the "Help" menu on their computers.

Re: System Preferences

12 Jan 2015 19:56:51

Lionel Ogden

Yes it also applies in Lion

Re: System Preferences

12 Jan 2015 20:36:47

Derek Wright

The format and functions of the User Interface on the Mac are very consistent. So mostly any tricks you learn in one application can be also applied in another application. Assuming you are dealing with the same type of data.

So if you find out how to do something in say Preview and you want to apply the same principles elsewhere give it a try - it will most probably work.