MacOS – How to open a specific pane in system preferences from dock

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When I add the system preferences to the dock and click it, it opens in the common view.

How can I open a specific pane at once from the dock?
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Best Answer

  • In Finder, open /System/Library/PreferencePanes on Lion for the system preference panes or /Library/PreferencePanes or ~/Library/PreferencePanes/ for user-added ones.
  • Drag the icon of your choice from the folder to the Dock. It will probably only go on the right side (the documents/folders/minimized windows/Trash side) of the divider.

Clicking the new icon will open System Preferences directly to that preference pane.

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