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Table of Contents
macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- What’s in the menu bar?
- Work on the desktop
- Search with Spotlight
- Quickly change settings
- Use Siri
- Get notifications
- Open apps from the Dock
- Organize your files in the Finder
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- Connect to the internet
- Browse the web
- Preview a file
- Take a screenshot
- Change your display’s brightness
- Adjust the volume
- Use trackpad and mouse gestures
- Use Touch ID
- Print documents
- Keyboard shortcuts
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- Apps on your Mac
- Open apps
- Work with app windows
- Use apps in full screen
- Use apps in Split View
- Use Stage Manager
- Get apps from the App Store
- Install and reinstall apps from the App Store
- Install and uninstall other apps
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- Create and work with documents
- Open documents
- Mark up files
- Combine files into a PDF
- Organize files on your desktop
- Organize files with folders
- Tag files and folders
- Back up files
- Restore files
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- Change System Settings
- Choose your desktop wallpaper
- Add and customize widgets
- Use a screen saver
- Add a user or group
- Add your email and other accounts
- Automate tasks with Shortcuts
- Create Memoji
- Change your login picture
- Change the system language
- Make text and other items on the screen bigger
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- Set up a Focus to stay on task
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Use Dictation
- Send emails
- Send text messages
- Make a FaceTime video call
- Edit photos and videos
- Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo
- Start a Quick Note
- Get directions
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- Work across devices using Continuity
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Use iPhone with Desk View
- Stream audio and video with AirPlay
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Hand off between devices
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Sync music, books, and more between devices
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- Manage Apple ID settings
- Set your Apple ID picture
- What is iCloud?
- What is iCloud+?
- Store files in iCloud Drive
- Share and collaborate on files and folders
- Manage iCloud storage
- Use iCloud Photos
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- What is Family Sharing?
- Set up Family Sharing
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Share purchases with your family
- Watch and listen together with SharePlay
- Share a Photo Library
- Collaborate on projects
- Find content shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Play games with your friends
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- Play music
- Listen to podcasts
- Watch TV shows and movies
- Read and listen to books
- Read the news
- Track stocks and the market
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- Apple Music
- Apple TV+
- Apple Arcade
- Apple News+
- Podcast shows and channels
- Manage subscriptions in the App Store
- View Apple family subscriptions
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- Guard your privacy
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Control access to your camera
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Keep your data safe
- Create a passkey
- Understand passwords
- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Find a missing device
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Vision
- Hearing
- Mobility
- Speech
- General
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- Connect an external display
- Use the built-in camera
- Connect a Bluetooth device
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Optimize your Mac battery life
- Optimize storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Use Windows on your Mac
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
On your Mac, use AirDrop & Handoff settings to start something on one Apple device and hand it off to another, send files to Apple devices near you with AirDrop, or allow other devices to stream content to your Mac with AirPlay Receiver. Learn how to use AirDrop to send files to devices near you.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click AirDrop & Handoff on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)
Option | Description |
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Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices (not available on all computers) | If your Mac supports Handoff, turn on Handoff between your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. See Pick up where you left off with Handoff. Your Apple devices must have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth®, and Handoff turned on in Settings. You must be signed in with the same Apple ID on all your devices. When this option is selected, you can copy and paste between your Apple devices. See Copy and paste between devices from your Mac. |
AirDrop | Choose who can send files to you from nearby Apple devices. Note: The Contacts Only option is available on devices with iOS 10, iPadOS, macOS 10.12, or later. If your device has an earlier software version, select the Everyone option to receive items by AirDrop. (You can disable the Everyone option after you receive the items.) |
AirPlay Receiver | Allow nearby Apple devices to stream content to this Mac with AirPlay. See Set up your Mac to be an AirPlay Receiver. AirPlay Receiver is available on supported Mac computers with macOS 12 or later. See the Apple Support article System requirements for Continuity features on Apple devices. Note: If your Mac is enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) system, AirPlay Receiver may be unavailable. |
Allow AirPlay for | Choose whose devices can use AirPlay to stream content to this Mac.
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Require password | Require a password to use AirPlay to stream content to this Mac. Turn on Require password, click Set, enter the password in the text field, then click OK. |
See alsoUse your Mac as a displayUse your Mac as a speaker
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