Apple unveiled macOS Sonoma, the latest version of its advanced desktop operating system, designed to enhance the Mac experience. Continuing where macOS Ventura left off, the new macOS Sonoma brings a lot of iPadOS and iOS features to improve productivity and continues to give an edge with its incredible ecosystem of products.
macOS Sonoma – All You Need to Know
This release introduces exciting features that personalize the user’s Mac, including widgets and stunning screen savers. Users can now place interactive widgets on the desktop, access the widget gallery, and enjoy the extensive ecosystem of iPhone widgets seamlessly on their Mac through Continuity.
Video conferencing experiences are made more engaging with features like Presenter Overlay, which places the presenter on top of shared content, and Reactions, enabling fun gesture-triggered video effects. Safari receives significant updates, such as improved Private Browsing with advanced tracking and fingerprinting protections, as well as profiles that allow users to separate browsing between different topics. Web apps provide faster access to favourite sites, creating an app-like experience.
macOS Sonoma introduces stunning screen savers with slow-motion videos of various locations worldwide, enhancing the visual appeal of the Mac. The gaming experience on Mac is elevated with Apple silicon, offering incredible graphics performance, long battery life, and breathtaking visuals. A new game porting toolkit simplifies the process of bringing games to Mac, while Game Mode optimizes performance and immersiveness.
For professionals, macOS Sonoma enhances hybrid and remote workflows with a new high-performance mode in the Screen Sharing app, providing low-latency audio, high frame rates, and support for up to two virtual displays. Accessibility features are also expanded, including support for Made for iPhone hearing devices, Live Speech for nonspeaking users, and improvements for users with physical and motor disabilities.
Additional updates include streamlined PDF functionality, inline PDFs in Notes, improved Siri activation, enhanced password sharing, an improved Messages experience, intelligent grocery lists in Reminders, an upgraded keyboard autocorrect, and expanded privacy and safety features.
macOS Sonoma empowers Mac users to be more productive and creative while enjoying a personalized and secure computing experience.
