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
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- Get started
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- Accessibility features for vision
- Get started with VoiceOver
- Zoom in on what’s around you
- Zoom in on your Mac screen
- Increase font size and icons
- Adjust the display colors
- Hover to zoom in on text and colors
- Listen to or change how text appears in apps
- Customize onscreen motion
- Increase the size of what’s on your screen
- Make the pointer easier to see
- Have your Mac speak text that’s on the screen
- Resources for your Mac
- Resources for your Apple devices
- Copyright and trademarks

Share the internet connection from your iPhone or iPad with your Mac
You can share the internet connection from your iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) with other devices using a feature called Instant Hotspot. Instant Hotspot uses your iPhone’s Personal Hotspot and is useful when your Mac doesn’t have internet access from a Wi-Fi network.
There are several ways to connect to the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad:
Connect your Mac to your iPhone or iPad through Wi-Fi settings.
Pair your two devices with Bluetooth.
Connect your Mac to your iPhone or iPad with a cable.
Before you begin
Make sure of the following:
Your devices are within 30 feet (10 meters) of each other.
Both devices meet minimum system requirements for Instant Hotspot.
If you’re sharing your Personal Hotspot with your Apple devices, it’s faster to connect if you’re signed in to the same Apple Account on both devices.
Note: You can only use Personal Hotspot by sharing your iPhone or iPad device’s cellular internet connection. You can’t connect your iPhone or iPad to a Wi-Fi network, and then share that network with another device.
Set up Personal Hotspot on your iPhone or iPad
On your iPhone or iPad, go to the Settings app
.Tap Cellular, then tap Set Up Personal Hotspot.
Follow the onscreen instructions.
If you’re using an iPhone and it’s set up to use two SIMs, Personal Hotspot uses the line you select for cellular data. See Use Dual SIM.
Note: If Cellular Data is turned on in Settings > Cellular, but you don’t see Set Up Personal Hotspot as an option, contact your carrier about adding Personal Hotspot to your plan