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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
Create a computer-to-computer network on Mac
If you want to set up a temporary, ad hoc Wi-Fi connection between your Mac and another device, you can create your own network using the Wi-Fi menu.
On your Mac, click the Wi-Fi status icon in the menu bar and choose Create Network.
Enter a name and choose a channel for your network.
Click Create.
When you create a computer-to-computer network, the Wi-Fi menu icon changes to show a computer . When you’re done, click the Wi-Fi menu again and choose Disconnect to close the network you created.
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