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Use the Touch Bar on your MacBook Pro

The Touch Bar presents intuitive shortcuts and app controls when you need them.

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Use Touch ID on MacBook Pro

With Touch ID on your MacBook Pro, you can quickly unlock your Mac and make purchases using your Apple ID and Apple Pay—all with your fingerprint.

Learn about Touch ID

Start up your MacBook Pro or MacBook by opening it or plugging it in

MacBook Pro models from 2016 and later and MacBook (Retina, 12-inch, 2017) start up when you open their lids or connect them to power. Learn more about these features.

Learn about start up

Connect with Thunderbolt 3 on your new MacBook Pro

MacBook Pro models introduced in 2016 feature Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) ports that let you connect devices and displays, charge your computer, and provide power to connected devices—all through one simple, compact USB-C connector.

Learn about Thunderbolt 3

Using a Force Touch trackpad

Learn about the Force Touch trackpad, its features, and how to use it.

Learn about Force Touch trackpad

Use Siri on your Mac

macOS Sierra brings Siri to your Mac and includes features from Siri on iOS as well as new capabilities designed just for your desktop.

Learn more about Siri

Free up storage space on your Mac

macOS Sierra can save space by storing your content in the cloud. And new tools make it easy to find and remove large or unneeded files.

Learn more about DSE

Use Continuity to connect your Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch

Move seamlessly between your devices with Handoff, Universal Clipboard, iPhone Cellular Calls, SMS/MMS messaging, Instant Hotspot, and Auto Unlock.

Learn about Universal Clipboard

Use Photos on your Mac

Learn how to get your photos on all of your devices, manage your collection, and edit and share your photos.

Learn about the Photos app

Set up your new Mac

Use these basic setup steps to get your new Mac up and running.

Start setting up

Move your content to a new Mac

Use Migration Assistant to copy all of your documents, apps, user accounts, and settings to a new Mac from another computer.

Move your content

Backing up your new Mac

There are several ways to regularly back up the files on your Mac.

Start backing up

Determining battery cycle count for Mac notebooks

Learn how to determine the number of cycles your Mac notebook's battery has.

Learn about cycle counts

Print from your Mac

How to print pictures and other documents to a connected printer.

Learn about printing

Connect an AirPrint printer to a Wi-Fi network

You can connect an AirPrint printer to a Wi-Fi network for wireless printing from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Learn about AirPrint

If you can't print from your Mac or iOS device

If you can't get your printer to work with your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, these steps might help.

Get help for printer issues

Check for Wi-Fi issues using your Mac

Your Mac can analyze Wi-Fi connections for certain issues, then recommend solutions.

Get help connecting to Wi-Fi

Use AirDrop to send content from your Mac

With AirDrop, you can wirelessly send photos, videos, websites, locations, and more to a nearby iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac.

Learn more about AirDrop

Use AirPlay to display video from your Mac on an HDTV

If you have an Apple TV, you can use AirPlay to wirelessly stream video to your HDTV from Safari or QuickTime Player, or use your HDTV as a Mac display.

Use AirPlay