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Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- Get started with Apple Intelligence
- Use Writing Tools
- Use Apple Intelligence in Mail
- Use Apple Intelligence in Messages
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Get webpage summaries
- Summarize an audio recording
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create Genmoji with Apple Intelligence
- Use Apple Intelligence in Photos
- Summarize 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
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Change a password or user picture on Mac
If you’re a standard user or an administrator, you can change your password or user picture.
![Users & Groups user settings for a selected user. At the top are the user picture, user name, and the Change button for the password. Below that are options to allow the user to administer the computer and reset their password using their Apple Account. At the bottom are the Help button, a button to open the user’s contact card, and the Cancel and OK buttons.](/https://help.apple.com/assets/674E245FBF37DF041803DF82/674E2467BF37DF041803DFAD/en_US/f18428479ea8e2d77823cb81c7d3d4c9.png)
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, then click Users & Groupsin the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click
next to a user in the list, then do any of the following:
Click Change to change your login password, or click Reset to change another user’s password.
Click a user picture to change the user’s login picture.
Tip: You can also click a user picture in the user list to change the picture.
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