Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- 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
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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- 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
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- Get started
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- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on what’s around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colors
- Hover to zoom in on text and colors
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customize onscreen motion
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Perform quick actions in the Finder on Mac
Quick actions help you perform certain tasks right from the Finder or your desktop, without opening an app. For example, you can create a PDF or rotate an image.
The types of tasks available in the Quick Actions menu and at the bottom of the Preview pane depend on the file type and any enabled Finder (Quick Actions and Preview Pane) extensions.
On your Mac, click
in the Dock to open a Finder window.Select the file.
Alternatively, you can select a file on your desktop.
Control-click the file, then choose Quick Actions. Depending on the file type (options vary), you can do the following:
Rotate an image or movie: Choose Rotate Left or press and hold the Option key, then choose Rotate Right. Repeat to continue rotating the item.
Mark up a document or image: Choose Markup. The file opens in a Quick Look window, where you can use the markup tools to add notes, edit text, and more. See Mark up files.
Trim a movie or audio file: Choose Trim, then drag the yellow handles in the trimming bar. To test your changes, click Play. You can start over by clicking Revert. When you’re ready to save your changes, click Done, then choose to replace the original file or create a new one.
Create a PDF: Choose Create PDF, then enter the name. To combine multiple files into a PDF, see Combine files into a PDF.
Convert an image to another format or a smaller size: Choose Convert Image, then choose a format and a size. For example, you can convert an .heic photo from your iPhone to a .jpeg or .png image.
Customize and add more options: Choose Customize. Extensions settings opens, where you can add extra Finder extensions, such as Remove Background. See Change Login Items & Extensions settings.
You can use the Automator app to create workflows for Quick Actions that you can enable as extensions and access in the Finder, the Touch Bar, or the Services menu. You can download your favorite quick actions from third-party developers in the Mac App Store. You can also use the Shortcuts app to add your favorite shortcuts to the Quick Actions menu.
Tip: You can use the Quick Actions buttons at the bottom of the Preview pane in a Finder window. If you don’t see the Preview pane on the right, choose View > Show Preview.