macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Use Continuity across your devices
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off between devices
- Insert photos and scans from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac and approve requests
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Control accessories in your home
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Stream content to Apple TV
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- Understand passwords
- Use keychains to store passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Guard your privacy
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Clear your Safari browsing history
- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
Change Displays Options preferences on Mac
On your Mac, use the Options pane of Displays System Preferences to set what happens when you press the power button on your display and the brightness buttons on your Mac.
To open this pane, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then, in the Displays preferences window on the connected display, click Options.
Note: These preferences are only available on some older Apple Cinema Displays.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Display Power Button | Set what happens when you press the power button on the connected display. | ||||||||||
Brightness Buttons | Set what happens when you press the brightness buttons on the keyboard of your Mac. | ||||||||||
Gather Windows | Moves all open Displays preferences windows to the display where this button is. This button appears only if more than one display is connected to your Mac. |