Control Home accessories on Mac

• In the Home app on your Mac, click an accessory to turn it on or off, or double-click it to see more options. The available controls depend on the type of accessory. For example, with some light bulbs you can change brightness or colours. Set-top boxes and streaming sticks might only provide an Activate button.

  See Use scenes to control multiple Home accessories and Use automations for Home to run scenes automatically.

Accessories with multiple features are controlled by one accessory tile. For example, if you have a ceiling fan with a built-in light, you can control the speed of the fan and the brightness of the light from the same tile. Sensors are grouped by type and shown as status icons at the top of the screen.

The available controls depend on the type of accessory.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, double-click an accessory tile that has multiple features.

2. Click Accessories, then click one of the features to control or view it.

• You can control a thermostat by moving the selector on the Ring controller or clicking on a mode, such as Heat, Cool or Auto.

In addition to clicking the HomePod tile to play or pause music, you can create a scene to control music on HomePod.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click the Add button , then click Add Scene.

2. Name the scene, click Add Accessories, select the circle next to HomePod, then click Done.

3. Click Audio (below Media) to choose an option — Pause Audio, Resume Audio or Adjust Volume Only.

4. Click the Previous button , then click Done.

You can add an accessory to a room or move it to another room.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click Home or a room in the sidebar.

2. Drag the accessory to a room in the sidebar.

   Tip: Control-click an accessory tile to quickly access the Show Controls and Settings buttons.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar, then double-click an accessory.

2. Delete the accessory’s name, enter a new one, then click the Close button in the top-right corner.

• In the Home app on your Mac, choose Edit > Edit Room. You can change the room’s name or wallpaper, or you can remove the room.

  Tip: You can customise your wallpaper by dragging and dropping an image such as a JPG or TIFF file.

You can group rooms to form a zone so that accessories in similar rooms are controlled at once. For example, you could create a zone to control all of the rooms on the ground floor of your house and call it Downstairs.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, choose Edit > Edit Room.

2. Click Rooms in the top-left corner of the window, then click on a room.

3. Click Zone, click a zone from the list or click Create New to create a new one, then click Done.

   Add two or more rooms to create a zone.

   To target this zone, say to Siri: “Turn off the downstairs lights.” Learn how to ask Siri.

   You can’t rename a zone, but you can delete it by swiping left with two fingers on a trackpad and clicking Delete.

By default, the first nine accessories you add to Home are automatically listed as favourites, but you can add more accessories as favourites.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, choose the room in the sidebar that has the accessory.

2. Double-click the accessory, then click Include in Favourites.

3. Click the Close button in the top-right corner.

   The accessory appears as a favourite.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click Home or a room in the sidebar.

2. Click and drag an accessory or scene to move it.

• In the Home app on your Mac, Control-click the Home button in the main pane, then choose another home.

• In the Home app on your Mac, click the room in the sidebar.