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
Turn Power Nap on or off on Mac
Power Nap lets Mac computers stay up to date even while they’re sleeping. When your Mac goes to sleep, Power Nap activates periodically to update information. The information that’s updated depends on whether your Mac is running on battery power (a Mac laptop) or is plugged into a power adapter (a Mac laptop or desktop computer).
When your Mac is asleep and using battery power, Power Nap does the following:
Checks for new messages in Mail
Updates events in Calendar
Updates other iCloud events
When your Mac is plugged into a power adapter, Power Nap can also do activities such as downloading software updates and performing Time Machine backups.
If your Mac supports it, Power Nap is on by default when your Mac is plugged into a power adapter. You can easily change Power Nap settings.
Turn Power Nap on or off for a Mac laptop
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click Options, click the pop-up menu next to Enable Power Nap, then choose an option.
Turn Power Nap on or off for a Mac desktop computer
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Turn on Enable Power Nap.
Note: This option is only available on Intel-based Mac computers.