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Table of Contents

Welcome
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- iMac
- Mac mini
- Mac Studio
- Mac Pro
What’s new in macOS Sequoia
- Work on the desktop
- What’s in the menu bar?
- Quickly change settings
- What’s in the Apple menu?
- Search with Spotlight
- Use Siri
- Get notifications
- Open apps from the Dock
- Organize your files in the Finder
- Connect to the internet
- Sign in to your Apple Account
- Set up iCloud
- 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
- Apps on your Mac
- Open apps
- Work with app windows
- Tile 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
- 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
- Change System Settings
- Choose your desktop picture
- 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
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- How to use Siri
- Customize Siri
- Use Siri Suggestions
- Use Siri results
- Add Siri Shortcuts
- 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
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Block access to Apple Intelligence features
- Set up a Focus to stay on task
- Block pop-ups in Safari
- Use Dictation
- Perform quick actions with hot corners
- Send emails
- Send text messages
- Make a FaceTime call
- Edit photos and videos
- Use Live Text to interact with text in a photo
- Start a Quick Note
- Get directions
- 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
- Manage Apple Account settings
- Set your Apple Account 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
- Get started with Screen Time
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Set up Screen Time for a child
- Track app and device usage
- Set time limits for apps and websites
- Set up content and privacy restrictions
- Set up Family Sharing
- Get Family Sharing recommendations
- Add family members to a Family Sharing group
- Remove family members from a Family Sharing group
- Manage sharing and parental settings
- Share a Photo Library
- Collaborate on projects
- Find content shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Play music
- Watch and listen together with SharePlay
- Listen to podcasts
- Watch TV shows and movies
- Read and listen to books
- Read the news
- Track stocks and the market
- Play games with your friends
- Connect an external display
- Use the camera
- Connect a wireless accessory
- Connect a printer to your Mac
- Connect AirPods to your Mac
- Optimize your Mac battery life
- Optimize storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Run Windows on your Mac
- Get started
- Vision
- Hearing
- Mobility
- Speech
- 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
- Shut down or restart your Mac
- Start up your Mac in safe mode
- Keep your Mac up to date
- Reinstall macOS
- Erase your Mac
Resources for your Mac
Resources for your Apple devices
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Use Apple Intelligence on your Mac

Apple Intelligence* is the personal intelligence system built into macOS Sequoia. It combines the power of generative models with an understanding of your personal context to deliver intelligence that’s useful and relevant, all while protecting your privacy.

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all Mac models or in all languages or regions.** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of macOS.

Turn on Apple Intelligence

If Apple Intelligence is off, you can turn it on. Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri , then do one of the following:

Click the button next to Apple Intelligence.
Click Turn on Apple Intelligence.
The option you see is based on the version of macOS you have and if you’ve previously set up Apple Intelligence.

The Writing Tools dialog on the Mac wallpaper. The dialog has a Describe your change field at the top, followed by Proofread and Rewrite buttons. You can choose a Friendly, Professional, or Concise tone below that, and at the bottom are Summary, Key Points, Table, and List buttons.

Find the perfect words

Transform how you communicate using Writing Tools that can summarize text, proofread your work, and help you find the right wording and tone.

How to use Writing Tools

The Image Playground app window showing a created image of a puppy wearing sunglasses in a city.

Create one-of-a-kind images and emoji

Produce fun, original images in seconds with the Image Playground app, or make custom emoji—called Genmoji—from a description.

How to create original images

How to create your own emoji

The top-right portion of the Mac desktop showing the Siri icon in the menu bar and the Type to Siri field with Siri-provided steps for how to make text bigger.

Do more with Siri

Type requests to Siri, get answers to questions about your Apple products, tap into ChatGPT’s expertise, and more.

How to use Apple Intelligence with Siri

A Pages app window showing a story composed using Writing Tools and the ChatGPT extension. The Refine with ChatGPT dialog includes options to describe a change, choose ChatGPT suggestions, undo, rewrite, and add a photo or document.

Tap into ChatGPT

Turn on the ChatGPT extension, which integrates with Siri and Writing Tools, to get access to even more expertise—including the ability to compose text from scratch.

How to use ChatGPT with Apple Intelligence

The top-right portion of the Mac desktop. The menu bar shows that the Reduce Interruptions Focus is turned on. An important time-sensitive Messages notification appears indicating that a child needs to be picked up at school.

Reduce the noise and focus

Apple Intelligence can summarize notifications and reduce interruptions, showing you the information most important to you.

How to summarize and reduce notifications

Use Apple Intelligence with apps

Mail

View your most urgent emails, craft quick email responses with Smart Reply, and summarize long emails.

Use Apple Intelligence in Mail

Messages

See summaries of unread Messages conversations and craft fast responses with Smart Reply.

Use Apple Intelligence in Messages

Notes

After you record audio, use Apple Intelligence to generate a summary of the transcript.

Summarize an audio recording with Apple Intelligence

Photos

Find photos with enhanced search, create memory movies, and remove distracting objects with Clean Up.

Use Apple Intelligence in Photos

Safari

Use Apple Intelligence to generate a summary of a webpage in the Safari app.

Get webpage summaries with Apple Intelligence

And more…

Check the Apple Intelligence website for more information about features, supported devices, and languages.

Turn off Apple Intelligence

Choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Apple Intelligence & Siri , then click the button next to Apple Intelligence.

See alsoApple Intelligence and privacy on Mac Block access to Apple Intelligence features in Screen Time on Mac Use Apple Intelligence on your iPhone

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