From Windows to OS X

System Preferences

Windows: Control Panel

OS X: System Preferences

When you need to change some of the system properties in Windows you would go to the Control Panel. To do this in OS X, you would go to System Preferences.

The System Preferences icon located on the Dock (as well as on the Apple Menu or in the Applications folder located in your user Home Folder) can be used to launch this application . As you can see, System Preferences contains the system settings icons for items such as Desktop & Screen Saver and Network settings along with a host of other settings.