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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks

Open apps on Mac
You can have multiple apps open at the same time on your Mac, and leave them open. This is especially useful for apps you return to frequently, such as Safari or Mail.
The quickest way to open an app on your Mac is to click the app’s icon in the Dock.

If the icon isn’t in the Dock, there are other ways to open the app on your Mac:
Click
in the Dock, then click an app icon. See View and open apps.
Use Siri to open an app for you. See How to use Siri.
Click
in the menu bar to open Spotlight, enter an app’s name in the search field, then press Return. See Search for anything with Spotlight.
If you recently used an app, choose Apple menu
> Recent Items, then choose the app.Click
in the Dock, click Applications in the sidebar of the Finder window, then double-click the app.