apple macOS 14 Sonoma released today, the latest version of the operating system that runs on your Mac. macOS Sonoma has been in beta testing for several months and is compatible with 2019 and newer iMacs, iMac Pros, 2018 and newer Mac minis, 2018 and newer MacBook Pros, 2019 and newer Mac Pros, and Macs. There is a gender. studio.
The macOS Sonoma update can be downloaded for free to all eligible Macs using the Software Update section of System Preferences.
macOS Sonoma adds interactive widgets to your desktop, taking widgets out of Today View and making them more visible and useful. Continuity also lets you view and interact with iPhone widgets on your Mac.
There are a variety of new Apple TV-like screensavers with slow-motion videos of locations around the world and matching desktop wallpapers. Apple has added a new gaming mode to Macs with Apple silicon chips. This option prioritizes gaming on the CPU and GPU for smoother performance.
Video conferencing is enhanced with presenter overlay effects for sharing content. Plus, there’s a high-performance mode for screen sharing that provides higher frame rates and low-latency audio, so pros can access their content creation workflows from anywhere.
Safari’s private browsing mode is locked behind Touch ID, lets you use profiles to separate work and personal browsing, and includes enhanced tracking and fingerprint protection to protect your privacy. Masu. Save your favorite websites as web apps on your desktop or dock, and they work like regular apps with a simplified toolbar.
Many of the features found in iOS 17 are also found in macOS Sonoma. The Messages app supports a new sticker experience that turns all emojis into stickers, the People album can recognize pets, and Visual Lookup works with videos to recognize food and identify symbols on labels and signs.
AirTags can be shared with others using “Find My,” iCloud Keychain passwords can be shared with friends and family, the Notes app supports inline PDFs, and you can launch Siri without saying “hey.” It is now possible. Apple’s full release notes for this update are below.
macOS Sonoma brings all-new features to improve your productivity and creativity. Discover even more ways to customize your Mac with amazing screensavers and widgets you can add to your desktop. Increase your presence on video calls with a new way to present that keeps you always present. Safari Profiles and Web Apps help you organize your browsing in a whole new way. Game mode improves game performance. Sonoma also brings big updates to Messages, keyboard, and accessibility. Upgrade to get the latest security and privacy protections available for Mac.
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Once you log in, beautiful screensavers from locations around the world will seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper.
– Shuffle settings to rotate screensavers by theme such as landscape, cityscape, underwater, earth, etc.widget
– Widgets can be placed anywhere on the desktop and can be adapted to the wallpaper color while working in the app
– Add iPhone widgets to your Mac when your iPhone is nearby or on the same Wi-Fi network
– Interactive widgets allow you to run shortcuts, pause media, and perform other actions directly from the widget.video conference
– Presenter overlay keeps you centered when sharing your screen with FaceTime or a third-party video conferencing app (Mac with Apple Silicon).
– 3D effects like hearts, balloons, and confetti overlay and respond to your surroundings during video calls and can be triggered with gestures (Mac with Apple Silicon, Continuity Camera on iPhone 12 and later)Safari and passwords
– Profiles separate your history, cookies, extensions, tab groups, favorites, and separate browsing by topics like work and personal.
– Web Apps lets you use any website like an app, with icons in the Dock for faster access and a simplified toolbar for easier browsing.
– Enhanced Private Browsing locks your private browsing window when not in use, blocks known trackers from loading, and removes traces that identify you from URLs.
– Password and passkey sharing makes it easy to share your account with trusted contactsmessage
– Live Stickers are synced from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, giving you access to Live Stickers created on iPhone and iPad.
– Search filters for people, keywords, and content types like photos and links make it easier to find what you’re looking for
– Swipe to reply inline on your iMessage bubblegame
– Game mode gives games top CPU and GPU priority for stable frame rates and low latency with wireless controllers and AirPods (Macs with Apple Silicon).keyboard
– Improved autocorrect accuracy and leverages a more powerful transformer-based language model to make typing even easier
– Inline predictive text shows single and multi-word predictions that can be added by pressing the spacebar.
– Improved dictation experience supports entering and editing text using both voice and keyboard.AirPods
– Adaptive Audio offers new listening modes that dynamically blend active noise cancellation and transparency to adjust your noise control experience based on environmental conditions (on AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with the latest firmware) ))
– Personalized volume adjusts media volume over time based on your environment and listening preferences (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with latest firmware)
– Speech recognition reduces ambient noise while lowering media volume and emphasizing the voice of the person in front of you (AirPods Pro (2nd generation) with latest firmware)
– During a call, press the AirPods stem or digital crown on AirPods Max to mute or unmute the microphone (AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation), or with the latest firmware) (AirPods Max)
– Improved AirPods auto-switching now detects Mac up to 2x faster for AirPods (2nd and 3rd generation), AirPods Pro (1st and 2nd generation) with the latest firmware (AirPods Max)privacy
– Enable sensitive content warnings to prevent users from unexpectedly viewing sensitive images in messages.
– Safeguards for child-directed communications have been expanded to now detect videos containing nudity, in addition to photos shared through messages and the system’s photo picker.
– Improved sharing permissions so you can now select photos to share and add calendar events without providing access to your entire photo library or calendaraccessibility
– Live Speech lets you type what you want to say and have it read out loud on FaceTime calls or in-person conversations
– Personal Voice allows users at risk of language loss to create voices that sound like themselves in a private and secure way using on-device machine learning.
– Hearing devices compatible with Made for iPhone can be paired and used with Macs: MacBook Pro (2021), Mac Studio (2022), and Mac computers with M2 chips.This release also includes other features and improvements.
– Auto-fill one-time verification codes from your email to quickly sign in to sites in Safari without leaving your browser
– Inline PDFs and document scans in Notes are now displayed full width for easier viewing.
– Reminder grocery list automatically groups related items into sections when you add them
– Recipe visual lookup helps you find similar dishes from photos
– In-video visual lookup helps you learn about objects shown in paused video frames
– Pets in the Photo People album displays individual pets just like friends and family
– Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for a more natural way to launch Siri (Mac with Apple Silicon, AirPods Pro (2nd generation))
– High-performance mode for screen sharing supports color workflows and improves responsiveness when remotely accessing a Mac (Mac with Apple Silicon).
– Share your items with Find My to share your AirTag with up to 5 people
– Home activity history shows recent event history for door locks, garage doors, security systems, and contact sensors.
– Updated battery health management for 13-inch MacBook Air with M2 chip to better optimize long-term battery health.Some features may not be available in all regions or on all Apple devices.
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