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> System Preferences has gone decades without a redesign, appearing noticeably unchanged as macOS has evolved around it.

The old one allowed you to have a favorites bar and actually ordered the contents alphabetically. I can't find anything on the new one without searching.

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You can sort alphabetically via the View menu: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mh15217/mac

Well that's a feature I wish knew existed 10 years ago.

Thank you! It is interesting that they call the default option "Organize by Categories". I have no idea what the categories are. Haha.

Good question! I’m on Mojave <https://help.apple.com/assets/5BFDD3F8094622802EEE504F/5BFDD...> and if I had to guess the categories would be:

User interface/desktop

peripherals/hardware

networking/connectivity

organisation (very specific, I know)

Security doesn’t really fit into the first one

While they can make kind of sense it doesn’t really help me as a user.

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