Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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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
Copy and paste text, pictures and movies in documents on Mac
You can copy and paste text, pictures and movies within a document, or from one document to another.
On your Mac, do any of the following:
Copy within a document: Select an item to copy, then press and hold the Option key and drag the item to a new location in the document. (If you don’t hold down the Option key, the item is moved instead of copied.)
Copy from one document to another: Open both documents, select an item to copy, then drag it to the other document. If you can’t drag the item, choose Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste.
Paste text using the surrounding style: Choose Edit > Paste and Match Style.
Automatically correct spacing around pasted text: Choose Edit > Substitutions, then choose Smart Copy/Paste (a tick shows it’s on). Now when you paste text, spaces are automatically inserted or deleted around the text as needed. To stop using this feature, choose the command again.
You can also use Universal Clipboard to copy text, images, photos and video on one Apple device, then paste the content on another Apple device.