The General tab gives you control over the Mac app’s appearance, behavior, and default preferences.
The General settings panel displaying Appearance, Canvas, App Icon, Tabs, and other preference options
- Appearance gives you the option to use a light or dark UI for the Mac app, regardless of your system settings (macOS Mojave 10.14 or later).
- Canvas sets the canvas to light or dark, independent of your Appearance setting.
- App Icon changes the app icon for Sketch.
- Tabs controls whether documents open in tabs (document list) or in separate windows.
- Open & Save to defines whether documents open and save to a Workspace or locally by default.
- Auto Save is enabled by default and saves documents automatically as you work. For local documents, this also provides access to previous versions using the macOS Versions feature.
- Command Bar sets a custom shortcut and determines whether the Command Bar is the default way to replace Components.
- MCP Server gives you the option to allow AI clients to interact with your open documents.
- Dialogs gives you the option to reset all warning dialogs so they appear again the next time you perform those actions.
