I have a lot of emotional investment in my Mac and I'm probably more excited about macOS Sierra than I am about iOS 10. We already know about some of the biggest features, and iMore EiC Rene Ritchie has given us an in-depth review of the new version of the Mac operating system, but there are plenty of smaller features coming your way. These are my 10 favorite tiny new features coming to macOS Sierra this fall.
1. Tabs, tabs, and more tabs!
I like to think of myself as an organized person, but there are times when I'm working that my desktop looks like it was hit by a hurricane – and I'm not talking about the table my computer sits on. I'm talking about my Mac's desktop screen. I'll have window on top of window on top of window. I can keep Safari tidy because of tabs. But, when I'm working in other apps, it just gets sloppy. In macOS Sierra, any app that supports multiple windows now support tabs, even third-party apps! So, no more cluttered up desktop. Instead, everything can be neatly stacked in their own little space, just the way I like it.
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2. You can sort Applications by last accessed in Storage Management
Apple has added a feature to help you manage your files called Optimized Storage. With it, you can store older files in iCloud, automatically delete movies you've already watched, and erase trash that is more than 30 days old. But, when you select the Applications or Documents tab, you can sort those items by the date (or time) they were last accessed. I'm not talking about the last time they were modified. I mean, the last time they were opened. So, if you can't remember where you are keeping that video clip you wanted to show your friend, but you know you just played it for your coworker yesterday, you can filter your documents under Large Files to see what you opened yesterday and find it there.
3. You can pin Siri results to Notification Center
I just can't get over how fun it is to ask Siri to search for something and then pin that search result to the Today view of Notification Center. I've got the current time in Winnipeg, so I'll always know when my fellow Mobile Nations writers are sleeping, and a web search for pictures of my bae, Benedict Cumberbatch.
This will be very useful in the future when I'm trying to keep track of important documents for a big project.
4. Siri can control playback in the Music app
While you are playing tunes from the Music app, you can ask Siri to pause, skip, and replay a song. You can also have Siri start playing a song, album, or playlist from your music library or Apple Music. No more searching for tunes. Just ask Siri to do it for you.
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Have you always wished that your personal assistant had an Australian accent? Well, now you can have one. You can change Siri's voice from female to male and have it speak with an Australian, British, Irish, or South African accent. I should warn you, though, if you don't speak with any of those English accents, Siri might not understand you very well.
6. You can Tapback comments in Messages
I may not use all of the features in the new Messages app on iOS 10, but I love using the Tapback reaction. I oftentimes wish I could simply 'like' someone's email or thumbs-down someone's text message. It's a great way to convey a feeling without having to spend any time expressing it. The Messages app on macOS Sierra doesn't have all of the bells and whistles of the iOS 10 version, but it does have Tapbacks and it is my new favorite way of responding to a message. 'Want to practice tonight?' gets a thumbs up. 'How come you didn't' gets a question mark. It's great and only takes a moment to react.
7. You can binge-watch TV shows while you work
Oh yes. It's finally here. Picture-in-picture is pretty much the greatest thing ever. I can work on my computer while watching hours and hours of cartoons from the 1980s. With Safari's Picture-in-Picture (PiP), you can pop out a small viewfinder to watch movies on YouTube, Vimeo, or other websites that will support PiP. Come next March, your productivity won't fall nearly as much because you can actually keep working while watching the Final Four.
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If you have a dozen emails sitting in your inbox, you can have Siri read you all of the subject lines. Thanks to Siri's sequential inference, if you get an email that you want to read in its entirety, ask Siri to 'Read that email,' and the virtual assistant will read everything. When the messages is over, Siri will also ask if you want to respond to the email.
9. Your Mac desktops now all look alike.
With desktop syncing in iCloud, you get more than just a folder in iCloud Drive with your desktop files and folders in it. All of your Mac's desktops look the same. Files and folders appear on all Home screens, in the same position. Everything you add to or remove from one Mac's desktop will also appear or disappear on another. I absolutely love this feature. I am always taking screenshots on one computer that I want to use on another. I used to have to sync them in Dropbox, but not anymore. Now, when I switch from my laptop to my desktop, those screenshots are right there waiting for me.
10. You can watch video links right in Messages
When someone sends you a URL in Messages, you'll actually see pictures, and even videos, right in the chat window. So, if your friend sends you a funny cat video, you can watch it without having to leave the app. You won't have to open it in Safari first. We may not get all of the cool features that iOS 10 has for iMessages, but the ones we do get are pretty sweet.
