Apple has announed an
update and new name to its Mac operating system at its massive WWDC 2016 event
in San Francisco on 13 June. Read on for our full round up of what's new in
macOS Sierra, as well as the macOS Sierra release date news, compatible Macs and
the beta and preview schedule. Watch the video above for our first impressions
of macOS Sierra's new features.
OS X is no more: Apple
announced at WWDC 2016 that the operating system for the Mac is now known as
macOS to keep it in line with its other OS names (tvOS, iOS, watchOS 3). This
year's update will be called macOS Sierra, and it's rolling out officially this
autumn. For now, though, you can find out all about what's coming to a Mac near
you with macOS Sierra, and when to expect to be able to get your hands on it
(it might be sooner than you think thanks to the public preview).
MACOS Sierra UK release date: When is macOS Sierra coming out?
macOS Sierra will be
available in the Autumn for the general public, so around September, but the
public beta will be available from this summer, in July.
In fact, the developer
preview is available right now. This follows Apple's usual pattern of
introducing macOS updates; WWDC is the introduction to developers (who get
instant access) but then consumers must wait until the official release - this
will be in the autumn, around September and most likely will coincide with the
launch of iOS 10 and new iPhones, although Apple has been known to launch its
Mac operating systems a bit later in October too.
There is the option of
joining the public beta programme to get early access to macOS Sierra, which is
likely to begin in July. If you join the public beta programme you'll be able
to download and install a pre-release build of the software and try it out for
yourself, but be warned that it's likely to be buggy and may cause problems
with existing software. It would be wise to install the macOS Sierra beta on a
secondary Mac rather than the machine you need for work.
We've taken a look at
how to install macOS Sierra, so you can head over to our write up right now.
macOS Sierra price UK: How much will macOS Sierra cost?
macOS Sierra will be a
free update to Mac users using compatible devices, following the pattern that
Apple has stuck too since OS X Mavericks in 2013. For a full run down of the
expected system requirements for macOS Sierra, read: which Macs can run macOS
Sierra?
macOS Sierra new features: What's new in macOS Sierra?
Auto Unlock with Apple Watch
Apple is putting several
new features into the OS. The first announced on the night was Auto Unlock
which allows you to unlock your Mac using your Apple Watch. No more typing
in lengthy passwords after the screen goes off! A small addition, but no doubt
will prove useful to those who have invested in the Watch.
Universal Clipboard
Universal Clipboard was
slightly overlooked, but it is a new, great way to sync your copy and paste
data between devices. This could be best put into practice with an iPad Pro and
a Mac: drawing direct onto the iPad before intelligently copying and pasting
onto Mac documents. This is a great way of syncing information between devices
and will stop the brain-hurt of emailing yourself pictures or even sticking
stuff in the cloud to download to another device.
iCloud Drive and Optimised Storge
iCloud Drive is also
receiving a much needed update. For those of us familiar with sprinkling our
Mac desktops with files that we need, rejoice - those files are mirrored on
your other Macs (if you're rich) and on your iPhone.
Optimised storage for
iCloud will automatically back up older files, particularly those that you'll
never use again like cache files. It'll make your storage go a lot further
before you have to forl out for more, which is great news and nice to see Apple
thinking about the smaller nuances of its services.
Apple Pay
A further excellent
feature coming to macOS Sierra is Apple Pay for Mac. Apple Pay icons will now
appear on the buy pages of certain merchants - all you need do is verify your
purchases with Touch ID on your iPhone or using your Apple Watch. This will be
initially supported in nine countries.
Ahead of Apple's keynote,
rumours had suggested that at some point Apple will add a Touch ID fingerprint
scanner to its Mac range. This more conservative way of introducing Apple Pay
to the Mac still provides many of the benefits, and it's still possible that
Touch ID will eventually come to the Mac, too. However, the introduction of Auto Unlock mentioned above seems to be the solution to
unlocking the Mac securely without the need for Touch ID.
Tabs
Tabs have also been
lovingly reimagined - no longer restricted to Safari, those apps that allow for
tabs now (with no developer work needed) will allow you to multi-tab.
Picture-in-Picture
Picture-in-Picture mode
allows you to thumbnail view photos and, more impressively, videos from certain
apps while doing other things. So long, productivity! Although, for those who
work in video editing, features like this will be another Godsend.
Siri for Mac
After all the little
bits and pieces, Apple showed us what we were hoping for - Siri on a Mac. A
particuarly useful and impressive feature that was demoed live on stage was
searching through documents using Siri. The voice assistant will also let you
be far more flexible with macOS Sierra - you'll be able to image search online
with Siri, and have the ability to drag and drop those images directly into a
plethora of apps.
Siri is already on
iPhone, iPad and even the Apple TV, so it was only a matter of time before Siri
came to Mac too. After all, Microsoft already has Cortana in Windows (and has
done since Windows 8.1) and Chrome has Google Now.
Collected from : http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/mac-software/
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