New features available
with macOS Sonoma.
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Key Features andEnhancements
Screen savers
Screen savers. Stunning screen savers
featuring slow-motion videos of places around
the world, like the skyline of Dubai at night,
thebackcountry of Yosemite National Park,
andSonoma. You can choose to shuffle by
Landscape, Earth, Underwater, or Cityscape
themes.
New login experience. A condensed login
experience makes space to celebrate your
screen saver or wallpaper, complete with the
time and date. A new picker shows avatars for
multiple accounts. When you log in, imagery
from new screen savers settles beautifully into
your desktop.
Widgets
Interactive widgets. Take action right on a
widget on your desktop. Complete to-dos,
playor pause your media, access your home
controls, and much more.
Widgets on the Mac desktop. Personalize your
desktop and get information at a glance while
you work. Widgets will automatically move to an
open spot near your cursor, grouping with other
widgets to create a layout that looks great on
your desktop.
Widgets adapt to your desktop. Widgets
intelligently tint based on the color behind
themto maintain legibility and the look of your
desktop. Widgets adapt to be more colorful
when in the foreground, and fade away when
you’re focusing on something else. You have
theoption to set color preferences for widgets
all the time.
Easily add widgets next to files. Place widgets
next to your existing files and the system will
automatically make room on your desktop. Files
and stacks wrap around widgets, adapting to
thespace you have available.
Redesigned widget gallery. Browse widgets in
the redesigned widget gallery, including widgets
from your iPhone through Continuity.
iPhone widgets on Mac. Use widgets from
youriPhone right on your Mac with Continuity,
all without needing the corresponding app
installed. Your iPhone just needs to be nearby
oron the same Wi-Fi network for a widget to
update.
Larger widgets on desktop. Showcase richer
information with the extra-large widget size on
the Mac desktop. Includes widgets from Apple
like Photos, Calendar, Podcasts, Contacts,
Shortcuts, and Apple TV.
Photos album widget. Select a specific
albumfrom the Photos app so photos from your
favorite album appear in your Photos widget.
Books widget. Play or pause an audiobook.
Contacts widget. See the location, messages,
shared photos, and more for your contacts with
just a click.
Home widget. Access controls you’ve set up
inyour home.
Music widget. Play or pause a song or album,
orsee a dynamic list of the top charts and, for
subscribers, recommendations.
Podcasts widget. Play or pause a podcast
episode.
Safari widget. Get quick access to websites in
your Safari reading list.
Stocks widget. Business news relevant to the
tickers you follow is surfaced in the Stocks
widget.
Shortcuts widget. Run shortcuts from Mac with
the new Shortcuts widget.
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Video conferencing
Presenter Overlay.
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Remain a part of the
conversation when you’re sharing your screen
on a video call by placing yourself on top of
yourpresentation. Use a small overlay to place
yourself in a moveable bubble, or use a large
overlay to keep yourself prominent while your
shared screen is framed beautifully next to you.
Reactions and gestures.
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Layer screen effects
like balloons, confetti, stormy rain, fireworks,
orlaser beams directly into your camera feed.
Trigger them with a click, or go hands-free and
trigger reactions using your gestures alone.
Video menu bar item. A new menu bar item
makes it easy to manage your camera feed and
video effects.
Screen sharing picker. It’s easier and more
consistent to share your screen with a
systemwide screen sharing picker that works
inany video conferencing app.
Share multiple apps or windows. Add multiple
windows or apps, or replace the current window
when screen sharing, without having to stop
sharing.
Share from the current window. Start sharing
right from the window you’re in, without having
to return to your screen sharing app and click a
screen sharing button.
Screen share quality Improvements. Sharing
asingle window results in up to twice the video
quality.
Screen share preview. You’ll always know
exactly what is being shared with a preview of
what you’re screen sharing in the Video menu
bar item.
Studio Light.
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Studio Light is available on
macOS when using video conferencing apps
onStudio Display and Mac models with Apple
silicon, without using Continuity Camera.
Studio Light intensity.
