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 a Focus on or off on Mac
You can use Control Center to quickly turn on a Focus—such as Do Not Disturb or Personal—when you need time to concentrate, then turn it off when you’re ready.
The image above shows a feature that uses Apple Intelligence.*
Tip: You can also turn the Do Not Disturb Focus on or off by pressing and holding the Option key while you click the date and time in the menu bar, or by pressing 
(if available in the row of function keys on the keyboard).
In the menu bar on your Mac, click
, then click anywhere in the Focus section.If you set the option in Menu Bar settings to always show Focus in the menu bar, you can click the Focus icon there.
Do any of the following:
Turn on a Focus: Click the Focus. Its icon is highlighted in the list and is shown in the menu bar.
Change the duration of a Focus: Choose a duration, such as “For 1 hour.” If you turn on the Focus when you’re in a scheduled event, such as a meeting or class, choose “Until the end of this event” to have the Focus turn off when the event ends (as set in the Calendar app).
Turn off a Focus: Click the Focus. Its icon is no longer highlighted in the list, and the dimmed Do Not Disturb icon
is briefly shown in the menu bar.
To close Control Center, click anywhere on the desktop.
If you keep Focus up to date across your Apple devices, turning a Focus on or off on your Mac turns it on or off on your other devices.
If you plan to use a Focus on a regular basis, you can schedule it to turn on or off automatically and set other options to customize it. See Set up a Focus.
When you share your Focus status, people who send you a message know that you have silenced notifications. If something’s important, they can choose to notify you anyway.