Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Tahoe
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Translate messages and calls
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- 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
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks
Turn Communication Safety on or off in Screen Time on Mac
You can have your Mac (or your family member’s Mac) detect sensitive photos and videos before they’re sent or received. This feature is available in Messages, FaceTime, the Photos picker, and shared albums in Photos. If nudity is detected, the photo or video is blurred and resources are provided to help handle the situation.
Before you can set up Communication Safety, you need to turn on Screen Time. See Set up Screen Time for yourself or Set up Screen Time for a child.
Note: With macOS Tahoe or later, Communication Safety is also turned on by default when you turn on Screen Time for a child under 18 (age varies by country or region).
Go to the System Settings app
on your Mac.Click Screen Time
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)If you’re a parent/guardian in a Family Sharing group, click the Family Member pop-up menu, then choose a family member.
If you don’t see the Family Member pop-up menu, make sure you’re signed in to your Apple Account and using Family Sharing.
Click Communication Safety, then turn it on or off.
You may need to enter the Screen Time passcode.
Note: When you turn on Communication Safety, the Sensitive Content Warning option is automatically turned on in Privacy & Security settings. You can also turn on Sensitive Content Warning separately. See Avoid seeing unwanted sensitive images and videos.