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
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- Get started
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- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on what’s around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colors
- Hover to zoom in on text and colors
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customize onscreen motion
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Set up content and privacy restrictions in Screen Time on Mac
Choose what can be viewed, downloaded, and purchased online—from watching movies and browsing the web to playing games. You can also manage what friends your child adds and if they can send private messages in Game Center.
Before you can set up content and privacy restrictions, you need to turn on Screen Time. See Set up Screen Time for yourself or Set up Screen Time for a child.
Note: When you set up a device for a child, certain content and privacy restrictions are set by default. You can view and manage these settings in Content & Privacy.
Manage the content your child can view and interact with
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac.Click Screen Time
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)If you’re a parent/guardian in a Family Sharing group and want to set up content and privacy restrictions for a child, click the Family Member pop-up menu, then choose a family member.
If you don’t see the Family Member pop-up menu, make sure you’re signed in to your Apple Account and using Family Sharing.
Click Content & Privacy, turn it on if it’s not on already, then do any of the following:
Manage web browsing and gaming settings: Click App Store, Media, Web, & Games, then turn options on or off. See Change App Store, Media, Web, & Games settings in Screen Time.
Manage Apple Intelligence,* Siri, and Math Results settings: Click Intelligence & Siri, then turn options on or off. Change Intelligence & Siri settings in Screen Time.
Manage movies, music and apps settings: Click Store Restrictions, then turn options on or off. See Change Store Restrictions settings in Screen Time.
Manage apps and device features settings: Click App and Feature Restrictions, then turn options on or off. See Change App & Feature Restrictions settings in Screen Time.
Prevent changes to Screen Time settings: Click Preference Restrictions, then turn options on or off. See Change Preference Restrictions settings in Screen Time.