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 Apple Account settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Apple Account settings to sign in and out of your Apple Account, view the devices where you’re signed in to your Apple Account and more.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu 
If you don’t see your name, click “Sign in”, enter your Apple Account email address or phone number, then enter your password.
Open Apple Account settings for me
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Your Apple Account picture | Update the picture used for your account. See Select your Apple Account picture. | ||||||||||
Personal Information | Update the name, birthday and other information associated with your Apple Account. See Change Personal Information settings for your Apple Account. | ||||||||||
Sign-In & Security | Change the email addresses, phone numbers and security settings associated with your Apple Account. See Change Sign-In & Security settings for your Apple Account. | ||||||||||
Payment & Shipping | Set up the payment and shipping information associated with your Apple Account. See Change Payment & Shipping settings for your Apple Account. | ||||||||||
iCloud | Select the iCloud features you want to use, manage iCloud storage and set up iCloud+ features. See Change iCloud settings. | ||||||||||
Family | Set up and manage a Family Sharing group to share your subscriptions, purchases, location and more, with up to five other family members. See Change Family settings. | ||||||||||
Media & Purchases | Change the media and purchases settings associated with your Apple Account. See Change Media & Purchases settings for your Apple Account. | ||||||||||
Sign in with Apple | See apps and websites you’ve signed in to using Sign in with Apple, adjust features or stop using Sign in with Apple. This option appears only after you use Sign in with Apple to set up an account on an app or website. See Use Sign in with Apple. | ||||||||||
Devices | Review and manage the trusted devices that use your Apple Account. See Devices settings for your Apple Account. | ||||||||||
Contact Key Verification | Set up Contact Key Verification to further verify that you’re messaging only with the people that you intend (macOS 14.2 or later). See Use Contact Key Verification. | ||||||||||
Sign Out | Sign out of your Apple Account on this Mac. See If you sign out of your Apple Account settings. | ||||||||||