Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- About your Mac model
- Whats new in macOS Tahoe
- Get to know the desktop
- Mac basics
- Apps
- Files and folders
- Personalise your Mac
- Get to know Siri
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Apple Intelligence
- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarise notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use Apple Intelligence with apps
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
- Beyond Mac basics
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Use Apple devices together
- Intro to Continuity
- Use AirDrop to send items to nearby devices
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Control your iPhone from your Mac
- Copy and paste between devices
- Stream video and audio with AirPlay
- Make and receive calls and text messages on your Mac
- Use your iPhone internet connection with your Mac
- Share your Wi-Fi password with another device
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Insert sketches, photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Sync music, books and more between devices
- Apple Account and iCloud
- Screen Time
- Family Sharing
- Watch, play and learn
- Use accessories and hardware
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Accessibility
- Get started
- General
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Vision
- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on whats around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colours
- Hover to zoom in on text and colours
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customise onscreen motion
- Increase the size of whats on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text thats on the screen
- Hearing
- Mobility
- Speech
- Privacy and security
- Restart, update, reset and restore
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
[]Play music and podcasts with Siri on Mac
Use Siri to play music and podcasts, and control playback on your Mac.
Use Siri with Apple Music
If you have an individual, family or student subscription to Apple Music, you can ask Siri to play anything from the Apple Music catalogue, find songs by lyrics, add music to your library and more.
Siri: On your Mac, activate Siri, then see the ideas below for requests you can make:
[]Play a specific song, album, artist or playlist
| []Play hits from a decade or genre
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[]Play music that fits your mood
| []Play music for an activity
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[]Tell Siri what you like and dont like
| []Play music picked just for you
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[]Find out whats playing
| []Listen to live and on-demand radio
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[]Control whats playing
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Use Siri with Apple Podcasts
Listen to your favourite podcasts, follow shows and control playback all with Siri.
Siri: On your Mac, activate Siri, then see the ideas below for requests you can make:
[]Play and follow podcasts
| []Control playback
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When you set up your AirPlay-compatible speakers in the Home app, you can also use Siri to play audio throughout your home. See Use Siri to control audio in your home.