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
- Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
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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
Connect to a Mac from a Windows computer
If you turn on file sharing on your Mac, people using Windows computers can connect to your computer.
Turn on file sharing on your Mac and set it up to share files with Windows users.
Have ready the name and password for the user account you’re using on your Mac for Windows sharing.
On the Windows computer, open File Explorer, click Network, and navigate to the Mac you want to connect to.
Double-click the Mac, then enter the account name and password for the user account.
It may take a moment for the Windows computer to show that the Mac is on the network.
If users can’t connect to the Mac from the Windows computer using the user account you specified, you can reset the password for that account in Users & Groups settings. See Change User settings.
After users connect to the Mac, they have access to all the folders in the Home folder of the user account being used for Windows sharing, as well as any other folders or volumes they were given permission to access.