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Control Home accessories on Mac
For an introduction and ideas about using HomeKit accessories with the Home app, click Discover in the sidebar.
Control an accessory
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 lightbulbs you can change brightness or colors. Set top boxes and streaming sticks might provide only an Activate button.
See Use scenes to control multiple Home accessories and Use automations for Home to run scenes automatically.
Control an accessory with multiple features
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.
In the Home app
on your Mac, double-click an accessory tile that has multiple features.
Click Accessories, then click one of the features to control or view it.
Control a thermostat
You can control a thermostat by moving the selector on the Ring controller, or clicking on a mode, such as Heat, Cool, or Auto.
Control a HomePod
In addition to clicking the HomePod tile to play or pause music, you can create a scene to control music on HomePod.
In the Home app
on your Mac, click the Add button
, then click Add Scene.
Name the scene, click Add Accessories, select the circle next to HomePod, then click Done.
Click Audio (below Media) to choose an option—Pause Audio, Resume Audio, or Adjust Volume Only.
Click the Previous button
, then click Done.
Move an accessory to another room
You can add an accessory to a room or move it to another room.
In the Home app
on your Mac, click Home or a room in the sidebar.
Drag the accessory to a room in the sidebar.
Tip: Control-click an accessory tile to quickly access the Show Controls and Settings buttons.
Rename an accessory
In the Home app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar, then double-click an accessory.
Delete the accessory’s name, enter a new one, then click the Close button
in the top-right corner.
Add a room to a zone
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.
In the Home app
on your Mac, click a room in the sidebar.
Choose Edit > Edit Room.
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 control this zone, use 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.
Make an accessory a favorite
By default, the first nine accessories you add to Home are automatically listed as favorites, but you can add more accessories as favorites.
In the Home app
on your Mac, choose the room in the sidebar that has the accessory.
Double-click the accessory, then click Include in Favorites.
Click the Close button
in the top-right corner.
The accessory appears as a favorite.
Rearrange your favorites
In the Home app
on your Mac, click Home or a room in the sidebar.
Click and drag an accessory or scene to move it.