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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
- Organize 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
- Organize files on your desktop
- Organize 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 customize 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
- Optimize your Mac battery life
- Optimize 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
A passkey is a way to sign in to an app or website account, without needing to create and remember a password. Instead of a password, a passkey uses Touch ID or Face ID to identify you.
If your Mac or Magic Keyboard has Touch ID, you can sign in with Touch ID. You can also sign in with an iPhone or iPad by scanning a QR code and using Face ID to verify your identity.
Create a passkey for a new account
When you sign up for a new account, enter an account name, then click to submit.
To create a passkey, iCloud Keychain must be set up on your Mac.
When you see the option to save a passkey for the account, choose how you want to sign in:
Touch ID on your Mac: Place your finger on the Touch ID sensor.
Scan a QR code with your iPhone or iPad: Click Other Options.
External security key: Click Other Options.
Replace the password for an existing account with a passkey
Sign in to the account with your password.
Choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click the Info button
for the website.Click Change Password on Website.
for the website.Sign in to an account with a passkey
On the account sign-in page, enter your account name, then click the account name field.
Click your account in the list of suggestions.
Do one of the following:
If you have Touch ID on your Mac: Place your finger on the Touch ID sensor.
If you have an iPhone or iPad: Click Other Options, click “Passkey from nearby device,” then click the QR code.
Note: Bluetooth® must be turned on in Settings > Bluetooth for your iPhone or iPad. Bluetooth must also be turned on for your Mac. See Turn Bluetooth on or off on Mac.
External security key: Click Other Options, click “Security key,” then follow the instructions onscreen.
Each passkey is stored in iCloud Keychain, so they’re available on all devices where you’re signed in with your Apple ID (iOS 16, iPadOS 16, or macOS 13 required).
See alsoView your website passwords and related info on MacRemove a passkey or password from your Mac and iCloud KeychainChange Passwords settings on Mac
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