Mac Sonoma
It comes with a unique power and gives great value for money and time, getting things done and having fun on your MacBook are more powerful than ever, with the elevation of your presence during video calls. There are unique ways to access your information and your gaming abilities will be given a new boost plus lots of new features to personalise your MacBook.
New Features
Screen Savers
- There are amazing new screen savers
- New slow motion screen saver
- Breath-taking location from around the world
- Lovely display on your MacBook
- Log in and they seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper
The screen savers give you the Apple TV like feeling and they feature slow-motion videos of worldwide locations like:
- Hong Kong skyline
- Monument valley in Arizona
- Sonoma in Northern California
There are also:
- Landscape
- Earth
- Underwater
- And cityscape themes
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Widgets on Desktop
- Add widgets of your choice to the desktop from new gallery
- Play a podcast from your desktop
- Widgets are interactive
- Widgets are stored in the Widget Gallery
- Widgets allows you to check off reminders
- Control home devices with widgets
- There are more things to achieve with widget
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iPhone widgets can be accessed from your MacBook
Continuity allows you to add iPhone widget to your desktop without having to install the corresponding apps on your Mac.
Widgets
One thing about this update regarding widget is that the widget was transformed to be interactive which makes it more productive. Widgets can be used to:
- Monitor reminders
- Play and pause media
- Control smart home devices
- Take notes
- And many more
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Widget fades for better Focus
- The widgets fade into the background as you open and app or stage manager
- There is no distraction from the widgets as you concentrate on your task
- You can switch to different wall papers
- Widget colours adapt as you make changes on your Mac
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Video Conferencing
- You should be at the front and centre
- When sharing your screen, the new presenter overlay keeps you as part of the conversation
- There are two options to choose from two overlays – large and small
- You will be the spotlight if you choose the large overlay
- The screen is framed next to you on a separate layer
- You can move, walk, and talk in front of your content
- A new presenter overlay video effect display their avatar at the top of the content being shared
Screen Sharing
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- You can float over your share screen
- The small overlay can be used to appear in a moveable bubble over your shared screen
- The small overlay makes visibility easy as you showcase your work
- Point out vital details on your screen as you move around
- A new high-performance mode allows for more responsive remote access to pro workflows during share screening
- The screen sharing features a low-latency audio, high frames and supports up to two virtual displays and reference colour
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Give hand Reactions
The 3D augmented reality effects like hearts, confetti, fireworks and more allows you to ass a reaction that fills the camera frame, a reaction can be shared with just a hand gesture.
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New Screen Sharing Picker
- As you are on a video call, you can easily share and app or even multiple apps straight from the window you’re currently in.
- Easily share apps during call with the share sharing picker
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Stay in Frame
- If you use studio display or iPhone as your camera, you can control the composition of your video
- The frame can be adjusted with the zoom and pan controls
- Re-enter automatically can be used to put yourself in the centre
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Safari and Password
Create a Profile
- Create separate browsing profile for work and Personal life
Profiles will help you to separate things such as:
- Tab Groups
- Cookies
- Favourites
You can easily switch between profiles as you browse
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Browsing is much faster and more Relevant
- As you search with Safari, you will notice that it is more responsive than ever and shows easier to read and more relevant suggestions.
- Private mode is becoming aggressively private
- Touch ID is locked when you step away from you Laptop
- There is an enhancement to tracking and finger printing protection so that websites are banned from monitoring your activities
A separate profile created for each user comes with their own:
- Cookies
- History
- Extension
- Tab Groups
- Favourites
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Store web apps on your Dock
Convert a webpage into an app with a single click
- A webpage can be added to the dock as an app straight from the file menu
- Get an app like experience as you launch a web app with a simplified tool bar
- Webpages can be access just like any app and receive notifications
- Webpages or webapps also have a simplified tool bar to make browsing easier
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Sharing Passwords and Passkeys
- You can share a set of passwords with trusted contacts and friends
- Create a group and choose a set of accounts to share
- Password will always be up to date for anyone in the group
- Anyone can be removes at any time for whatever reason
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Private Browsing is more secured than ever
- If you’re inactive in the private browsing your window is automatically locked
- Trackers are completely blocked from loading on the pages
- Tracking already added to URL as you are browsing are automatically removed
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Message
Search Fitters
A combination of search filters allows you to quickly narrow your search and find the message you are looking for much quicker
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Catch up and swipe to Reply
- If you miss the first message in your conversation, a new catch-up arrow allows you to see this conversation
- Swipe right to view any message and send a reply
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View locations and share stuff in a new way
- The plus button allows you to share your location or request a friend’s location
- A location can be viewed directly within your conversation when shared by someone
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All your Stickers in one Place
- A drawer was created to store your stickers and allows you to access live sticker and memoji from one place.
