Compare system settings - Mac OS Tutorial

- [Instructor] It's important that you can adjust settings for system features on your computer. Features like audio settings, network connections, mouse and keyboard settings, system updates and much more. To get to system settings, we go to the same place we would go to to shut down or restart the computer. On the Mac, you can click the Apple logo in the top left corner and then go to system preferences. In Windows 10, go to the start menu and click this gear button for Windows settings. And I'm just going to move this window, so we can see everything. So first, I want you to recognize how similar these features are between Mac and Windows. Here in system settings in Windows, we have several categories. All of the different controls are organized into these categories, and you can choose one to see a bunch of settings. And when you're finished, you can click the home button to go back to that main screen. And if you're looking for some options, and you can't find them, you can use this search field. So if I type in notification, I can find the options for notification and actions. And then I can make the adjustments that I want. And when I'm finished, I can go back to the home screen. Now I just described that on Windows, but it basically works the same on the Mac. We have a bunch of categories. You can click one of the categories to get to a list of settings. When you're finished, you can click the home button which looks like a grid up here at the top, and that takes you back to this homepage. And if you're looking for some settings, and you can't find them, you can use the search field. So I can type in notifications. I can find the option I'm looking for, and it takes me to that category. I can make the adjustments. And when I'm finished, I can go back to the home screen. Okay, so there are a few important things that I think you should have an eye on here in these settings. You can go to the update and security category here on Windows. Or on the Mac, you can go to software update. And that's where you'll go to check for updates for your computer and install those updates. Once again, I'm going to go back to the home screen on both. Another thing you'll find is your account settings. And generally, those options are going to be up at the top of this panel. This is optional, but you can choose to sign into an online account which will help you synchronize settings and content between computers, keep track of your subscriptions and services and so on. On the Mac, that account is known as an Apple ID. And for most users, that Apple ID is also used for iCloud services. Now if you're not already signed in, you'll see a button here to sign into your account. But since I am already signed in, I can click this Apple ID button to get all of the options for that account. And naturally, I can click this button to go back to the home screen when I'm done. On Windows, you use what is called a Microsoft online account. And some people use their Microsoft 365 account for this purpose. Again, my settings are up at the top. And if I was not signed in, there would be a button to sign in. But since I am already signed in, I could click this button that says my Microsoft account, and that would open a webpage with my account settings. So that's your main account with Microsoft or Apple. And again, it is optional. You do not have to sign into either of those accounts. But you can also link multiple email accounts if you need to On Windows, you can do that by going to the accounts category, then choose the email and account section. And on the Mac, you can go to the internet account section, and you get basically the same options to link additional accounts. And once again, I'll go back to the home screen for both. Now one last note on Windows. If you used Windows in the past before Windows 10, you might remember something called the control panel. This used to be the place to control settings like this, but that changed in Windows 10. But if you do want to use the old control panel, you still can. Just come here to Windows settings and use the search field and search for control panel. You'll see that will come up here in the search results. You can click on that, and it opens up. And this is just the old way of adjusting settings. Technically, there are more options here. But most users will find everything they need in the normal settings tool in Windows. So I don't recommend you go here unless you used control panel in the past, and you really prefer to use that.