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
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Whats in the Apple menu on Mac?
The Apple menu 
[] is located in the top-left corner of your screen. Click it to access System Settings and recently used apps, documents and other items.
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Apple menu item | Description |
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About This Mac | View information about your Mac, such as the macOS version, type of processor or chip and amount of memory. Click More Info for additional details and to optimise storage. |
System Settings | Open System Settings to customise many of your Mac settings and update macOS. |
App Store | Visit the App Store, where you can find interesting and fun apps for your Mac, and updates for apps, printers and more. |
Recent Items | View a list of recent files, apps and network computers (servers) that youve used. As you use them, their names are added to the list so you can access them quickly in the future. See Open recently used items. |
Force Quit | Choose this option if an app is not responding. Important: If you force an app to quit, you may lose any unsaved changes. |
Sleep | Dim the screen and reduce power consumption without turning off your Mac. |
Restart | Turn your Mac off briefly, then have it immediately turn on again automatically. |
Shut Down | Turn your Mac off completely. |
Lock Screen | Immediately lock the screen when needed to keep your Mac and information secure. See Lock the screen of your Mac. |
Log Out [user name] | Log out of the current user account without shutting down the Mac. This action is useful if you share your Mac with other users who have their own accounts. |