by OS X 10.9 Mavericks promises more than 200 new features, but many of those aren’t the kinds of things you’ll see plastered across Apple’s website. Some instead are found in subtle changes to application and system settings. As part of our comprehensive coverage of Mavericks, we take a look at OS X’s System Preferences utility, pointing out the differences between Mavericks and its predecessor, Mountain Lion (OS X 10.8).
Appearance changes
The first thing you’ll likely notice, if you’ve spent a decent amount of time in the System Preferences utility in the past, is that the icons for the individual preference panes are slightly larger, and Apple has updated some of those icons, such as the one for iCloud.
The System Preferences application no longer labels each row.
The second general change is that while System Preferences still organizes individual preference panes into rows, it no longer displays the category names present in earlier versions of OS X: Personal, Hardware, Internet & Wireless, System, and Other.
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