macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Connect to the Internet
- Browse the web
- Adjust the volume
- Take a screenshot or screen recording
- View and edit files with Quick Look
- Jot a Quick Note
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up a Focus to stay on task
- Edit photos and videos in Photos
- Use Visual Look Up for your photos
- Get directions in Maps
- Create a recording in Voice Memos
- Use trackpad and mouse gestures
- Use the Touch Bar
- Use Touch ID
- Use keyboard shortcuts
- Get macOS updates
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- What is Family Sharing?
- Set up Family Sharing
- Set up other users on your Mac
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Share purchases with your family
- Make a FaceTime call
- Use SharePlay to watch and listen together
- Send text messages
- Share a calendar with your family
- Find what people shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Play games with your friends
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- Use Continuity to work across Apple devices
- Stream audio and video with AirPlay
- Use a keyboard and mouse or trackpad across devices
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off tasks between devices
- Insert photos and documents from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Sync music, books and more between devices
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- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Use Private Browsing in Safari
- View privacy reports in Safari
- Understand passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Create and autofill strong passwords
- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Guard your privacy
- Pay with Apple Pay in Safari
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Control access to the camera
- Find a missing device
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- Change your display’s brightness
- Connect a wireless keyboard, mouse or trackpad
- Connect other wireless devices
- Connect a display, TV or projector
- Add a printer
- Use the built-in camera
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Save energy on your Mac
- Optimise storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Run Windows on your Mac
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright

Open documents on Mac
The quickest way to open a document on your Mac is to double-click its icon on the desktop.

If a document’s icon isn’t on the desktop, there are other ways to open the document on your Mac:
Click Spotlight
in the menu bar, enter a document’s name in the search field, then double-click the document in the results. See Search with Spotlight.If you recently worked in a document, choose Apple menu
> Recent Items, then choose the document.
Open the document’s associated app, then choose the document in the Open dialogue (if available), or choose File > Open. In some apps, you can choose File > Open Recent to open documents you have recently used.
Click the Finder icon
in the Dock. In the Finder sidebar, click Recents, iCloud Drive, Documents or the folder where the document is located, then double-click the document’s icon or name.Note: Before you can open documents in iCloud Drive, you must set up iCloud Drive. See Use iCloud Drive to store documents.
Tip: You can open files created with Microsoft Office on your Mac. Use the Pages app
to open Microsoft Word documents, the Numbers app
to open Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and the Keynote app
to open Microsoft PowerPoint presentations. If you don’t have Pages, Numbers or Keynote on your Mac, you can get them from the App Store.