The Mac experience gets better than ever with iPhone Mirroring, major upgrades to Safari, highly anticipated games, and Apple Intelligence to bring all-new capabilities
macOS Sequoia enhances Continuity capabilities with iPhone Mirroring, introduces additional productivity and video conferencing tools, and provides a more immersive gaming experience with an impressive roster of titles.
Alongside these new features, macOS Sequoia also introduces Apple Intelligence, a personal intelligence system for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that leverages personal context and generative models to produce extraordinarily relevant and helpful intelligence. Apple Intelligence is deeply ingrained in macOS Sequoia, iOS 18, and iPadOS 18, and was created with privacy in mind from the very beginning. It simplifies and expedites daily chores by comprehending and producing language and visuals, acting across apps, and drawing upon personal context. All Macs with M-series chips will enable Apple Intelligence, utilizing the full potential of Apple silicon and the Neural Engine.
"The Mac is more competent than ever because to the all-star combination of Apple silicon power and macOS' famed simplicity of use. "We're excited to take macOS to new heights with macOS Sequoia, a major release that improves productivity and intelligence," said Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. "macOS Sequoia introduces Apple Intelligence, enabling remarkable new features that will revolutionize the way you operate on your Mac. And with more methods to help users get things done, new Continuity features like iPhone Mirroring, substantial Safari enhancements, and a slew of new games, we think Mac users will adore it."
- Easily access your iPhone from your Mac with iPhone Mirroring
macOS Sequoia enhances Continuity with iPhone Mirroring, which enables users to completely access and interact with their iPhone from their Mac. A user's own background and icons show exactly as on their iPhone, and they may swipe between pages on their Home Screen or start and explore any of their favorite apps. On the Mac, the keyboard, trackpad, and mouse allow users to interact with their iPhone, and audio is also supported.
Users can smoothly drag and drop between iPhone and Mac, and a user's iPhone remains locked, ensuring that no one else may access or see what the user is doing. It also works well with StandBy, which remains displayed so users may access information at a glance. Users can also review and respond to iPhone notifications straight on their Mac.
iPhone Notifications for Mac allows users to review and reply to iPhone notifications straight from their Mac.
- Safari Gets Big Updates
Safari, the world's fastest browser,2 now includes Highlights, an even easier way to get information on the internet, such as directions, summaries, or quick links to learn more about people, music, movies, and TV series. A new Reader features even more methods to read articles without distractions, such as a streamlined view of the article, a synopsis, and a table of contents for lengthy pieces.
When Safari finds a video on a page, Viewer assists users in bringing it to the forefront while maintaining full access to system playback options, including Picture in Picture.
Highlights in Safari make it even easier to find information on the web by immediately bringing up important information about a site.
- Gaming Gets Better with Highly Anticipated Titles and Additional Features
A fantastic collection of titles, including the eagerly awaited Assassin's Creed Shadows, the latest installment in Ubisoft's popular franchise, will be available for Mac along with new features like Personalized Spatial Audio that enhance the immersive experience of gaming.
- Highly anticipated titles: Mac users are getting an incredible array of new games from developers. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and Assassin's Creed Shadows will be available from Ubisoft, while Capcom will provide even more thrilling games from the well-liked RESIDENT EVIL series, such as RESIDENT EVIL 7 biohazard and RESIDENT EVIL 2. Later this year, World of Warcraft: The War Within will get its next significant expansion. Frostpunk 2, Palworld, Sniper Elite 4, and RoboCop: Rogue City are also in development. These games utilize robust software technologies, like as MetalFX Upscaling, to boost performance and produce stunning images on the Mac range. Additionally, Control Ultimate Edition and Wuthering Waves—which use the newest M3 family of CPUs to provide stunning images with ray tracing—will be available soon.
- A more immersive gaming experience: Personalized Spatial Audio immerses gamers in the action like never before, while dramatically reduced audio latency with AirPods Pro (2nd generation) improves responsiveness even further. Game Mode improvements provide better frame rates, while new power management features improve overall performance across the Mac series.
- Game Porting Toolkit 2: Since the release of the Game Porting Toolkit, developers have been able to get their games to Apple devices faster than ever before, and gamers can now enjoy more titles on the Mac. Game Porting Toolkit 2 takes this to the next level, adding some of the most requested features from game developers, making it even easier to deliver advanced games to Mac, iPhone, and iPad.
- Window Tiling is now easier and faster than ever
Users can keep organized by arranging windows in a pattern that best suits their needs. When a user pulls a window to the edge of the screen, macOS Sequoia immediately proposes a tiled position on the desktop. Users may easily release their window, arrange tiles side by side, or place them in corners to keep more programs visible. New keyboard and menu shortcuts also help users organize tiles more quickly.
