Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS 27
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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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- Get started
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- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on what’s around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colors
- Hover to zoom in on text and colors
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customize onscreen motion
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Resources for your Mac
- Copyright and trademarks
- Resources for your Apple devices
What is Family Sharing on Mac?
With Family Sharing, you and up to five other family members can share subscriptions to Apple services like Apple Music, Apple TV, iCloud+, Apple Fitness+, Apple News+, and Apple Arcade. Your family group can also share iTunes Store, App Store, and Apple Books purchases, an iCloud storage plan, and a family photo album. You can even help locate each other’s missing devices.
If you want to set up parental control features for your child, see Apple Devices for Kids and Families. | |||||||||||
One adult—the family organizer—sets up Family Sharing, invites up to five family members to join the group, and chooses the features the family can share. When family members join, they have instant access to the shared content.
Each family member needs an Apple Account and must be signed in to their Apple Account to access family settings. The organizer, a parent, or a guardian can create an Apple Account for a child. A Child Account is required for children under 13 and is available for children up to 18. (Age varies by country or region.)
Note: Family Sharing is designed to be used by a single family (adults and children). You can be part of only one Family Sharing group at a time.
You can use Family Sharing on your Mac (OS X 10.10 or later), iPhone (iOS 8 or later), iPad, and Windows computer with iCloud for Windows (Windows 7 or later required).
To get started, see Set up Family Sharing.