Preference Setting | macOS 10.14 Mojave | macOS 10.15 Catalina |
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Enable the Finder to show hidden and system files | x | x |
Disable sound effects of the Finder | x | x |
Prevent the Finder from using the Desktop background | x | x |
Enable the “Quit” menu item of the Finder | x | x |
Let the Finder display the UNIX path of the current selection as window title | x | x |
Disable the animation effect when opening information panels or Desktop icons | x | x |
Disable the animation effect when selecting information categories | x | x |
Disable the creation of hidden Finder .DS_Store files on network volumes | x | x |
Force the Finder to collect all data from a network folder before displaying its contents | x | x |
Block the feature “connect to server” in the Finder | x | x |
Block the eject feature in the Finder | x | x |
Block the features for disk burning in the Finder | x | |
Block the feature “go to folder” in the Finder | x | x |
Use dimmed Dock icons to show hidden applications | x | x |
Disable the animation when hiding or showing the Dock | x | x |
Disable the delay until the Dock is shown when autohide is active | x | x |
Restrict the Dock not to allow manual changes of its size | x | x |
Restrict the Dock not to allow changes of its contents | x | x |
When using grid view for stacks, let the Dock display a marker for the current selection | x | x |
Add a stack for Recent Items | x | |
Allow to open stacks by scroll-wheel or scroll gesture | x | x |
Let the Dock hide all others when switching to or launching an application | x | x |
Add spacer elements to the Dock | x | x |
Set the Dock minimization effect to a “suck in” animation | x | x |
Set the Dock minimization effect to a “linear” animation | x | x |
Disable fade-in animation of Launchpad | x | x |
Disable fade-out animation of Launchpad | x | x |
Disable page switch animation of Launchpad | x | x |
Change the layout arrangement (number of rows and columns) of Launchpad | x | x |
Re-enable the key repeat feature | x | x |
Disable inertia for scroll devices generally | x | x |
Disable the rubber-band effect when scrolling beyond the end of a view (only in applications that allow this) | x | x |
Disable the revised function of the power button to switch to sleep mode instead of displaying a power-down dialog | x | x |
Set the file format for the creation of Desktop screenshots | x | x |
Disable the shadow when taking window screenshots | x | x |
Prevent that recording times are inserted into the names of screenshots | x | x |
Set the destination folder for Desktop screenshots | x | x |
Accelerate the animation of opening and closing sheets | x | x |
Disable the animation when opening windows | x | x |
Allow less precise edge grabbing when resizing windows | x | x |
Set expanded Save dialogs as default when using new applications | x | x |
Limit the number of items shown in the “File > Open Recent” submenu of native macOS applications | x | x |
Disable drag-and-drop of text in Cocoa applications or set the delay time when switching from selection mode to drag mode | x | x |
Set the delay before applications will display help tags (“tooltips”) | x | x |
Control the blink rate of the text insertion marker | x | x |
Disable the feature to keep help windows always in the foreground | x | x |
Control how macOS handles application crashes | x | x |
Use the Notification Center for crash information | x | x |
Control the display of warnings when uncaught exceptions occur in applications | x | x |
Disable Dashboard | x | |
Automatically activate Terminal windows by pointing at them with the mouse cursor | x | x |
Let Mail use your own AIFF sound file to indicate a new message | x | x |
Control the delay when moving windows between Spaces in Mission Control | x | x |
Disable the dialog which asks for Time Machine backup disks when new drives are connected | x | x |
Show all system user groups in the Accounts pane of System Preferences | x | x |
Prevent macOS from quitting unused applications automatically | x | x |
Prevent macOS from suggesting iCloud (if available) when saving documents | x | x |
Set preferred font sizes for the selection of default fonts for eight specific use categories, typefaces for two categories | x | x |
Re-enable use of the backspace key to navigate backwards in Safari | x | x |
Set the initial page zoom value of Safari continuously | x | x |
Set default font typeface and size for Safari when web pages don't specify a font (only for Safari 12.0) | x | |
Set fixed-pitch default font typeface and size for Safari when web pages don't specify such a font (only for Safari 12.0) | x | |
Control the style and degree of font smoothing | x | x |
Restrict dark mode to menu bar and Dock, keeping applications light | x | x |
Keep Finder light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Keep Mail light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Keep System Preferences light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Keep Terminal light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Keep iTunes light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Keep Safari light even if dark mode is enabled | x | x |
Allow ratings with half stars in iTunes / Music | x | x |