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
Change Language & Region settings on Mac
On your Mac, use Language & Region settings to set the language you want shown in macOS and apps, and select the formats used to show dates, times, numbers, and more.
To change these settings, choose Apple menu 
in the sidebar, then click Language & Region. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Language & Region settings for me
Option | Description | ||||||||||
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Preferred Languages | Choose the language or languages you want shown in macOS and in apps (for example, in menus and notifications), and on websites (if available in a preferred language). See Change the system language. If you add input sources, those languages are automatically added to the list. | ||||||||||
Settings pop-up menu | Choose Apply to Login Window to have the login window use the primary language (from the list of preferred languages above). If your Mac has multiple users, everyone will see the login window in this language. Note: If you don’t see the Settings pop-up menu | ||||||||||
Region | Choose the geographic region whose formats are used for dates, times, numbers, and currencies. When you choose a different region, the options and the preview shown change. | ||||||||||
Calendar | Choose the type of calendar used to display dates and times. | ||||||||||
Temperature | Select the preferred temperature format. | ||||||||||
Measurement system | Select the preferred measurement system. | ||||||||||
First day of week | Choose the first day of the week. | ||||||||||
Date format | Choose the date format, such as day, then month, then year. | ||||||||||
Number format | Choose the format for numbers, such as when a comma appears. | ||||||||||
List sort order | Choose the sort order for names. This option is available only for some primary languages. | ||||||||||
Term of address | In supported languages, personalize how your Mac addresses you by choosing your preferred term of address (feminine, masculine, or neutral). Turn on “Share with all applications” so that all apps can personalize how they address you. | ||||||||||
Live Text | Select text in images to copy or take action. See Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo. | ||||||||||
Applications | Customize language settings for individual applications. See Choose the language you use for individual apps. | ||||||||||
Translation Languages | Select languages to download to your computer so you can translate when offline. You can also process translations on your Mac, even when connected to the internet. See Translate text. | ||||||||||
