Posted on 09/20/2016 7:42:25 PM PDT by Swordmaker
Apple today released macOS Sierra.
Siri makes its debut on Mac, with new features designed just for the desktop. Your Mac works with iCloud and your Apple devices in smart new ways, and intelligent capabilities make your photos, music, and messaging even more enjoyable.
Get things done by asking Siri, the intelligent assistant now on your Mac.
Enjoy your favorite features from iOS as well as new ones optimized for Mac.
Send messages, create reminders, search the web, and more while you work.
Drag and drop or copy and paste Siri results into your documents.
Pin Siri results in Notification Center and reference them later.
Find files, adjust settings, and get system information just by asking Siri.
Copy and paste between your devices with Universal Clipboard.
Copy a quote, image, or video from an app on one device and paste it into an app on another device.
Automatically log in with Auto Unlock.
Log in to your Mac automatically when you wear your Apple Watch no need to type your password.
Enjoy the convenience and security of Apple Pay when you shop on the web.
Use Apple Pay to make easy, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
Complete your purchase with Touch ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Watch.
Access files on your Mac desktop from your iPhone with iCloud Desktop and Documents.
Automatically store all the files on your desktop and in your Documents folder in iCloud, and access them from all your devices.
Keep the same desktop and Documents folder on your other Mac.
Easily free up space on your Mac with Optimized Storage.
Automatically store seldom-used files in iCloud, where theyll be available on demand.
Additional tools help you remove files you dont need, to save even more space.
Get control of your desktop with tabs in apps.
Use tabs to manage multiple windows in Maps, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and more.
Work with tabs in your favorite third-party apps no developer adoption required.
Keep an eye on the big game or your favorite video with Picture in Picture.
Float a video window from Safari or iTunes over your desktop as you work.
Place the Picture in Picture window in any corner, and it stays put when you switch spaces or work in full screen.
Rediscover the most meaningful moments in your Photos library.
Enjoy favorite and forgotten occasions from your photo library with Memories.
View your images by whos in them. Photos uses advanced face recognition technology to automatically group photos of the same person together.
Search your photos by whats in them, such as beaches, dogs, or concerts, thanks to intelligent search that can recognize objects and scenes.
Track your photo expeditions across an interactive world map.
Enjoy an all-new Apple Music experience in iTunes.
Easily navigate your library with the redesigned Apple Music.
Discover great new music thanks to expert curation and advanced machine learning that give you the best recommendations.
Liven up your Messages conversations.
See web content previews and watch web videos right in a conversation.
Respond to messages with quick, handy Tapbacks.
Express yourself with 3x larger emoji.
View the stickers, Digital Touch, invisible ink, and handwritten messages that friends send from their iOS devices.
Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. Some features have hardware requirements. Some features require an iCloud storage plan.
macOS Sierra is available via Apple’s Mac App Store here.
MacDailyNews Take: It’s schnappy!
Basically, you have to leave all of your info available and accessible through iCloud. Privacy considerations may apply...
Time marches on, good to see new stuff coming out . . . but I think I may not adopt early, if at all. Certainly my older iMac, set up for my wife but little used, dates back to 2009 or earlier, and would not be worth upgrading to a more demanding OS.I can see the theoretical advantage of tabs in Numbers, but realistically I havent used Numbers much lately, other than as a sophisticated calculator - so expanded capability in it isnt exciting.
Enjoy the convenience and security of Apple Pay when you shop on the web.Presumably my wifes iPad Pro would enable me to use this, tho they dont mention that explicitly. I wonder what makes this better than using Apple Pay - which I have never used, but like in theory - directly on the iPad itself?
- Use Apple Pay to make easy, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
- Complete your purchase with Touch ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Watch.
On the old iPad2 I have, I tried to upgrade to the latest security patch without success; says Im short of space but Im buffaloed trying to clear space out. I have some old talking book files that seem to amount to enough space to possibly make the upgrade work - but with all good will, I just have not been able to follow the directions Ive been able to find. You would think I would be able to just highlight them and delete them, but no joy so far. Love GUI - when I dont hate it . . .
Every penny paid to Apple pays a direct dividend to the Clinton’s and Globalism in general. This is primarily a Conservative political forum not a safe place for Apple Fanbois. I can comment on what I want and can laugh at effeminate Millennial paid Apple Salesmen.
“Every penny paid to Apple pays a direct dividend to the Clintons and Globalism in general. This is primarily a Conservative political forum “
Exactly why I don’t want to fund the Gates Foundation by using Windows.
Waiting a couple days to see if there are problems before I download.
On the other hand I’m at 10.68 with no plans to “upgrade” short of buying a new mac if old one dies.
I'm with you...when and if this one craps the bed, I'll buy a new MacBook Pro. This one is from early 2011.
You assume that iPhone customers and Mac customers are two completely separate groups of people. They aren't. And with about 1.3 billion iPhones sold, that would seem to be the more promising growth market.
In Windows 10 their version of Siri will cause the Start button unable to be clicked on nor will you be able to right click on program icons on the taskbar and your wifi may not work.... No fix as I went thru this 3 times in one weekend. I am now using Windows 7.
Maybe Microsoft should hire the people who made Siri.
He also was born without a clue on this subject and has worked hard to never gain one. ;^)
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