Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- Get started with Apple Intelligence
- Use Writing Tools
- Use Apple Intelligence in Mail
- Use Apple Intelligence in Messages
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Get webpage summaries
- Summarize an audio recording
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
- 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
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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
If your Mac desktop looks different
If your desktop looks different from the last time you used your Mac, and the Mac has multiple users, another user may be currently logged in, and you may be using that person’s account.
Do any of the following:
Look in the menu bar in the upper-right corner of the screen. If fast user switching is turned on, the name of the current user or a generic icon is displayed there. You can turn on fast user switching in Control Center settings.
Click the fast user switching menu. The current user is identified by a checkmark in the menu. If you’re not the current user, you can use the fast user switching menu to log in. Choose your name, then log in.
In the Finder
, choose Go > Home to go to the home folder.If the home folder isn’t yours, choose Apple menu
If you’re logged in as the correct user but the desktop looks different and other users have access to your Mac, it’s possible that another user changed your settings. To protect your Mac from being modified by others, see Set up your Mac to be secure.
It’s also possible that an administrator may be controlling how the desktop, windows, or Dock look and behave. If you have more questions, talk to the person who administers the Mac you’re using.
Your desktop may also look different if you turned on iCloud Desktop and Documents on this Mac, and then changed the desktop items on iCloud.com or another Mac, or on an iPhone or iPad where iCloud Drive is turned on. See Store files in iCloud Drive.