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macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Use Continuity across your devices
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off between devices
- Insert photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac and approve requests
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Control accessories in your home
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Stream content to Apple TV
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- Understand passwords
- Use keychains to store passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Guard your privacy
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Clear your Safari browsing history
- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
Find out if the optical drive on your Mac can burn discs
An optical drive is used to play, and sometimes burn, CDs and DVDs. Some Mac computers come with built-in optical drives; you can also use an external optical drive (for example, an Apple USB SuperDrive.)
To find out whether your Mac can burn CDs and DVDs and what types it can burn, use About This Mac.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> About This Mac.Click System Report, click Disc Burning, then review the information for your optical drive.
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