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Control the intensity of
Studio Light, further darkening the background
and illuminating your face.
Portrait mode background blur.
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Control the
amount of background blur, adding more or less
blur to the depth-of-field effect.
Center Stage improvements.
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Center Stage
ignores distractions behind you so the focus
stays on you, such as when a coworker walks
behind you on the way to their desk.
Center Stage using the Main Camera on
iPhone.
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Center Stage keeps you centered in
the frame when using the Main Camera on
iPhone with Continuity Camera.
Recenter.
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Continuity Camera automatically
detects your face and frames you in the center,
without enabling Center Stage.
Zoom and pan.
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Take complete control over the
composition of your video: Zoom in to 2x, zoom
out to 0.5x, or manually adjust the framing.
Safari
Profiles. Keep your browsing separate for
topicslike work and personal. Each profile
hasseparate history, cookies, extensions,
TabGroups, and favorites.
Web apps on Mac. Save your favorite websites
to the Dock for easy access. Access them in
astreamlined format for simplified browsing.
Locked Private Browsing. Private Browsing
locks when you’re not using it to keep your
tabsprotected from others with access to
yourdevice. Unlock with Face ID, Touch ID, or
devicepassword.
Advanced tracker blocking and fingerprint
protection in Private Browsing. Keeps your
most sensitive browsing safe with more
aggressive tracker blocking and fingerprinting
protection.
Link tracking protection in Private Browsing.
Removes tracking used to identify you from
URLs.
Search engine in Private Browsing. Set a
unique search engine for Private Browsing.
Multiple tab selection. Select multiple tabs at
once to move them around the tab bar or into
aTab Group.
Streamlined search. Search in Safari is more
responsive than ever and shows easier-to-read
and more relevant suggestions.
Favicons in the Favorites bar. Identify sites in
the Favorites bar more easily with favicons.
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Enhanced extension control. You can now use
per-site privacy settings to control access for all
extensions with access to user data.
Reading List widget. Add your Safari Reading
List to your desktop for easy access.
Passwords
Password and passkey sharing. Share
passwords with the people you’re closest with.
Create a group to share with and add or edit
passwords at any time.
One-time verification code autofill from Mail.
One-time verification codes you receive in Mail
now autofill in Safari, making it easy to log in
without leaving the browser.
Passkeys for Apple ID on the web. Use a
passkey when signing in with your Apple ID on
the web.
Messages
Stickers. Share any Live Sticker, Memoji, or
Animoji from the plus button or by control-
clicking on a message bubble.
Search filters. Search with more precision
bycombining search filters such as people,
keywords, and content types like photos or links
to find exactly the message you’re looking for.
Catch-up arrow. Easily jump to your first unread
message in a group conversation by clicking
thearrow visible in the top-right corner.
Swipe to reply. Reply to a message inline by
simply swiping to the right on any bubble.
Audio message improvements. When
recording an audio message, you are now able
to pause and then continue recording the same
message before sending. For received audio
messages, play them back at up to 2x speed or
view a transcription.
One-time verification code cleanup. One-time
verification codes are automatically deleted
from the Messages app after using them with
autofill anywhere in the system.
iMessage features in MMS groups. MMS
groups support more iMessage features,
including tapbacks, effects, edit, replies,
andmore when using iMessage.
Messages in iCloud improvements.
EnablingMessages in iCloud will sync
Messagessettings such as Text Message
Forwarding, Send & Receive accounts, and
SMSfilters across devices.
PDFs
Intelligent form detection. Fillable documents
and forms can now be automatically identified
across the system, like in Files, Mail, or scanned
documents.
Enhanced AutoFill. Populate information such
as names and addresses on forms even faster,
as powerful on-device language models identify
fillable fields and enable AutoFill.
Notes
Inline PDFs and document scans. PDFs and
document scans are presented full-width in your
note, making it easy to view and interact with
them. It’s quick to flip to a page of a document
you’re reviewing, and great for previewing
multiple PDFs in the same note.
