Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
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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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Keep your Mac up to date
To ensure you have the latest features and security updates, Apple releases software updates for macOS. These updates come with improvements for built-in apps like Safari, Mail, and Notes.
If you receive a notification that software updates are available, you can choose to install the updates immediately, or choose to install the updates later that night. You can also check for macOS updates manually in Software Update settings.
Tip: To check for updates to software you’ve downloaded from the App Store, open the App Store.
Check for updates manually
To install updates manually on your Mac, do one of the following:
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac. Click General in the sidebar (you may need to scroll down), then click Software Update.To update software downloaded from the App Store, click the Apple menu—the number of available updates, if any, is shown next to App Store. Choose App Store to continue in the App Store
app.
Set Mac software update options
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac.Click General
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click Software Update.
Click
next to Automatic Updates, then do any of the following:To have your Mac download updates without asking, turn on “Download new updates when available.”
To have your Mac install macOS updates automatically, turn on “Install macOS updates.”
To have your Mac install system files and Rapid Security Responses automatically, turn on “Install Security Responses and system files.”
Click Done.
Note: Laptop computers must have the power adapter plugged in to automatically download updates.