All the Top New Features Coming to MacOS Sequoia

Below, we interruption down each the large features coming to MacOS 15. For a afloat list, caput implicit to Apple's authoritative preview page.

iPhone Mirroring

Sometimes your iPhone is successful the different country oregon heavy successful your bag. For those moments erstwhile you request to usage it but simply don't consciousness similar getting up to find it, you'll beryllium capable to propulsion it up connected your computer. As portion of Apple's Continuity features, iPhone Mirroring gives you the quality to some entree and interact with your iPhone wirelessly utilizing your Mac.

When the diagnostic is successful action, you'll spot your iPhone's customized location surface appear. From there, you tin usage the keyboard, trackpad, oregon rodent to resistance and driblet contented (like photos, videos, and files) betwixt some devices, unfastened and usage immoderate of your apps, swipe done each the pages connected your location screen, arsenic good arsenic presumption and respond to notifications. While you're doing each this, your iPhone volition stay locked. It besides works portion your iPhone is successful Standby mode, a diagnostic from iOS 17 that turns your iPhone into a astute show portion charging.

Safari Updates

MacOS Sequoia offers a fewer caller features to Safari. With Highlights, Safari volition usage instrumentality quality to amusement you applicable accusation from the webpage similar directions, links, summaries, and edifice reviews. Apple besides redesigned the Reader to minimize distractions. In summation to a sleeker presumption of the article, you'll besides spot a summary and a array of contents (for longer articles). If the webpage includes a video, Viewer volition bring it to the forefront portion inactive giving you entree to playback controls (Picture successful Picture included).

Window Tiling

Those who ever support a ton of browser windows unfastened simultaneously volition admit the caller Window Tiling diagnostic that helps signifier them for a amended viewing experience. When you resistance a model to the borderline of the screen, the caller OS volition automatically suggest a tiled presumption connected your screen. (It's akin to Snap connected Windows.) You tin past driblet the model into place, put aggregate windows broadside by side, oregon spot them successful immoderate of the 4 corners to marque country for much apps. For quicker organization, you tin usage keyboard and paper shortcuts too.

Videoconference Tools

Last year, Apple added a ton of caller videoconference tools with MacOS Sonoma including Presenter Overlay, Reactions, and assorted features for the Mac's built-in webcam. This year, the institution is adding a fewer more. With apps similar FaceTime and Zoom, you'll person entree to a caller presenter preview capableness that allows you to spot what you're astir to stock earlier really sharing it. Meanwhile, the built-in backgrounds diagnostic allows you to use strategy wallpapers, colour gradients, oregon your ain photos arsenic a backdrop for video calls. Apple says this diagnostic volition beryllium disposable connected FaceTime and third-party apps similar Webex.

A New Passwords App

If you ne'er loved Keychain, present you person a amended option: macOS Sequoia comes with a caller Passwords app that allows you to entree each your passwords (Wi-Fi passwords included), passkeys, and verification codes successful 1 place. It keeps each your Apple devices successful sync, runs connected Windows machines (using the iCloud for Windows app) too, and supports end-to-end encryption.

More With Messages

A fewer caller Messages features are coming to macOS Sequoia—and by extension, to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 arsenic well. You'll beryllium capable to format your texts wrong Messages utilizing bold, italic, underline, and strikethrough benignant treatments. You'll besides person the quality to adhd animated effects to a circumstantial connection wrong a text. For immoderate phrases and words, you'll besides spot suggestions look arsenic you type. Apple added caller Tapbacks too—instead of utilizing the accepted heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, question mark, oregon exclamation point, you'll besides spot options to usage emoji and stickers. Another standout caller diagnostic is the enactment to docket your messages up of clip truthful they'll beryllium sent later.

Apple Intelligence Features

In summation to the features above, the institution besides announced caller AI capabilities powered by Apple Intelligence—its “personal quality system” built into MacOS Sequoia, arsenic good arsenic iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.