Linked notes. Create links to other notes to
connect ideas, content, or any information. It’s
perfect to link together research notes or
recipes, or even to create a lightweight wiki for
your team. Type “>>” for a shortcut to add links
while writing in your note.
Block Quote. Block Quote formatting makes it
easy to visually offset a section of writing with
aquote bar.
Monostyled text. Monospaced formatting has
been updated to Monostyled, with inset text and
a distinct background.
Open in Pages. Create a Pages document
fromyour note with a quick selection from the
Share menu.
Keyboard
Inline predictive text.
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Get single and multi-
word predictions directly in the text field based
on what the keyboard predicts you’re going to
type, so you can complete what you’re typing
even faster by just pressing Space bar.
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Improved Autocorrect accuracy.
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Autocorrect
fixes mistakes for you more accurately than
everbefore by leveraging a new transformer
language model in English, French, and Spanish
keyboards. Additionally, enhanced on-device
language models make autocorrect more
accurate across even more languages.
Easier Autocorrect editing. Autocorrected
words are temporarily underlined so you know
what has been changed as you’re typing.
Enhanced sentence corrections.
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Autocorrection of sentences can correct more
types of grammatical mistakes. The keyboard
also underlines corrections and suggestions,
sothey are easier to see and change if needed.
Explicit language handling. The keyboard will
add explicit language that you use to your
personal vocabulary list and will learn this usage
for each different app. Explicit language that is
learned is used for autocorrect and suggestions.
Suggested emoji. The Character Viewer
includes a suggested list that shows emojis that
are relevant to the context of what you’re typing,
so it’s easier to find what you’re looking for.
Quick emoji selection. Pressing the Globe icon
on your Mac keyboard pulls up a lightweight
emoji picker that shows emoji relevant to the
word you just typed.
Updated text cursor. The text cursor briefly
displays an indicator that shows the current
input language when you switch keyboard
languages. The indicator can also signal helpful
input details like when Caps Lock is on.
New predictive text languages. Predictive text
is supported for Hebrew, Polish, and Romanian
keyboards.
New keyboard layouts. New keyboard layouts
are available for Chuvash, Hmong (Pahawh),
Ingush, Kabyle, Mandaic, Mi’kmaw, N’Ko, Osage,
Rejang, Sámi, Tamazight (Standard Moroccan),
Wancho, and Wolastoqey.
New transliteration keyboard languages.
Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu
keyboards include transliteration support,
soyou can type pronunciations using Latin
characters that are automatically converted
tothe desired script as you type.
Gaming
Game Mode.
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Provides smoother frame rates for
game play and faster response times for
wireless game controllers and AirPods.
Communication Safety
Sensitive Content Warning. You have the
option to blur photos and videos containing
nudity, allowing you to choose whether you want
to seethem.
Expanding protections for children. Children
in iCloud families will now be protected in the
system photo picker. Children will now be
protected when sending or choosing to view
sensitive videos, in addition to photos.
Privacy and Security
Photos privacy prompt improvements. An
embedded photo picker for apps lets you pick
photos to share within the app’s experience,
without sharing your entire library. When an app
does ask to access your entire library, you’ll see
details of how many and which photos will be
shared before you make a decision. If you grant
access, you’ll receive reminders from time to
time.
Add-only Calendar permission. A write-only
permission for Calendar gives apps the ability to
write new events to your device, without being
able to see your information.
App privacy improvements. App developers
can provide even more accurate Privacy
Nutrition Labels using new tools that provide
better transparency into the data practices of
their partners.
Link tracking protection. Some websites add
extra information to their URLs in order to track
users across other websites. Now, this
information will be removed from the links users
share in Messages and Mail, and the links will
still work as expected. This information will also
be removed for links in Safari Private Browsing.
Lockdown Mode. Provides new networking
defaults, safer media handling and even
sandboxing and network security optimizations.
Turning on Lockdown Mode further hardens
device defenses and strictly limits certain
functionalities, sharply reducing the attack
surface for those who need it.
