Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- 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
- 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
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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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- 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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac
You can connect a Mac with Apple silicon to another Mac so that the Mac with Apple silicon appears as an external hard disk. You can then transfer files between the Mac computers.
Connect the two computers using a USB, USB-C or Thunderbolt cable.
On the Mac with Apple silicon, choose Apple menu
Wait for your Mac to shut down completely. A Mac is completely shut down when the screen is black and any lights (including in the Touch Bar and keyboard) are off.
Press and hold the power button until “Loading startup options” appears.
Click Options, then click Continue.
Select a startup disk, then click Next.
If requested, enter the password for an administrator account.
Your Mac starts up in macOS Recovery.
Choose Utilities > Share Disk.
Select the disk or volume you want to share, then click Start Sharing.
On the other Mac, open a Finder window, then click Network (below Locations) in the sidebar.
In the Network window, double-click the Mac that has the shared disk or volume.
Transfer files by dragging them to and from the disk.
When you’ve finished transferring files, click Stop Sharing on the Mac you shared as an external disk.
