Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- 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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Choose your default printer on Mac
The default printer is the one selected when the Print dialog opens.
If you see “No printer selected” in the Print dialog, add a new printer. The first printer you add becomes the default printer, but you can change the default printer at any time.
Change your default printer
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click the “Default printer” pop-up menu on the right, then choose an option.
If you want the same printer to always be the default printer, choose that printer. The default printer doesn’t change even after you print to a different printer.
If you want the default printer to be the one you printed to last, choose Last Printer Used. Your Mac remembers the printer you used last at your current network location. For example, the printer you used last might change depending on whether you’re at home or at work.
To quickly select a default printer, Control-click a printer in the Printers list of the Printers & Scanners settings, then choose Set Default Printer from the shortcut menu.
Tip: You can quickly select a default printer using Print Center, which you can find in the Utilities folder. When Print Center is open, select the printer in the sidebar, then choose Printer > Make Default. See Manage printers and print jobs with Print Center.