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 webpage summaries
- Summarize an audio recording
- Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
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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
Use a private Wi-Fi address on Mac
Using a private Wi-Fi address helps reduce tracking of your Mac by Wi-Fi network operators. Tracking can occur when your address always appears the same to other devices and networks.
See this Apple Support article to learn more about using private Wi-Fi addresses.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click the Details button.
Note: If you want to use a private Wi-Fi address for a network other than the one you’re currently connected to, click
next to the name of that network.Click the “Private Wi-Fi address” pop-up menu, then choose an option:
Off: Private Wi-Fi address is turned off. This Mac can be identified and tracked on this network, and across other networks.
Fixed: A fixed private address allows this network to track this Mac, but helps reduce tracking across other networks.
Rotating: A rotating private address reduces tracking on this network, and across other networks.
Click OK.
If your Mac is a managed computer, you may not be able to change this setting. Contact a system administrator in the school or organization that provided you with the computer for more information.