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Apple has pulled the wraps off macOS Sierra at WWDC 2016 complete with Siri, picture-in-picture and Apple Pay integration. As expected, Sierra does much more than just providing bug fixes and performance updates, as we saw with the move from10.10 Yosemite to 10.11 El Capitan.
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We all know Apple has opened the wraps of the macOS Sierra at WWDC 2016. The developer can get it in mid-June and a beta preview over the summer. After all this finished, the final OS will come to our hands by November.
Siri finally makes an appearance
For the first time, Apple's Siri personal assistant is available on Macs through macOS Sierra. In macOS Sierra, Siri can be accessed through an icon on the menu bar, a dock app, or a user-specified keyboard command. At WWDC, SVP of software engineering Craig Federighi demonstrated how Siri can help with sophisticated queries for files like, 'Show the files I worked on last week about the off-site.' And from there users can narrow down their search based on tags. What is more, Siri also has full access to other parts of macOS' including applications such as iTunes, making her your personal DJ. Besides, Apple opened has issued an SDK for developers to make their own applications work with Siri.
Continuity gets even better
Continuity between Mac and iOS is a big deal fro those engulfed in Apple's hardy ecosytem. Ever since its introduction, users have been able to pick up calls and text conversations from their phones and conveniently pull them up on their Mac computers. With macOS Sierra, not only will you be able to access your computer from other machines including your iPhone, but if you need to copy something from one device to another, you can achieve that using the Universal Clipboard function. By copying something from one device, you can seamlessly paste it over to another. If you thought AirDrop made your life easier, this enhances the Apple ecosystem even further with yet another method of shuffling around files.
Better photo and video functionality
Finally we have the Photos app getting an overhaul in iOS 10, and because of the way Continuity works, the incoming features also apply to Mac. These include a new 'Memories' tab for a more magazine-like viewing mode as well as an Al that automatically sorts photos either by people or topics. Likewise, if you're a skilled multi-tasker interested in watching videos while you work, you'll be delighted to know that macOS Sierra's picture-in-picture mode allows users to take their video windows with them even as they rotate between desktop screens.
The Price of OS 10.12
For the past several years, the latest version of Mac OS has been available as a free upgrade to users of the previous version of the operating system. So the successor to OS X 10.11.5 El Capitan will be a free update for Mac users. Therefore, the only issue will be whether your Mac is powerful enough to run the new OS.
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Redesign the iTunes for macOS Sierra: Like OS X 10.11.5, macOS Sierra improves performance tweaks. The tweaks fixes an issue where applying a configuration profile to set allow 'SpotlightInternetResults' to 'False' would cause Spotlight to use large amounts of CPU time, an issue where applying a configuration profile to set 'ShutDownDisabledWhileLoggedIn' to 'True' would have no effect and an issue where only a single NetBoot image would appear in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences, even if multiple NetBoot images were configured on the server.
New Remote Unlocking Feature for macOS Sierra: The new feature will enable users to unlock their computer with their fingerprint without Apple introducing any new hardware. This will be made possible by linking the user's iPhone (if the have one) to their computer, which will then enable them to use Touch ID on the smartphone to unlock the Mac or MacBook with 'Remote Touch ID'. The intention is to get round one of the most persistent computer security problems in the world - the regular use of weak passwords.
New Files System for macOS Sierra: Over the past several updates to OS X, it has been theorized that a file system update might be inbound. Apple will switch to a new option like BFS or ZFS. They are working on a new in-house file-system and Apple will switch to a new option like BFS or ZFS. They are working on a new in-house file-system.
Better Backup for macOS Sierra: https://viralever441.weebly.com/blog/virtualbox-for-mac-high-sierra. A lot of Apple users do remember Time Machine. Xcode for os x maverick. However, Time Machine hasn't evolved well now. Its usefulness as a backup system is minimal when it comes to saving and protecting data. In our days, we have got a lot of data to work with these days including movies, musics and projects can be effortlessly zoomed up to the iCloud without major expenses. So that a frequently requested update for OS is a new Time machine, or a better backup option altogether.
Deepper iCloud for macOS Sierra: It makes all of the files stored on the desktop or the documents folder of a Mac available on all of a user's devices, including other Macs, the iPhone and the iPad through the iCloud Drive app, and the web through iCloud.com. So you will be more convenient to use your data on different Apple devieces.
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