Mac User Guide

Welcome
- MacBook Neo
- MacBook Air
- MacBook Pro
- MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display
- iMac
- Mac mini
- Mac Studio
What’s new in macOS 27
- Desktop, menu bar, and Dock
- Quickly change settings with Control Center
- Find what you need with Spotlight
- Get notifications
- Organize your files in the Finder
- Adjust brightness and volume
- Keyboard and trackpad
- Browse the web
- Preview a file
- Take a screenshot
- Print documents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Download apps
- 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
- Get started with Siri AI
- Turn on and activate Siri
- Customize Siri
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Writing Tools to write, improve, and summarize content
- Turn on ChatGPT
- Summarize notifications and reduce interruptions
- Apple Intelligence and privacy
- Turn off and restrict access to Apple Intelligence features
- 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
- Get started with Screen Time
- Set up Screen Time for yourself
- Track app and device usage
- Set schedules and Time Allowances with Screen Time
- Block features or content with Screen Time
- 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
- Play music
- Watch and listen together with SharePlay
- Listen to podcasts
- Watch TV shows and movies
- Read and listen to books
- Read the news
- Write in your journal
- Track stocks and the market
- Play games on your Mac
- Set up Family Sharing
- Get Family Sharing recommendations
- Add family members to a Family Sharing group
- Remove family members from a Family Sharing group
- Share a Photo Library
- Collaborate on projects
- Find content shared with you
- Find your family and friends
- Connect an external display
- Use the camera
- Connect a wireless accessory
- Add and manage printers
- Connect AirPods to your Mac
- Optimize your Mac battery life
- Optimize storage space
- Burn CDs and DVDs
- Control accessories in your home
- Get started
- Shut down or restart your Mac
- Start up your Mac in safe mode
- Keep your Mac up to date
- Reinstall macOS
- Erase your Mac
- 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
- Protect email privacy in Mail
- Use Sign in with Apple for apps and websites
- Find a missing device
Resources for your Mac
Resources for your Apple devices
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Create a Personal Voice on Mac

If you’re at risk of losing your ability to speak, you can use Personal Voice on Mac to create a synthesized voice that sounds like you and speaks what you type using Live Speech. See Have what you type spoken out loud.

Note: Personal Voice is available only on Mac computers with Apple silicon and is available in English (U.S.), Mandarin Chinese (China mainland), and Spanish (Mexico). Personal Voice can be used only with Live Speech and with third-party apps that you allow, such as Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) apps. You can use Personal Voice only to create a voice that sounds like you on device, using your own voice, and for your own personal, noncommercial use. See the Apple Support article Create a Personal Voice on iPhone, iPad, or Mac.

Create a Personal Voice

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, go to Speech, then click Personal Voice. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Personal Voice settings for me
Click Create a Personal Voice, then enter your login password.
Note: To create a Personal Voice on your Mac, you must have a login password set. See Change the login password.
Follow the onscreen instructions to record your voice. You can save and close your recording session at any time. To resume recording, click next to the name of your Personal Voice, enter your login password, then click Continue Recording.

You can have what you type spoken out loud using the Personal Voice you created.

To use the voice you created on all devices where you’re signed in to your Apple Account, turn on “Share across devices” in Personal Voice settings.

Delete a Personal Voice

On your Mac, choose Apple menu > System Settings, click Accessibility in the sidebar, go to Speech, then click Personal Voice. (You may need to scroll down.)
Open Personal Voice settings for me
Click next to the name of a Personal Voice, click Delete Voice, then click Delete Voice And Recordings.

If you turned on “Share across devices” in Personal Voice settings, the voice is deleted from all devices where you’re signed in to the same Apple Account.

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