Mac User Guide
- Welcome
- What’s new in macOS Sequoia
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- Intro to Apple Intelligence
- Find the right words with Writing Tools
- Create original images with Image Playground
- Create your own emoji with Genmoji
- Use Apple Intelligence with Siri
- Summarise 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

Translate text on Mac
When you work in documents, emails or messages, view photos or images, or browse web pages, you can select text to translate into supported languages and hear how it sounds when spoken.
Translate text
You can easily translate text in different apps on Mac, including some third-party apps. You can also use Live Text to translate text in an image.
Select the text you want to translate.
Control-click the selected text, then choose Translate [text].
From the language pop-up menus, choose the language of the text you’re translating and the language you want to translate it into.
Tip: Click to listen to the translation. You can also click Copy Translation to add the translation to your Clipboard for later.
Replace text with a translation
When writing on your Mac, you can replace what you’ve written with a translation.
Select the text you want to replace with a translation.
Control-click the selected text, then choose Translate [text].
Click Replace with Translation to insert the translation and replace the original text.
Download languages for offline translation
You can download languages to translate when offline. Offline translations may be less accurate than translations processed using Apple servers. Siri and Safari always process translations online.
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
> System Settings, click Generalin the sidebar, then click Language & Region. (You may need to scroll down.)
Click Translation Languages.
Click Download for each language you want to use. To remove a language you downloaded, click Remove.
To process translations on your Mac, even when connected to the internet, select On-Device Mode.
Click Done.