All of the High New Options Coming to MacOS Sequoia

Apple has formally unveiled the newest model of its working system for Mac. This time round, Apple caught to its “California locations” naming conference and went with macOS Sequoia. (Sure, a sequoia is a kind of tree, however it’s additionally a nationwide park in northern California.)Often known as macOS 15, the brand new OS packs a ton of latest capabilities onto the desktop, together with a password administration app, videoconferencing tools, and updates to Safari, in addition to all of the options that include Apple Intelligence—the corporate’s new artificial-intelligence-powered system. Beneath, we break down all these new options that may grow to be accessible in macOS Sequoia when it ships this fall.Make sure to additionally take a look at our iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 characteristic roundup for all the brand new options coming to your iPhone and iPad, and our take a look at what’s new in watchOS 11.Is Your Mac Suitable?MacOS Sequoia, or macOS 15, is a free replace in your Apple computer systems. However some options, like Apple Intelligence (extra on that, later), are unique to Macs with the M-series Apple silicon chip. To determine which Mac mannequin you have got, click on on the Apple icon within the menu bar within the upper-left nook of your show and click on About This Mac. We have listed all of the fashions that may be capable to run macOS Sequoia beneath.MacBook Air: 2020 and laterMacBook Professional: 2018 and laterMac Mini: 2018 and lateriMac: 2019 and lateriMac Professional: 2017 and laterMac Professional: 2019 and laterMac Studio: 2022 and laterMacOS Sequoia is presently accessible solely as a developer beta, however the public beta (the place everybody can check out the options) will likely be accessible in July.New FeaturesBelow, we break down all the key options coming to MacOS 15. For a full record, head over to Apple’s official preview web page.iPhone MirroringPhotograph: AppleSometimes your iPhone is within the different room or deep in your bag. For these moments when you must use it however merely do not feel like getting as much as discover it, you can pull it up in your computer. As a part of Apple’s Continuity options, iPhone Mirroring provides you the power to each access and work together together with your iPhone wirelessly utilizing your Mac.When the characteristic is in motion, you will see your iPhone’s customized home display seem. From there, you need to use the keyboard, trackpad, or mouse to pull and drop content material (like photographs, movies, and recordsdata) between each gadgets, open and use any of your apps, swipe by all of the pages on your house display, in addition to view and reply to notifications. Whilst you’re doing all this, your iPhone will stay locked. It additionally works whereas your iPhone is in Standby mode, a characteristic from iOS 17 that turns your iPhone right into a smart show whereas charging.Safari UpdatesPhotograph: AppleMacOS Sequoia presents a number of new options to Safari. With Highlights, Safari will use machine intelligence to point out you related info from the webpage like instructions, hyperlinks, summaries, and restaurant evaluations. Apple additionally redesigned the Reader to attenuate distractions. Along with a sleeker view of the article, you will additionally see a abstract and a desk of contents (for longer articles). If the webpage features a video, Viewer will deliver it to the forefront whereas nonetheless supplying you with entry to playback controls (Image in Image included).Window TilingVideo: AppleThose who at all times maintain a ton of browser home windows open concurrently will recognize the brand new Window Tiling characteristic that helps set up them for a greater viewing expertise. If you drag a window to the sting of the display, the brand new OS will mechanically counsel a tiled place in your display. (It is just like Snap on Home windows.) You’ll be able to then drop the window into place, organize a number of home windows aspect by aspect, or place them in any of the 4 corners to make room for extra apps. For faster group, you need to use keyboard and menu shortcuts too.Videoconference ToolsPhotograph: AppleLast yr, Apple added a ton of latest videoconference instruments with MacOS Sonoma together with Presenter Overlay, Reactions, and varied options for the Mac’s built-in webcam. This yr, the corporate is including a number of extra. With apps like FaceTime and Zoom, you will have entry to a brand new presenter preview functionality that means that you can see what you are about to share earlier than truly sharing it. In the meantime, the built-in backgrounds characteristic means that you can apply system wallpapers, shade gradients, or your personal photographs as a backdrop for video calls. Apple says this characteristic will likely be accessible on FaceTime and third-party apps like Webex.A New Passwords AppPhotograph: AppleIf you by no means beloved Keychain, now you have got a greater possibility: macOS Sequoia comes with a brand new Passwords app that means that you can entry all of your passwords (Wi-Fi passwords included), passkeys, and verification codes in a single place. It retains all of your Apple gadgets in sync, runs on Home windows machines (utilizing the iCloud for Home windows app) too, and helps end-to-end encryption.Extra With MessagesPhotograph: AppleA few new Messages options are coming to macOS Sequoia—and by extension, to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 as properly. You’ll format your texts inside Messages utilizing daring, italic, underline, and strikethrough sort remedies. You will even have the power so as to add animated results to a particular phrase inside a textual content. For some phrases and phrases, you will additionally see strategies seem as you sort. Apple added new Tapbacks too—as a substitute of utilizing the normal coronary heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, query mark, or exclamation level, you will additionally see choices to make use of emoji and stickers. One other standout new characteristic is the choice to schedule your messages forward of time so that they’ll be despatched later.Apple Intelligence FeaturesPhotograph: AppleIn addition to the options above, the corporate additionally introduced new AI capabilities powered by Apple Intelligence—its “private intelligence system” constructed into MacOS Sequoia, in addition to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.