Apple has formally unveiled the most recent model of its working system for Mac. This time round, Apple caught to its “California locations” naming conference and went with macOS Sequoia. (Sure, a sequoia is a kind of tree, however it’s additionally a nationwide park in northern California.)
Also called macOS 15, the brand new OS packs a ton of latest capabilities onto the desktop, together with a password administration app, videoconferencing instruments, and updates to Safari, in addition to all of the options that include Apple Intelligence—the corporate’s new artificial-intelligence-powered system. Under, we break down all these new options that can change into obtainable in macOS Sequoia when it ships this fall.
Make sure to additionally try our iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 function roundup for all the brand new options coming to your iPhone and iPad, and our have a look at what’s new in watchOS 11.
Is Your Mac Appropriate?
MacOS Sequoia, or macOS 15, is a free replace to your Apple computer systems. However some options, like Apple Intelligence (extra on that, later), are unique to Macs with the M-series Apple silicon chip. To determine which Mac mannequin you have got, click on on the Apple icon within the menu bar within the upper-left nook of your show and click on About This Mac. We have listed all of the fashions that can have the ability to run macOS Sequoia beneath.
MacBook Air: 2020 and laterMacBook Professional: 2018 and laterMac Mini: 2018 and lateriMac: 2019 and lateriMac Professional: 2017 and laterMac Professional: 2019 and laterMac Studio: 2022 and later
MacOS Sequoia is at the moment obtainable solely as a developer beta, however the public beta (the place everybody can check out the options) shall be obtainable in July.
New Options
Under, we break down all the foremost options coming to MacOS 15. For a full listing, head over to Apple’s official preview web page.
iPhone Mirroring
Generally your iPhone is within the different room or deep in your bag. For these moments when it is advisable use it however merely do not feel like getting as much as discover it, you’ll pull it up in your pc. As a part of Apple’s Continuity options, iPhone Mirroring offers you the power to each entry and work together together with your iPhone wirelessly utilizing your Mac.
When the function is in motion, you will see your iPhone’s customized house display seem. From there, you should utilize the keyboard, trackpad, or mouse to tug and drop content material (like pictures, movies, and recordsdata) between each units, open and use any of your apps, swipe by all of the pages on your property display, in addition to view and reply to notifications. Whilst you’re doing all this, your iPhone will stay locked. It additionally works whereas your iPhone is in Standby mode, a function from iOS 17 that turns your iPhone into a wise show whereas charging.
Safari Updates
MacOS Sequoia provides a number of new options to Safari. With Highlights, Safari will use machine intelligence to point out you related data from the webpage like instructions, hyperlinks, summaries, and restaurant opinions. Apple additionally redesigned the Reader to attenuate distractions. Along with a sleeker view of the article, you will additionally see a abstract and a desk of contents (for longer articles). If the webpage features a video, Viewer will carry it to the forefront whereas nonetheless providing you with entry to playback controls (Image in Image included).
Window Tiling
Those that at all times hold a ton of browser home windows open concurrently will respect the brand new Window Tiling function that helps arrange them for a greater viewing expertise. Whenever you drag a window to the sting of the display, the brand new OS will mechanically recommend a tiled place in your display. (It is just like Snap on Home windows.) You may then drop the window into place, prepare a number of home windows aspect by aspect, or place them in any of the 4 corners to make room for extra apps. For faster group, you should utilize keyboard and menu shortcuts too.
Videoconference Instruments
Final yr, Apple added a ton of latest videoconference instruments with MacOS Sonoma together with Presenter Overlay, Reactions, and varied options for the Mac’s built-in webcam. This yr, the corporate is including a number of extra. With apps like FaceTime and Zoom, you will have entry to a brand new presenter preview functionality that permits you to see what you are about to share earlier than really sharing it. In the meantime, the built-in backgrounds function permits you to apply system wallpapers, coloration gradients, or your individual pictures as a backdrop for video calls. Apple says this function shall be obtainable on FaceTime and third-party apps like Webex.
A New Passwords App
When you by no means liked Keychain, now you have got a greater choice: macOS Sequoia comes with a brand new Passwords app that permits you to entry all of your passwords (Wi-Fi passwords included), passkeys, and verification codes in a single place. It retains all of your Apple units in sync, runs on Home windows machines (utilizing the iCloud for Home windows app) too, and helps end-to-end encryption.
Extra With Messages
Just a few new Messages options are coming to macOS Sequoia—and by extension, to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 as effectively. You’ll format your texts inside Messages utilizing daring, italic, underline, and strikethrough kind therapies. You may even have the power so as to add animated results to a particular phrase inside a textual content. For some phrases and phrases, you will additionally see solutions seem as you kind. Apple added new Tapbacks too—as a substitute of utilizing the standard coronary heart, thumbs up, thumbs down, query mark, or exclamation level, you will additionally see choices to make use of emoji and stickers. One other standout new function is the choice to schedule your messages forward of time in order that they’ll be despatched later.
Apple Intelligence Options
Along with the options above, the corporate additionally introduced new AI capabilities powered by Apple Intelligence—its “private intelligence system” constructed into MacOS Sequoia, in addition to iOS 18 and iPadOS 18.