Apple on Monday announced its forthcoming macOS 13 Ventura operating system, the successor to macOS 12 Monterey, which will offer the following extensive list of features and is expected later this year with support for more recent Macs from 2017 and later:
Weather: A dedicated weather app will moves over to macOS alongside iPadOS 16.
System Preferences: This will see a redesign, making it easier to find the settings that you’re looking for.
Stage Manager: This is an evolution of the Continuity feature that offers improved multitasking and lets you sort apps into groups, which can be accessed on the left of the desktop. Here, files can be dragged and dropped while the app will appear in the center.
Photos: This will see certain improvements, and you’ll be able to use Apple Music in Photo Memories, thereby allowing you to add a track into one of these memories instead.
Siri: Siri will be able to set alarms for the Clocks app, or allow you to set one yourself. There’s also new widgets for both that you can add to the sidebar in macOS.
FaceTime: This will include new features such as Door Detection and live captions in FaceTime calls.
Buddy Controller: This will allow a user to use multiple controllers as one, making it easier to access the buttons for certain games.
Voice Control: This will see improvements in being able to teach it new words by spelling them out loud. The words will then be stored in the dictionary for future use.
Apple Mail: Email reminders can be set up for varying periods of time. Scheduled Send has also arrived, along with follow-up replies. Also, the Search function will see significant improvements, with instant results from one letter being inputted.
Safari: This will see improved tab management, with Shared Tab Groups for family and friends, who can then add or remove tabs as required.
Passkeys: This feature will be available for individual websites and apps, allowing you to sign in to your password manager using your iPhone on a device that’s not yours. Other new features include page zooming and automatic Reader view settings that also show on your iPhone for that specific web page if you choose to.
Freeform: This is a new app that was teased by Apple as launching later this year, where you can brainstorm ideas with other invited users on a blank canvas, which will work across a Mac, an iPad and an iPhone. Users can also insert images, PDF files, and videos, then preview what they’ll send.
Metal: This will enter a third version, complete with a new feature called “MetalFX Upscaling” and offer support for more games such as No Man’s Sky, Resident Evil Village, and others that will come to the Mac in late 2022.
Camera: Users will be able to use their iPhone as a camera for their Mac under macOS 13 Ventura. Using an accessory, you can place your iPhone on the top of your Mac, and it will automatically detect the new camera, allowing you to use it with FaceTime.
Apple has confirmed that macOS 13 Ventura will arrive in late 2022, with a developer beta available to download from June 6, alongside a public beta arriving in July.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
Via TechRadar