- Video conferencing receives more updates
The new presenter preview makes it easier to present by allowing users to see what they're about to share before doing so, and it works with apps such as FaceTime and Zoom. Users can also use the stunning built-in backgrounds, which include a choice of color gradients and system wallpapers, or upload their own photographs. Background replacements can be applied during a video conversation in FaceTime or third-party apps such as Webex, and with Apple's industry-leading segmentation, people will appear their best when on the phone.
- The new Passwords App keeps credentials secure and organized
Built on the foundation of Keychain, which was first launched more than 25 years ago, macOS Sequoia includes Passwords, a new tool that makes it even easier to access passwords, passkeys, Wi-Fi passwords, and other credentials in one location. iCloud syncing is protected by end-to-end encryption. Passwords works well with Safari and syncs easily across a user's Apple devices and Windows using the iCloud for Windows application.
Organizing credentials in one location and getting access to passwords is made even simpler with the new Passwords app.
- Apple Intelligence Unveils the Next Chapter of AI on Mac
Apple Intelligence, which is deeply interwoven into macOS Sequoia and was created with privacy in mind, opens up new methods for users to improve their writing and communicate more efficiently. With macOS Sequoia's brand-new systemwide Writing Tools, users may rewrite, proofread, and summarize content almost anywhere they write, including Mail, Notes, Pages, and third-party applications.
Summaries allows users to pick material and have it recapped as a digestible paragraph, bulleted key points, table, or list.
New image capabilities make conversation and self-expression even more enjoyable. Image Playground allows users to create playful graphics in seconds by selecting from three styles: animation, illustration, or sketch. Image Playground is simple to use; it is integrated into apps such as Messages and is also accessible as a standalone app.
Image Playground allows users to select from a variety of concepts, type a description to describe an image, incorporate someone from their personal photo bank, and select their preferred style.
Memories in Photos allows people to create the stories they wish to see by simply adding a description. Apple Intelligence will choose the best photographs and videos based on the description, write a screenplay with chapters based on themes detected in the photos, and organize them into a movie with a clear narrative arc. In addition, a new Clean Up tool can detect and eliminate distracting elements from a photo's background without mistakenly changing the subject.
Siri on Mac is more intuitive and useful than ever. Users can type to Siri and switch between text and voice to connect with her in the method that feels most natural for the moment.
Siri advances significantly thanks to Apple Intelligence, becoming more natural, contextually relevant, and personalized. Users may also type to Siri and move between text and speech to connect with Siri in whatever method feels most natural at the time, making the Siri experience on Mac extremely simple and smooth.
Apple's Private Cloud Compute sets a new standard for AI privacy by allowing users to flex and scale computing power between on-device processing and bigger, server-based models that operate on dedicated Apple silicon servers. When requests are sent to Private Cloud Compute, data is not retained or made available to Apple, and it is only used to fulfil the user's requirements; independent experts may verify this privacy guarantee.
Additionally, ChatGPT is incorporated into Siri and system wide Writing Tools across Apple's platforms, allowing users to utilize its knowledge — as well as its image and document interpretation skills — without having to switch between tools.
Additional features of macOS Sequoia include:
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Messages has received significant upgrades to the manner in which users express themselves and stay connected, including all-new text effects, emoji and sticker Tapbacks, and the ability to plan a message to send later.
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Apple Maps is bringing new ways to explore the world, such as curated hikes and personalized walking routes. Beginning this autumn, users will be able to browse thousands of treks throughout all 63 national parks in the United States, filtering them by length, elevation, and route type, and store them for offline usage.
- Photos now displays Collections, which automatically organizes a user's collection by useful themes, and a significant upgrade to search, allowing users to find results quickly.
- Note taking in Notes is becoming more intelligent, making it easier than ever to take detailed and well-written notes. Apple Intelligence's new audio transcription and summarization features enable a device to take notes for the user, allowing them to be present in a circumstance when they need to capture facts about what's going on. And if they need to rapidly calculate a number, they can just write in an equation and it will be calculated immediately in their note body.
In the Notes app, a new audio transcription feature powered by Apple Intelligence allows users to take notes while remaining present in the moment.
- An upgraded Calculator app displays past calculations with history and allows users to view their expressions as they enter.
- Calendar displays events and activities from Reminders, making it simple to view, amend, and complete tasks throughout the day. A new Month View allows you to see events and reminders for the full month at a glance.