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
- Summarise 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 colours
- Hover to zoom in on text and colours
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customise 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
Change AirDrop & Continuity settings on Mac
On your Mac, use AirDrop & Continuity settings to start something on one Apple device and hand it off to another, send files to Apple devices near you with AirDrop, or allow other devices to stream content to your Mac with AirPlay Receiver.
To change these settings, go to the System Settings app 
, click General 
in the sidebar, then click AirDrop & Continuity. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open AirDrop & Continuity settings for me
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Allow Handoff between this Mac and your iCloud devices (Not available on all computers) | If your Mac supports Handoff, turn on Handoff between your Mac, iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. See Hand off tasks between Apple devices. Your Apple devices must have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® and Handoff turned on in Settings. You must be signed in to the same Apple Account on all your devices. When this option is selected, you can copy and paste content between your Apple devices. See Copy and paste between your Mac and other Apple devices. |
AirDrop | Choose who can send files to you from nearby Apple devices. Note: The Contacts Only option is available on devices with iOS 10, iPadOS 13, macOS 10.12 or later. If your device has an earlier version of the software, select the Everyone option to receive items by AirDrop. (You can turn off the Everyone option after you receive the items.) |
AirPlay Receiver | Allow nearby Apple devices to stream content to this Mac with AirPlay. See Stream video and audio with AirPlay. AirPlay Receiver is available on supported Mac computers with macOS 12 or later. See the Apple Support article Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices. Note: If your Mac is enrolled in a mobile device management (MDM) system, AirPlay Receiver may be unavailable. |
Allow AirPlay for | Choose whose devices can use AirPlay to stream content to this Mac.
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Require password | Require a password to use AirPlay to stream content to this Mac. Turn on Require password, click Set, enter the password in the text field, then click OK. |