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iMessage Contact Key Verification. Your
iMessage communications are always encrypted
end-to-end, so they can’t be read while they’re
sent between your devices and those of the
people you are messaging. iMessage Contact
Key Verification lets you further verify that you
are messaging only with the people you intend.
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Accessibility
Personal Voice.
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A speech accessibility tool
forpeople who are at risk of losing their voice to
create a voice that sounds like them privately
and securely on Mac, and use it with Live
Speech in phone and FaceTime calls.
Live Speech. Type what you want to say and
have it spoken out loud in phone calls, FaceTime
calls, or in-person conversations.
Made for iPhone hearing device support.
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Pairyour hearing device with your Mac, and
adjust it for your listening comfort within
SystemSettings.
Voice Control guide. Learn to use Voice Control
using step-by-step tutorials, for example, for
text editing and navigation.
Phonetic corrections for text editing in Voice
Control.
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Use phonetic corrections to choose
the right word out of several that might sound
alike, such as “do,” “due,” and “dew,” while
editing text using Voice Control.
Improvement to Siri voices for VoiceOver. Siri
voices sound even better at high rates of speech
feedback in VoiceOver.
Automatically pause animated images. Pause
animated images by default, such as GIFs in
Messages and Safari for your visual comfort.
Tex t si ze . Customize your font size across Mac
apps, including Finder, Messages, Mail,
Calendar, and Notes, in one place within System
Settings, with the option to set a single preferred
reading size, or customize app by app.
Settings for Built-in Voices. Adjust settings
such as pitch range for each of your preferred
built-in voices for VoiceOver and Spoken
Content.
Multi-monitor zoom. Set zoom level per display
independently when using zoom across multiple
displays.
Improved Xcode experience with VoiceOver.
Utilize new VoiceOver commands to navigate
your code more efficiently.
Virtual game controller with Switch Control.
Turn your favorite set of switches—for example,
sound actions or facial expressions—into a
virtual game controller.
AirPlay
Intelligent device list. Easily find the TV or
speaker you want to enjoy your content on; Mac
uses on-device intelligence to learn your
preferences over time to show devices in the
AirPlay list in order of relevance.
AirPods
Adaptive Audio.
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Adaptive Audio is a new
AirPods Pro (2nd generation) listening mode
that automatically adjusts the level of noise
control for you—adding Active Noise
Cancellation in noisier environments and
Transparency in quieter conditions—to make it
easier and more convenient to use AirPods Pro
through the changing environments and
interactions every day.
Personalized Volume.
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Adjusts the volume
ofyour media in response to your environment
andlistening preferences over time.
Conversation Awareness.
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When you start
speaking, AirPods Pro will lower your media
volume and enhance the voices in front of you,
all while reducing background noise.
Even More
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Press to Mute and Unmute.
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Press the AirPods
stem, or the Digital Crown on AirPods Max, once
to mute or unmute your microphone when on a
call, and you can press twice to end a call.
Apple ID
Sign in with email or phone number. When
signing in with an Apple ID and password, you
no longer need to remember your exact Apple ID
email address. You can use any email address or
phone number on file in your account.
Passkeys for Apple ID on the web. Use a
passkey when signing in with your Apple ID on
the web.
Books
Series page. Shop for books and audiobooks
ina single series page; mark titles you have
completed as finished to pick up where you left
off in the series.
Search by series and genre. Discover series
and genre pages via search and navigate
directly to these pages to find curated content.
Personalized Read Now. Explore personalized
top picks and content recommended for you
based on your favorite books and genres on the
Read Now tab.
Clock
Multiple timers. Run several timers on Mac
simultaneously, perfect for when you’re cooking
and need to keep track of different steps and
dishes.
Labeled timers. Name timers so you know what
each is counting down for.
Timer presets. Start a timer quickly with a range
of preset options when creating a new timer.
Recents. Restarting your most used timers is as
simple as a click with a new recents view.
Contacts
Add pronouns. Contact cards include a field
forentering pronouns. Pronouns are stored
on device and are not shared.
