Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- 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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- Control what you share
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Allow apps to see the location of your Mac
- Use Private Browsing
- Keep your data safe
- Understand passwords
- Change weak or compromised passwords
- Keep your Apple Account secure
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Find a missing device
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
FileVault recovery options
If you turn on FileVault for your Mac, your information is not accessible unless you first log in with your password. When you turn on FileVault, you choose a way that you can unlock your startup disk if you ever forget your login password: either with the Apple Account you use for iCloud or with a recovery key that’s created for you.
Allow my iCloud account to unlock my disk: If you forget your login password in the future, you can reset it by using your Apple Account as you log in.
Note: If you see “Set up my iCloud account to reset my password”, you haven’t set up iCloud for recovery. Follow the instructions that appear onscreen to set up iCloud.
Create a recovery key and do not use my iCloud account: A recovery key is a combination of numbers and letters that you must record and keep track of yourself. You can use this key to unlock your startup disk or turn off FileVault. Keep a copy of this key somewhere other than your encrypted startup disk. If you write the key down, be sure to copy the letters and numbers exactly as they’re shown, and keep it somewhere safe that you’ll remember.
If your Mac is part of an organisation that has a corporate FileVault account and an administrator configured the encryption settings of your Mac, ask your administrator for help with unlocking your encrypted information and resetting your password.