macOS Sonoma 14
macOS Ventura 13
macOS Monterey 12
macOS Big Sur 11.0
macOS Catalina 10.15
macOS Mojave 10.14
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Table of Contents
macOS User Guide
- Welcome
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- What’s in the menu bar?
- Work on the desktop
- Search with Spotlight
- Quickly change settings
- Use Siri
- Get notifications
- Open apps from the Dock
- Organise your files in the Finder
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- Connect to the Internet
- Browse the web
- Preview a file
- Take a screenshot
- Change your display’s brightness
- Adjust the volume
- Use trackpad and mouse gestures
- Use Touch ID
- Print documents
- Keyboard shortcuts
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- Apps on your Mac
- Open apps
- Work with app windows
- Use apps in full screen
- Use apps in Split View
- Use Stage Manager
- Get apps from the App Store
- Install and reinstall apps from the App Store
- Install and uninstall other apps
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- Create and work with documents
- Open documents
- Mark up files
- Combine files into a PDF
- Organise files on your desktop
- Organise files with folders
- Tag files and folders
- Back up files
- Restore files
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- Change System Settings
- Choose your desktop wallpaper
- Add and customise widgets
- Use a screen saver
- Add a user or group
- Add your email and other accounts
- Automate tasks with Shortcuts
- Create Memoji
- Change your login picture
- Change the system language
- Make text and other items on the screen bigger
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- Set up a Focus to stay on task
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Use Dictation
- Send emails
- Send text messages
- Make a FaceTime video call
- Edit photos and videos
- Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo
- Start a Quick Note
- Get directions
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- Work across devices using Continuity
- Use iPhone as a webcam
- Use iPhone with Desk View
- Stream audio and video with AirPlay
- Use one keyboard and mouse to control Mac and iPad
- Hand off between devices
- Unlock your Mac with Apple Watch
- Make and receive phone calls on your Mac
- Sync music, books and more between devices
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- Manage Apple ID settings
- Set your Apple ID picture
- What is iCloud?
- What is iCloud+?
- Store files in iCloud Drive
- Share and collaborate on files and folders
- Manage iCloud storage
- Use iCloud Photos
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- What is Family Sharing?
- Set up Family Sharing
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Share purchases with your family
- Watch and listen together with SharePlay
- Share a Photo Library
- Collaborate on projects
- Find content shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Play games with your friends
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- Play music
- Listen to podcasts
- Watch TV shows and movies
- Read and listen to books
- Read the news
- Track stocks and the market
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- Apple Music
- Apple TV+
- Apple Arcade
- Apple News+
- Podcast shows and channels
- Manage subscriptions in the App Store
- View Apple family subscriptions
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- Guard your privacy
- Use Mail Privacy Protection
- Control access to your camera
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Set up your Mac to be secure
- Keep your data safe
- Create a passkey
- Understand passwords
- Keep your Apple ID secure
- Find a missing device
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- Get started with accessibility features
- Vision
- Hearing
- Mobility
- Speech
- General
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- Connect an external display
- Use the built-in camera
- Connect a Bluetooth device
- Use AirPods with your Mac
- Optimise your Mac battery life
- Optimise storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Use Windows on your Mac
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright
Turn on Remote Login to access your Mac from another computer using SSH (Secure Shell Protocol) or SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol).
Set up Remote Login on your Mac
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar, then click Sharing on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)Turn on Remote Login, then click the Info button
on the right.If you want, turn on Allow full disk access for remote users.
Click the “Allow access for” pop-up menu, then do one of the following:
Let everyone log in to your computer: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for”, then choose “All users”.
Choose who can log in to your computer: Click the pop-up menu next to “Allow access for”, choose “Only these users”, click the Add button
at the bottom of the list, select users who can log in remotely, then click Select.Users & Groups includes all the users of your Mac. Network Users and Network Groups include people on your network.
To remove a user from the list, select the user, then click the Remove button
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in the sidebar, then click Sharing on the right. (You may need to scroll down.)
on the right.
at the bottom of the list, select users who can log in remotely, then click Select.
.Log in to your Mac from another computer
On the other computer, open the Terminal app
(if it’s a Mac) or an SSH client.Type the ssh command, then press Return.
The basic ssh command format is:
ssh username@hostnameThe hostname can be an IP address or a domain name. For example, if your username is steve and your computer’s IP address is 10.1.2.3, enter the following:
Enter your password, then press Return.
(if it’s a Mac) or an SSH client.Find the SSH command to use to log in to your Mac from another computer
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click the Info button
next to Remote Login.Note the SSH command shown below the Remote Login: On” indicator.
Allowing remote login to your Mac can make it less secure. See Set up your Mac to be secure.
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