- Your stickers are sync to iCloud therefor can be easily access on your Devices
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PDFs and Notes
- Autofill allows you to fill documents fasters with the improved PDF functionality
- Enhanced auto fills allow you to securely use your saved information from contact to fill out a PDF or a scanned document faster
- The note app supports inline PDF’s and documents scan in full width
- scLinked notes helps you to connect different related notes
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Flip through a PDF in a Note
- A full-width PDF can be view right in notes and click between its pages
- Multiple PDFs can be kept in the same note and can be easily access through related documents
Linked Related Notes
- A trip itinerary and a recommended restaurant can be linked as related notes
- Notes can be quickly added from one to another
- There’s a powerful way t search connected research notes
- Reference a recipe or create wikis for your team
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Start in notes and finish in Pages
- Start a write up with notes, click the share button and send the write up for completion in pages
Other things you can do are:
- Customise the fonts
- Resize the graphics
- Add videos
- Create stunning documents
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Keyboard
Auto correct is more accurate
- Auto correct is more effective as you type
- In correct words are automatically underlined
- Revert to original word with a click
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Prediction inline as you type
- Tap the space bar to finish words or the entire sentence
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Gaming
Your Mac is more blessed with more Games
The lists below are upcoming and recently added games for Mac:
- Fort Solis
- Stray
- Death Stranding Director’s cut
- Snow runner
- World of warcraft
- Dragon flight
- Humankind
- The medium
- Resident evil Village
- Winner’s expansion
- No man’s sky
- Firmament
- Disney dream light Valley
- Dragon heir
- Silent gods
- Elex 2
- Layers of Fear
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Level up your Game Mode
- The CPU and the GPU of your Mac automatically gives the game top priority
- The CPU and the GPU lowers usage for background task while gaming
Latency is dramatically reduced with wireless accessories such as:
- Air pods
- Favourite controllers
For responsiveness you can feel
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Privacy and Security
Communication Safety
- Sensitive videos and photos are now protected by communication safety
- Community safety also include content sent and received in the systemwide photo picker and third-party apps
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Sensitive Content Warning
- Sensitive videos and photos can be blur before you view them, this feature can be found in messages and third-party apps
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Improved Permission
Have more control over what you share
- Decide on a photo to share within an app and keep the rest of your photo private
- An app can be permitted to add an event to your Calendar without viewing your information
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Lockdown Mode
- The lock down mode has an enhanced security to help protect against sophisticated cyber attack
- This can be activated on all your Apple devices including the Apple watch
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Accessibility
People with speech loss can create a voice that sounds like them and can be used in life speech to communicate in face time calls and in private conversation. iPhone hearing devices can now be paired with Mac so that users with hearing disabilities can accept calls and have convenient conversation.
Text can be easily adjusted for comfort reading with an option to automatically pause animated images as you browse the web and enjoy a new experience about learning how to use voice control
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Reminders
Shopping makes easier because reminder will automatically sort items into categories, change how items are grouped and the list remembers your preferences.
The new column view will organise sections into columns across your screen which makes it easier to visualise your tasks
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Visual Look up
Locate a recipe for a similar dish from a photo and check out the information on an object that appears in a paused video frame
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Find My
Share air tag or find my network accessories with up to five other people, everyone in the group can see the item on a map and play a sound to pinpoint the location of a shared item when nearby
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Air Pods
Air pod is much faster now when mobbing between apple devices with updates to automatic switching, press the stem of your air pod to quickly mute or unmute yourself when on a call
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Dictation
This feature can be used in conjunction with the keyboard, move easily between dictation and typing without having to stop dictating
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Share Screening
The new screen sharing app comes with a high-performance mode which uses an advanced media engine in Apple silicon to enable highly responsive remote access over a high-bandwidth connections.
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Check travel related emails at the top of your search results as your trip dates approach and add big emoji to your messages
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Photo
There are improvements to this because the people album is much better at recognising your favourite people and now includes the cats and dogs that are part of your family
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Home
Find out who and when a door was lock or unlock with the history activities features which also show recent activities for garage doors, contact sensor and your security system
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Music
If you invite friends to join your playlist, everyone will be able to add, reorder and remove sings. Emoji can be used to react to song choice in now playing. This feature is coming soon as promised by Apple
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Siri
Siri now works when you say “Siri” as well as “Hey Siri”
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In Conclusion
Mac Sonoma makes you more productive when you are working and offers you more fun when playing. Video calls will elevate your presence and access information in a unique way, Sonoma will help you to personalised your mac to your preferences.
