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Opening macOS Ventura’s System Settings to desired locations via the command line
With the release of macOS Ventura, the System Preferences application has been replaced with the System Settings application.
macOS Monterey System Preferences:
macOS Ventura System Settings:
Along with this change, a number of previously-known commands for opening individual System Preferences preference panes from the command line no longer work with System Settings.
However, it looks like the underlying command line functionality wasn’t changed by Apple. You just need to know what the new options are to enter. For more details, please see below the jump.
I’ve put together a list of the ones I’ve found to work, which is available below. Find any more? Please let me know in the comments:
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| Open Storage, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.settings.Storage | |
| Open Software Update, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Software-Update-Settings.extension | |
| Open General, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.systempreferences.GeneralSettings | |
| Open Privacy & Security, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security | |
| Open Privacy & Security, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.settings.PrivacySecurity.extension | |
| Open Startup Disk, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.startupdisk | |
| Open Startup Disk, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Startup-Disk-Settings.extension | |
| Open Displays, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.displays | |
| Open Wallpaper, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Wallpaper-Settings.extension | |
| Open Network, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.network | |
| Open Network, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Network-Settings.extension | |
| Open Profiles, in System Settings: Privacy & Security: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Profiles-Settings.extension | |
| Open Transfer or Reset, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Transfer-Reset-Settings.extension | |
| Open Date & Time, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Date-Time-Settings.extension | |
| Open About, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.SystemProfiler.AboutExtension | |
| Open Language & Region, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Localization-Settings.extension | |
| Open Login Items, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.LoginItems-Settings.extension | |
| Open Sharing, in System Settings: General: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Sharing-Settings.extension | |
| Open AirDrop & Handoff, in System Settings: General | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.AirDrop-Handoff-Settings.extension | |
| Open Time Machine, in System Settings: General | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Time-Machine-Settings.extension | |
| Open Appearance, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Appearance-Settings.extension | |
| Open Apple ID, in System Settings: | |
| open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane |
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Check out /System/Library/CoreServices/HelpViewer.app/Content/Resources/prefsmapping.plist
Hi.
I’m currently testing
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Profiles-Settings.extension”
and
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.configurationprofiles”
I’m landing in the same Profiles pane.
It looks like for now there is no difference. But that was worth testing with your insights ! Post saved for future reference !
On Ventura, at least it looks like /System/Library/CoreServices/HelpViewer.app/Contents/Resources/prefsmapping.plist has a list of these.
It looks like you can do
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.prefs.backup”
or
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Time-Machine-Settings.extension”
Open Users & Groups:
open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.users
Tried this in an early beta which didn’t work but I’m glad it’s still working. I used https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/systempreferences in the past.
Opens: TouchID Settings
open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Touch-ID-Settings.extension
Opens: Battery Settings
open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.Battery-Settings.extension
Anyway to bring these to the foreground when opening?
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preference.security?Privacy_ScreenCapture”
Still works for going to “Screen Recording”
It seems after updating to 13.0.1 these do open in the foreground
Found ’em all! Blog post and link to the complete list is over on the blog: https://www.macosadventures.com/2022/12/05/how-to-open-every-section-of-macos-ventura-system-settings/
I’m trying how to open the iCloud settings.
open “x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane” got me there in Monterey. But in Ventura using open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.systempreferences.AppleIDSettings takes one more click into the iCloud section where you turn on/off Find My.
Anyone got ideas?
iCloud pane would be “open x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.AppleIDPrefPane?iCloud”
did you end up finding how to open the icloud pane? some have mentioned that x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.systempreferences.AppleIDSettings?iCloud should work but not the case for me (on macOS13.6).