Trying to find stuff in the System Settings app

[bigpoppamac31]

Okay so in older MacOS system preferences (now System Settings) there was a section where you could determine when the Mac would go to sleep or when the screen saver would come on and such. Now I cannot find it in the new layout. Right now when inactive my screen will go dark before the screen saver will come on. How can I change that?

Also in FireFox I don't get the text correction feature like I seem to get anywhere else on my Mac. Why is that?

 

[Bigwaff]

Okay so in older MacOS system preferences (now System Settings) there was a section where you could determine when the Mac would go to sleep or when the screen saver would come on and such. Now I cannot find it in the new layout.

In Settings app, at the very top of the panel listing on the left is a search field. Type “screensaver” or “sleep” or what you are looking for.

 

[Apathist]

Also in FireFox I don't get the text correction feature like I seem to get anywhere else on my Mac. Why is that?

FWIW, assuming it's enabled (in the app itself under "Language" in Settings --> General), I think it's invoked only in free text input areas, not in places like single-line boxes on fill-in-the-blank forms, etc.

 

[zevrix]

Also in FireFox I don't get the text correction feature like I seem to get anywhere else on my Mac. Why is that?

From System Settings UI it may appear that the "text correction" feature is some kind of a system-wide functionality. It's not so. This feature (as well as some other similar text-related options) are only available in some random apps (whose list is unknown and unpredictable) - so you basically can't rely on this feature for any kind of consistent results system-wide.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

I preferred the old style System Settings with the modular layout. Whilst the search within works well, it does require still to know the correct keywords. Again, it works but I do find it less transparent.

 

[bigpoppamac31]

I preferred the old style System Settings with the modular layout. Whilst the search within works well, it does require still to know the correct keywords. Again, it works but I do find it less transparent.

Agreed. I did end up finding what I was looking for. But I have another question. So I know that when I unplug my MBP the screen will dim a bit. That's fine. But I find that when I wake it from sleep on battery the screen is maybe half brightness and I have to turn it up. Is there a way to stop that so it's always at the brightness level I want?

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Agreed. I did end up finding what I was looking for. But I have another question. So I know that when I unplug my MBP the screen will dim a bit. That's fine. But I find that when I wake it from sleep on battery the screen is maybe half brightness and I have to turn it up. Is there a way to stop that so it's always at the brightness level I want?

You can turn off "automatically adjust brightness" under the display brightness heading if you just want to set it manually each time , based on needs and available light. Hopefully that's what you meant?

 

[bigpoppamac31]

You can turn off "automatically adjust brightness" under the display brightness heading if you just want to set it manually each time , based on needs and available light. Hopefully that's what you meant?

Auto brightness and True Tone are both turned off.

 

[Alpha Centauri]

Auto brightness and True Tone are both turned off.

Indeed, mine behaves the same. Perhaps someone can chime in with a working solution, as I've no idea.

 

[Apathist]

I did end up finding what I was looking for.

The System Settings would maybe benefit from a bookmarking feature allowing you to return directly to previously located settings that you'll likely want to revisit. (I use some AppleScript-based shortcuts to do this, but they're not completely reliable.)

So I know that when I unplug my MBP the screen will dim a bit. That's fine. But I find that when I wake it from sleep on battery the screen is maybe half brightness and I have to turn it up. Is there a way to stop that so it's always at the brightness level I want?

You might try experimenting with the combination of the "Low Power Mode" setting and the "Slightly dim the display on battery" option (both found under Battery).