![]() ![]() ![]() The update process tends to be a little smoother if you delay and avoid the rush.You should always backup your device before you upgrade, and when you do upgrade you should have time on hand to address any problems that occur.Even after extensive beta testing, things do go wrong, so it is worth waiting until the first point upgrade to an OS.Some essential third-party apps may not yet have Catalina support.To find your Mac’s model and year, click the Apple logo in the top-left corner, and then select “ About My Mac. iMac: 21.5- and 27-inch late 2012 or later.MacBook Pro: 13- and 15-inch mid-2012 or later.MacBook: Retina and 12-inch early 2015 or later.MacBook Air: 11- and 13-inch mid-2012 or later.According to Apple, the following models are compatible: If your Mac runs macOS Mojave, it should be able to run Catalina. This new layout makes it easier to access account-related settings, subscriptions, and purchases, and manage all of your devices from a single interface. System Preferences finally got a face-lift! When you launch it in macOS Catalina, you see your name at the top, just as you do on iOS. And the “Hover Text” option displays highlighted text in high-resolution when you tap the Command key. This means you can select, zoom, or drag files via voice commands.Īnother enhancement called, “Zoom Display,” allows you to keep a secondary display zoomed in at all times. Speech recognition and dictation were improved, as were accessibility features, like numbered labels and grid-based selection. It allows you to navigate your Mac with your voice. Voice Control for Mac and New Accessibility OptionsĪpple’s speak-aloud accessibility feature, Voice Control, finally comes to Mac. Now, you can find all your friends and devices on the same map, and manage your location-sharing permissions, too. The new Find My app brings together all the features of Find My Friends and Find My iPhone under one umbrella. You can also create a movie from a sequentially-numbered folder of images in H.264, HEVC, or ProRes formats. It also now features a movie inspector pane that shows you more technical information about the current file. QuickTime Player: A brand-new picture-in-picture mode is just one of the upgrades for this app.There’s also a new start page, complete with Siri Suggestions for context-relevant shortcuts to bookmarks, iCloud tabs, and links from Reading List and Messages. Safari: The browser received its usual yearly updates to improve rendering performance and web standards.Plus, there are bulleted lists and easy drag-and-drop reorganization options. You can now share entire folders of notes and collaborate with others on iCloud. Notes: A new gallery view makes it easier to browse content, and the search is more powerful.You can now add attachments, tag people, and browse your reminders via Smart Lists, with labels like, “Today” and “Flagged.” Reminders: This app was rebuilt from the ground up and mirrors iOS 13.And it’s now smarter at identifying “moments,” like trips abroad and celebrations. It’s also easier to browse your library by day, month, or year. Photos: It gets a new look that matches iOS 13.This is also where you stream content from Apple’s new TV+ subscription service when it finally launches this fall.Īs is customary in each macOS release, a handful of first-party apps are getting the following improvements: Here, you find all the TV and Movies you’ve purchased from iTunes, plus the iTunes Store to download even more. The TV app is the new home of all things video. The Music app is where you go to stream Apple Music, manage your library, and purchase tracks from the iTunes Store. There are three new apps to handle media: Music, TV, and Podcasts. Mac users have been begging Apple to break up iTunes for years, and in macOS Catalina, this finally becomes a reality. RELATED: How to Check Your Mac for 32-Bit Applications That Will Stop Working After High Sierra Music, TV, and Podcasts Get Separate Apps If an app you need occasionally displays this message when you launch it, don’t upgrade to Catalina until there’s a newer version of that app, or you find a replacement for it. Most apps should be updated by now, but if you have an older Mac app that shows you the “ is not optimized for your Mac and needs to be updated” message when you launch it, that app won’t work at all in Catalina. Apple has warned for years that 32-bit app support is going away, and this will happen when macOS Catalina arrives. ![]()
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