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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Use AirPods with your Mac
When your AirPods are nearby and ready to use with your Mac, you can use them to listen to music, use Siri, or handle phone calls. To learn more about AirPods, see the AirPods User Guide.
Pair your AirPods with your Mac
With your AirPods in their case, open the lid.
Press and hold either the setup button on the back of the case or the noise control button (on AirPods Max only) until the status light flashes white.
Go to the System Settings
app on your Mac.Click Bluetooth
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Open Bluetooth settings for me
Tip: To make it easier to connect your AirPods, you can add the Bluetooth status menu
or Sound status menu 
to the menu bar using Menu Bar settings.Hold the pointer over your AirPods in the list of devices, then click Connect.
You can change your settings to connect your AirPods automatically or only when last connected to your Mac. See Change when your AirPods connect to your Mac.
Change AirPods settings on your Mac
Wear your AirPods, and make sure they’re connected to your Mac.
Go to the System Settings
app on your Mac.Click the name of your AirPods in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Change the controls for your AirPods. (Options vary by model.)
See Change settings for AirPods 1 and 2, Change settings for AirPods 3 and 4, Change settings for AirPods Pro 1 and 2, or Change settings for AirPods Max in the AirPods User Guide.
To learn more about your AirPods, including using Spatial Audio and changing noise control modes, see the AirPods User Guide.