Dictation
Improved speech recognition.
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Dictation has
improved accuracy and supports more
languages on device using an all-new speech
recognition model.
Dictate and type.
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Fluidly move between
dictating, typing with the keyboard, and more,
without needing to stopDictation. Dictation
intelligently pauses the microphone while you
type with the keyboard and resumes when you
stop typing.
Cursor animation.
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The redesigned Dictation
cursor animates and glows, improving the look
and feel while also indicating that Dictation is
active.
Dictionary
New dictionaries. System dictionaries and the
Dictionary app now include Bulgarian, Catalan,
English-Greek, English-Malay, English-Swedish,
Greek, Malay, Polish, Punjabi, and Romanian.
FaceTime
Reactions and gestures.
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Layer screen effects
like balloons, confetti, stormy rain, fireworks, or
laser beams directly into your camera feed.
Trigger them with a click, or go hands-free and
trigger reactions using your gestures alone.
Remote Access. Point to areas of interest or
even take control of someone’s screen when
they’re sharing it with you in FaceTime. This is
great for helping someone learn a new skill on
their Mac.
Family Sharing
Share an iCloud Drive folder. Provide easy
access to family documents, photos, and more
when you share an iCloud Drive folder with
people in your family group.
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Expanded Family Checklist. Get the most out of
Family Sharing with new recommendations and a
reorganized checklist. Quickly turn on features
and manage settings for the whole family.
Find My
Item Sharing. Up to five other people can
share an AirTag or Find My network accessory.
Everyone in the sharing group will be able to see
the item's location, get directions to the item,
and Play Sound to help pinpoint a shared item’s
location when nearby.
Freeform
Better diagramming. Quickly build diagrams
and flowcharts by dragging connector handles
to connect objects.
Follow Along. Guide collaborators around your
board so that they can see what you see as you
move around the canvas.
Share to Freeform. Use the share sheet to
addcontent from other apps to your Freeform
boards.
Explore 3D objects. Explore 3D Objects
embedded on your canvas using QuickLook.
Home
Activity history.
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See a recent history for
garage doors, door locks, security systems, and
contact sensor events directly in the Home app.
Grid Forecast.
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Live data from your local
energy grid shows when it’s running on cleaner
sources so you can plan when to charge devices
or run appliances.
iCloud
iCloud Passwords extension for macOS.
Autofill passwords and verification codes from
iCloud Keychain into websites in Chrome and
Edge with the iCloud Passwords extension.
iCloud+
Hide My Email in Apple Pay. iCloud+
subscribers can use Hide My Email to keep their
personal email private when making Apple Pay
purchases.
Inclusive Language
New term of address languages. Term of
address now supports German and European
Portuguese.
Live Text
Vertical text recognition. Live Text recognizes
vertically oriented Chinese, Japanese, and
Korean text.
Improved handwriting recognition. Live Text
recognizes handwritten text even better.
New Live Text languages. Adds support for
Live Text in Thai and Vietnamese.
Ta bl e r ec og n it i on . Copy and paste the contents
of formatted tables.
Mail
One-time verification code. One-time
verification codes that are sent to your email
willnow autofill in the password field so you no
longer need to search in your Mail messages,
and they are automatically deleted after you
usethem.
Travel Instant answers in search. Travel-
related messages, like hotel and flight
confirmations, will appear at the top of your
search results when your travel date is near.
Big emoji. Automatically add a big emoji to
youremail messages for more expressive
communication.
Maps
EV routing improvements. Select a preferred
charging network when planning a route for your
electric vehicle. Apple Maps will show you
charger availability on the map and in search
results. Search for chargers based on plug type,
network, and more.
Media
Faster video encoding. Encode video faster in
Final Cut Pro, Compressor, and third-party video
applications on Mac computers using M1 Ultra
or M2 Ultra.
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Memoji
More stickers. Three additional stickers come
to Memoji: Smirk, Angel Halo, and Peekaboo.
Music
Collaborate on playlists.
