macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- Change System Preferences
- Change your desktop picture
- Add your email and other accounts
- Use a screen saver
- Change the picture for you or others in apps
- Set up other users on your Mac
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Change the system language
- Make it easier to see what’s on the screen
- Use accessibility features
- Run Windows on your Mac
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- Use Continuity across your devices
- Stream audio and video with AirPlay
- Use your iPad as a second display
- Hand off between devices
- Insert photos and documents from iPhone or iPad
- Insert sketches from iPhone or iPad
- Copy and paste between devices
- Use Apple Watch to unlock your Mac
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Control accessories in your home
- Send files between devices with AirDrop
- Use AirPods with your Mac
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- Manage cookies and other website data in Safari
- Use Private Browsing in Safari
- View privacy reports in Safari
- Understand passwords
- Reset your Mac login password
- Use keychains to store passwords
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Guard your privacy
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Protect your Mac from malware
- Control access to your camera
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
Change Displays Options preferences on Mac
On your Mac, use the Options pane of Displays System Preferences to set what happens when you press the power button on your display and the brightness buttons on your Mac.
To change these preferences, choose Apple menu > System Preferences, click Displays, then, in the Displays preferences window on the connected display, click Options.
Note: These preferences are only available on some older Apple Cinema Displays.
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Display Power Button | Set what happens when you press the power button on the connected display. | ||||||||||
Brightness Buttons | Set what happens when you press the brightness buttons on the keyboard of your Mac. | ||||||||||
Gather Windows | Moves all open Displays preferences windows to the display where this button is. This button appears only if more than one display is connected to your Mac. |