Control Home accessories on 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 lightbulbs you can change brightness or colours.

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

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click the Home button, double-click an accessory, then click the Settings button in the top-right corner.

2. Click Room, choose a room from the list (or create a new room), then click Done.

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

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click the Home button, double-click an accessory, then click the Settings button in the top-right corner.

2. Delete the accessory’s name and enter a new one. Click Done, then Done.

• 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 example zone, say to Siri: “Turn off the downstairs lights.” Learn more about 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 eight 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 View in the menu bar, then choose the room to which the accessory is assigned.

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

3. Click Done, then click the Home tab.

   The accessory appears as a favourite.

You can change the icon of a lightbulb; you can’t change the icon of other accessories.

1. In the Home app on your Mac, click the Home button, double-click a lightbulb accessory, then click the Settings button in the top-right corner.

2. Click the lightbulb icon, then choose an alternative. Click Done, then Done.

• In the Home app on your Mac, click the Home button or Rooms button, then click and drag an accessory or scene to move it.