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Invite friends to
join your playlist and everyone can add, reorder,
and remove songs. In Now Playing, you can use
emoji to react to the song choices.
Favorite Songs playlist. Quickly get back to
your favorite songs in this new playlist. Find the
Favorite Songs playlist in your Library or just ask
Siri.
Even more to favorite. Select your favorite
songs, albums, playlists, and artists. Your
favorite music is automatically added to your
Library and improves your recommendations.
Motion in Now Playing. Album art now
appearsfull-screen in the music player,
including motion where available, creating
aneven more immersive playback experience
that showcases your favorite artists.
News
Apple News+ puzzles.
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A daily crossword
puzzle and mini crossword puzzle are available
exclusively for News+ subscribers.
Photos
Pets in the People album. Individual pets are
now surfaced in the People album just like
friends or family members.
Siri Suggestions in the People album. Photos
will intelligently suggest matches from Contacts
in the People album to help you name
individuals faster.
Improved People album accuracy. The People
album recognizes significantly more photos of
your favorite people, even if they’re turned away
from the camera.
Drag to reorder in a memory. Reorder photos
andvideos within a memory by dragging and
dropping them into a new position in the
timeline.
Add content to a memory. Add any photo or
video from your library to a memory.
Smart copy and paste edits. Copied and
pasted edits now intelligently match exposure
and white balance between images.
Improvements to iCloud Photos syncing.
iCloud Photos syncing will be paused less
frequently, and when syncing is paused, a
SyncNow control will appear.
iCloud Links on macOS. Share photos and
videos stored in iCloud Photos by generating
aniCloud Link.
Focus Control in portrait photos. Click to
choose a new focus point in portrait photos
captured on iPhone13 models and later, with
iOS16 or later.
Podcasts
Improved playback controls. Easily access
your queue, playback speed, and sleep timer.
New Up Next design. Quickly play and follow
your favorite shows, now with episode art.
Connect subscriptions. Get subscriber-only
Podcasts from Apple Music, Apple News, and
top apps.
Search filters. Easily filter search results by
shows, episodes, and channels.
Reminders
Grocery Lists. Grocery Lists automatically
group related items into sections (dairy,
produce, etc.) as you add them. You’re able to
change how the items are grouped, and the list
remembers your preferences.
Early Reminder. Specify a time to get notified
before your reminder is due.
Suggested Reminders. Quickly re-create
reminders you’ve completed before in as little
asa single click.
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Sections. Organize reminders within a list by
creating headers to group related reminders.
Column View. Reminders sections can be
organized in columns across your screen,
making it easy to visualize your tasks, or even
plan with simple kanban boards.
Complete from widget. Click on a reminder
inthe widget to complete it without opening
theapp.
Shazam
Music Recognition in Control Center. Quickly
identify songs playing online or around you by
adding Music Recognition to your macOS
Control Center or Menu Bar and tapping on the
Shazam icon. You can even identify songs while
wearing AirPods or other headphones. Songs
that have been successfully identified will be
saved to your Shazam Music Recognition
History and sync'd to iOS Control Center and
Shazam App using iCloud.
Shortcuts
New widgets. Run shortcuts from Mac with the
new Shortcuts widget.
Siri
Siri.
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Just say “Siri” instead of “Hey Siri”
for an even more natural way to activate your
assistant. Siri detects this phrase with low-
power on-device processing that keeps your
audio private.
Expanded bilingual Siri for Indian languages.
Siri for English (India) supports even more types
of requests, including setting timers and alarms,
launching apps, playing music, and more. It
understands requests that mix English with any
of nine different Indian languages.
Spotlight
Enhanced visual results. Find what you are
looking for faster with search results that pop
with familiar colors and iconography.
Video search. Search through the videos on
your devices by scene, people, and activities.
When you click into a video result, a new
scrubber interface will indicate where in the
video your search appears.
Settings in Top Hits. When you search for
settings such as “Airplane Mode,” “Wi-Fi,”
“DarkMode,” and more, Spotlight will offer
youatoggle for the setting in the Top Hit.
