macOS Sonoma 14
macOS Ventura 13
macOS Monterey 12
macOS Big Sur 11.0
macOS Catalina 10.15
macOS Mojave 10.14
macOS High Sierra
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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
- 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
To connect to a virtual private network (VPN), you need to enter configuration settings in Network settings. These settings include the VPN server address, account name, and any authentication settings, such as a password or a certificate.
Contact the network administrator for your organization or your VPN service provider for information about the settings you need to enter in order to connect to their VPN.
If you received a VPN settings file from your network administrator or VPN service provider, you can just double-click it to set up your connection. If you didn’t receive a file, enter the settings you received manually.
Enter VPN settings manually
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Click the Action pop-up menu
on the right, choose Add VPN Configuration, then choose the type of VPN connection you want to set up.Enter a name for the new VPN service in the Display Name field.
If you’re setting up an L2TP over IPSec VPN, click the Configuration pop-up menu, then select a configuration.
If you don’t need multiple configurations, just use the Default configuration.
Enter settings for the new VPN service.
Required settings vary by the type of VPN and may include settings such as server address, account name, password, and authentication method.
If needed, enter additional settings.
L2TP over IPSec: You can enter settings for Options, TCP/IP, DNS, and Proxies.
Cisco IPSec or IKEv2: You can enter settings for DNS and Proxies.
Click Create.
on the right, choose Add VPN Configuration, then choose the type of VPN connection you want to set up.View or modify a VPN configuration
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
On the right, click the Info button
next to the VPN service you want to modify.If needed, change settings.
Click OK (or Cancel if you don’t want to make any changes).
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
next to the VPN service you want to modify.Remove a VPN configuration
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
On the right, click the Info button
next to the VPN service you want to remove.Click Remove Configuration, then confirm you want to remove it.
You can use the VPN status icon in the menu bar to connect to the network and switch between VPN services.
L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) is an extension of PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) used by internet service providers to enable a VPN over the internet.
IPSec (Internet Protocol Security) is a set of security protocols.
IKEv2 (Internet Key Exchange) is a protocol that sets up a security association in IPSec.
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