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Table of Contents

Welcome
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- iMac
- Mac mini
- Mac Studio
- Mac Pro
What’s new in macOS Sequoia
- Work on the desktop
- What’s in the menu bar?
- Quickly change settings
- What’s in the Apple menu?
- Search with Spotlight
- Use Siri
- Get notifications
- Open apps from the Dock
- Organise your files in the Finder
- Connect to the Internet
- Sign in to your Apple Account
- Set up iCloud
- 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
- Apps on your Mac
- Open apps
- Work with app windows
- Tile 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
- Create and work with documents
- Open documents
- Mark up files
- Combine files into a PDF
- Organise files on your desktop
- Organise files with folders
- Tag files and folders
- Back up files
- Restore files
- Change System Settings
- Choose your desktop picture
- Add and customise 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
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- How to use Siri
- Customise Siri
- What are Siri Suggestions?
- Use Siri results
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- Get started with Apple Intelligence
- Use Writing Tools
- Use Apple Intelligence in Mail
- Use Apple Intelligence in Messages
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Get web page summaries
- Summarise an audio recording
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create Genmoji with Apple Intelligence
- Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
- Summarise notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
- Set up a Focus to stay on task
- Block pop-ups in Safari
- Use Dictation
- Perform quick actions with hot corners
- Send emails
- Send text messages
- Make a FaceTime call
- Edit photos and videos
- Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo
- Start a Quick Note
- Get directions
- 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
- Manage Apple Account settings
- Set your Apple Account 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
- Get started with Screen Time
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Track app and device usage
- Set time limits for apps and websites
- Set up content and privacy restrictions
- Set up Family Sharing
- Get Family Sharing recommendations
- Add family members to a Family Sharing group
- Remove family members from a Family Sharing group
- Manage sharing and parental settings
- Share a Photo Library
- Collaborate on projects
- Find content shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Play music
- Watch and listen together with SharePlay
- Listen to podcasts
- Watch TV shows and movies
- Read and listen to books
- Read the news
- Track stocks and the market
- Play games with your friends
- Connect an external display
- Use the camera
- Connect a wireless accessory
- Connect a printer to your Mac
- Connect AirPods to your Mac
- Optimise your Mac battery life
- Optimise storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Use Windows on your Mac
- Get started
- Vision
- Hearing
- Mobility
- Speech
- Control what you share
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Allow apps to see the location of your Mac
- Use Private Browsing
- Keep your data safe
- Understand passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Find a missing device
- Shut down or restart your Mac
- Start up your Mac in safe mode
- Keep your Mac up to date
- Reinstall macOS
- Erase your Mac
Resources for your Mac
Resources for your Apple devices
Copyright

Switched from Windows to Mac?

Your Mac can do everything your Windows system does — and more.

The Mac screen showing the menu bar at the top, the desktop in the middle and the Dock along the bottom.

Find your way around the Mac desktop

The Mac desktop displays the menu bar across the top of the screen and the Dock along the bottom. Use the Apple menu in the top-left corner of the desktop to open System Settings, where you can customise your Mac. Use the Dock for quick access to the apps you use most often.

Learn the basics

A MacBook Pro with a built-in keyboard, showing the modifier keys used for keyboard shortcuts.

Know your keyboard shortcuts

Work faster by using keyboard shortcuts to copy and paste text, print documents, quit apps and more.

Intro to Mac keyboard shortcuts

A Finder window showing a shortcut menu for a selected file.

Right-click on Mac

On your Mac, right-click is called Control-click. To open shortcut menus that give you access to additional controls, Control-click an item using the keyboard and your mouse or trackpad. To set up Control-click, use System Settings.

How to right-click

The Appearance System Setting window, showing options for selecting a light or dark appearance, accent and highlight colours, sidebar icon size and scroll bar behaviours.

Use System Settings to personalise your Mac

You can change the look of your Mac desktop by selecting a light or dark appearance, a desktop picture and more. Choose Apple menu > System Settings, then click an item in the sidebar such as Appearance, Wallpaper or Screen Saver.

How to use System Settings

A Mac keyboard showing the row of function keys along the top.

Use function keys on the Mac keyboard

The function keys on the top row of the Mac keyboard do double duty — use them to quickly adjust items like screen brightness and audio volume, or press the Fn key or the key first to use them as standard function keys.

How to use the function keys on your Mac

The Screenshot panel, showing icons you can use to select an area on the screen to to capture, the Options button and the Capture button.

Take a screenshot or screen recording

You can capture screenshots and recordings of the full screen, a window or a selected area with the Screenshot app. Press Command-Shift-5 to open the app; click Options to choose where to save the image and set a timer.

How to take screenshots or screen recordings

A window showing the Migration Assistant app.

Transfer information from your PC to your Mac

Use Migration Assistant to transfer your contacts, calendars, email accounts, documents and more from your Windows PC to the corresponding places on your Mac.

How to transfer information to your Mac

Want to learn more? To get up and running with your Mac, see Get started with your Mac.

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