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  • Yes. With Apple Intelligence, you can use Writing Tools to proofread your notes, emails and essays on Mac and iPad.3 They’re available in most places you write, including third-party apps and websites.

    1. On Mac, select the text you want to refine, Control-click the selected text, then choose Show Writing Tools.

      Tip: To open Writing Tools in some apps — like Notes and Mail — you can hold the pointer over the selected text and click , or click in the toolbar.

    2. Click Proofread. Apple Intelligence checks your text for grammatical and spelling errors. All changes are underlined with a glowing line.
    3. Do any of the following:
      • Switch between the updated and original versions of your text: Click .
      • View changes and an explanation for each change: Click and .
      • Revert to the unedited version of your text: Click Revert.
    4. When you’re finished, click Done.

    Available in selected languages

  • Use Freeform on Mac or iPad to create a shared whiteboard to plan your ideas for anything from group projects to organising a volunteer event. And with an Apple Creator Studio subscription, you can unlock premium content and features in Freeform.

    Gather ideas and collaborate with others.

    You can put just about any kind of file in a Freeform board without worrying about layouts or page sizes. To collaborate, invite others to start working together in real time on a board.

    Screen shows a shared board on Freeform.
  • Learn to create great apps for all Apple platforms with Swift and Xcode — whether you’re taking your first software class or working on a technical side project.

  • With Quick Note, you can jot down ideas and add links, no matter what you’re doing on your Mac. And you can customise the look of folders and files with colours, symbols or emoji, or choose a custom icon for any file or folder.

    Create a Quick Note

    If you’re working in an app and want to write something down, you can easily create a Quick Note. Do one of the following:

    To close a Quick Note, click in the top-left corner of the note. To open the Quick Note again, use any of the methods above.

    To always create a new Quick Note (instead of opening the previous one), choose Notes > Settings, then deselect “Always resume to last Quick Note”.

    Learn more about Quick Notes on Mac

    Customise a folder
    1. On your Mac, select a folder, then click .
    2. Choose Customise Folder.
    3. Do any of the following:
      • Change the folder colour: Click a coloured circle.
      • Add a symbol: Select a symbol from the list.
      • Add an emoji: Click Emoji, then select an emoji.

    Note: Although you can customise the Home folder, you can’t customise other folders that come with your Mac, such as Applications, Library, System and Users.

    Learn more about folders on Mac

  • It’s easy to record group study sessions on iPad and get a searchable transcript.

    1. Go to the Notes app on your iPad.
    2. In a note, tap , then tap Record Audio.
    3. To start the recording, tap .
    4. To take notes while recording, swipe down from the top of the screen.
    5. When you’re done, tap .
    6. To see the transcript, tap .

    Note: Spoken words in supported languages are automatically transcribed. If you don’t see , your iPad either doesn’t meet the minimum requirements or doesn’t detect a supported language.

  • If you subscribe to Apple Creator Studio, you can use a text outline to generate a presentation in Keynote, complete with titles, bullet points, and a consistent theme.

  • Yes. Use Image Wand in Apple Intelligence to turn a rough sketch into a related image that complements your notes.

    1. Go to the Notes app on your iPad.
    2. Open an existing note or tap to start a new note.
    3. Tap , create a sketch using your finger or Apple Pencil, then tap Image Wand.
    4. Circle your sketch, enter a description, then tap .
    5. Swipe through the created images to find one you like.
    6. Tap to choose a different style — Animation, Illustration or Sketch.

    To refine your image, tap a description, then edit it. To save it, tap Done.

    Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all iPad models or in all languages or regions. To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of iPadOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.

    Learn more about Image Wand on iPad

    Available in selected languages

  • Minimise notifications and distractions with Focus. Set a Focus on Mac and it easily syncs across your other Apple devices.

    1. Go to the System Settings app on your Mac.
    2. Click Focus in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)
    3. Do one of the following:
      • Add a provided Focus: Click Add Focus, then click a Focus, such as Gaming or Work.
      • Create a custom Focus: Click Add Focus, then click Custom. Enter a name, select a colour and icon, then click OK. For example, you might create a Study Focus. You can create up to 10.
    4. Turn In­telli­gent Breakthrough & Silencing on or off.

      When In­telli­gent Breakthrough & Silencing is on, Apple Intelligence allows important notifications to interrupt you and silences notifications determined not to be important. Any notifications specifically allowed or silenced will always be allowed or silenced.

      If you added the Reduce Interruptions Focus, Intelligent Breakthrough & Silencing is already turned on (and can’t be turned off). See Summarise notifications and reduce interruptions with Apple Intelligence.

    5. Do any of the following:

    If you keep Focus up to date across your Apple devices, the changes you make on your Mac are reflected on your other devices.

    Available in selected languages

  • Use Stage Manager to keep your desktop organised as you multitask. It keeps the app you’re working with front and centre, with other apps neatly arranged along the left side of the screen for quick access.

    On your Mac, you can:

    • Switch apps: Click an app on the left side of the screen.
    • Arrange windows: Reposition, resize and overlap windows to suit your workflow.
    • Group apps: Drag an app from the left side of the screen to add it to a group of apps in the centre of the screen.
    • Ungroup apps: Drag an app to the left side of the screen to remove it from the group.

    If you turned off “Show recent apps in Stage Manager” in Stage Manager settings, the list of apps on the left is hidden. Move the pointer to the left edge of the screen to show it.

  • Yes. Apple devices come with built-in accessibility features like Magnifier, a digital magnifying glass that zooms in on, detects and describes objects around you, and Live Captions, which provides real-time captions of lectures and audio.

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