
Use Control Centre on Mac
Control Centre on Mac gives you quick access to key macOS settings — such as AirDrop, Wi-Fi or Focus. You can customise Control Centre to add other items, such as accessibility shortcuts, battery status or fast user switching. You can also drag items to the menu bar.
Privacy indicators, which can be dots or arrows, are located to the right of Control Centre. An orange dot next to the Control Centre icon
in the menu bar indicates the microphone on your Mac is in use; a green dot
indicates a camera is in use; a purple dot
indicates the system audio is being recorded; and an arrow
indicates your location is in use. Only one privacy indicator dot is shown at a time. For example, if both the microphone and a camera are in use, you see only a green dot.
When you open Control Centre, the top of the window may contain a field that shows which apps are using your microphone, location, camera or system audio. You can click that field to open the Privacy window, which may have additional information (macOS 13.3 or later).

Use Control Centre
On your Mac, click
in the menu bar.
Do any of the following with items in Control Centre:
Drag a slider to increase or decrease a setting — for example, drag the Sound slider to adjust the volume on your Mac.
Click an icon to turn a feature on or off — for example, click AirDrop or Bluetooth® to turn it on or off.
Click an item (or its arrow
) to show more options — for example, click Focus to show your Focus list and turn a Focus on or off, or click Screen Mirroring to choose a target display.
Tip: If you often use an item, you can put a copy on the menu bar to keep it handy. Control-click the item, then choose Copy to Menu Bar or Add to Menu Bar.
Customise Control Centre
On your Mac, click
in the menu bar, then click Edit Controls.
Do any of the following:
Add an item: Drag the item from the window to a position in Control Centre.
Remove an item: Drag the item out of Control Centre.
Rearrange items: Drag items to a different position in Control Centre.
Filter items: Click a category in the sidebar to narrow your choice of items.
Resize items: Control-click an item in Control Centre, then choose a different size.
Click Done.