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
- Summarise 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
Folders that come with your Mac
macOS organises items on your Mac in folders. You can see all of the folders in the Finder. Many folders you regularly use are in the Finder sidebar.
Important: Your home folder and certain other folders can’t be renamed. It’s best not to rename or move folders that came with your Mac. Many of these folders have special uses and are necessary for your Mac to function correctly.
Applications
This folder contains apps, including Mail, Calendar, Safari and many others. Apps in this folder also appear in Launchpad. If you try to drag an app out of the Applications folder, it isn’t moved; instead, an alias is created. If you want to uninstall an app, see Install and uninstall apps.
Library
This folder contains fonts and other items used by apps that are available to all users of your Mac. Don’t use the Library folder to store files and folders you create. Instead, use the home folder, the Desktop folder, the Documents folder or iCloud Drive.
System
This folder contains the macOS operating system. You can’t change the name or location of the System folder or the items within it.
Users
This folder contains the home folders of all the people set up as users on your Mac. When you’re logged in, the icon for your home folder looks like a folder with a house on it, and the other home folders look like normal folders. If you log out and someone else logs in, that person’s home folder then looks like a house. The Users folder also contains the Shared folder. Items in the Shared folder are available to anyone who uses your Mac.
Home
Your home folder is named with your username and has folders for your desktop files, downloads, pictures, documents, movies, music and any public files. You can create folders in your home folder.
Additionally, you can create folders in your iCloud Drive folder, the Documents folder or on the desktop (on your Mac or in iCloud Desktop and Documents) to organise your files. There are certain locations where you may not be able to create additional folders.