Data Detector quick actions. Phone numbers,
email, dates, and times typed into the Spotlight
search bar will now offer quick actions such as
call number, create contacts, send email, and
create calendar event.
Stocks
Business news in widget. Business news
relevant to the tickers you follow is surfaced in
the Stocks widget.
System Settings
Search suggestions. Searching is easier with
suggestions based on your most used settings
and a refined results view.
Refined panes. Settings are even more
streamlined for easy configuration. Wallpaper
features a new compact design and iCloud
Photo Albums enhancements, Displays features
new resolution controls and the ability to select
a preferred view, and more.
New navigation controls. Step backward and
forward while managing multiple settings with
new controls and an overall faster navigation
experience. Click and hold to see a history of
recently visited panes. Translate
Translate
New languages. System-wide translation and
Safari web page translation support Ukrainian.
Tex t D is p la y
Tex t cl ip pi ng an d co ll is io n. Character
spacingdynamically adjusts to better
accommodate non-Latin scripts with characters
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that may collide with one another or be vertically
clipped. ext Display
Tex t cl ip pi ng an d co ll is io n. Character
spacingdynamically adjusts to better
accommodate non-Latin scripts with characters
that may collide with one another or be vertically
clipped.
Punctuation white space. Reduced
punctuation white space in Chinese and
Japanese scripts improves overall readability
and design.
Improved line breaks. Enhanced line breaking
logic results in better readability of rendered
textresults.
TV
Home. Watch Now is now called Home, where
you can browse movies, shows, and find all your
channels in one row.
Sidebar. Navigate left to open the sidebar,
where you can now access your channels.
Visual Look Up
Expanded domains. Discover similar recipes
from photos of food,map routes to stores
identified in photos, and the meaning of signs
and symbols on things like laundry tags.
Lift multiple subjects from background.
Liftmultiple subjects from the background of
photos and videos and place them in apps like
Messages.
Visual Look Up in video. Look up information
about objects that appear in paused video
frames.
Wallet
Multi-device provisioning. When adding
eligible payment cards to your Mac, you will be
able to add the cards to your other Apple Pay–
capable devices with one easy step.
Weather
Richer precipitation forecasts. Prepare for
potential precipitation conditions using the
chance of precipitation forecast by the hour
overthe next 10 days.
Wind overlay in maps. Conveniently observe
wind patterns including direction and speed for
the next 24 hours through an animated wind
map visualization.
Historical trends. Plan your future travels and
events using visualizations of seasonal averages
of temperature and precipitation conditions.
Yes te rd ay ’s we at her. Quickly understand how
today’s precipitation and temperature conditions
compare to those from the day before.
More specific location names.
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See the
neighborhood name for which the weather is
being forecasted. This feature will be limited
toyour current location and select cities.
Intricate details about the moon. Learn
specific details about the moon on a given day
including illumination, moonrise and moonset
times, countdown to the next full moon, and the
geocentric distance of the moon from Earth. An
all-new lunar phase calendar describes moon
phase transitions.
Improved support for standard units. Weather
conditions are displayed in standard units based
on the region.
Enhanced visual effects. Experience delightful
depictions of weather conditions through visual
effects that reflect the position ofthe sun and
moon, wind direction, and cloud cover, as well as
rainy and frosty conditions.
Precipitation amounts. Stay on top of
precipitation conditions for the next 10 days with
rain and snow amounts for a given day and
chance of precipitation broken by the hour.
New widgets. Choose from widgets for next-
hour precipitation, daily forecast, sunrise and
sunset times, and current conditions such as Air
Quality, Feels Like, and wind speed.
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Wind map snapshot. Quickly assess windy
conditions through a map snapshot of the wind
patterns. Conveniently access the animated
wind map overlay to prepare for forecasted wind
conditions for the next 24 hours.
Interactive moon calendar. Easily visualize the
phase of the moon on any day for the next
month by interacting with the moon calendar.
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Features are subject to change. Some features, applications, and services may not be available in all regions or all languages.
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