Your Mac laptop computer is getting an enormous refresh this fall, because of Catalina, the subsequent model of MacOS that Apple will ship this fall. With it, Apple replaces the iTunes app with three separate apps: Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV — sure, for Mac. The replace may also let Mac customers run iPad apps they’ll obtain by means of the Mac App Retailer, and use an iPad as a second display, a lot in the best way you would possibly use a monitor. MacOS Catalina additionally will get a number of safety enhancements — some seen, some beneath the hood.
Apple might have unveiled MacOS Catalina at its annual WWDC occasion for builders, however the implications contact almost each Mac proprietor around the globe.
MacOS Catalina can be coming to the MacPro, the $6,000 tower laptop for professional customers, which pairs with a $5,000 Professional Show XDR monitor and an non-compulsory $1,000 stand. (You may see what the Mac Professional and Professional Show appear like in your desk without cost.)
Apple’s yearly replace shakes issues up with a renewed give attention to companies, an vital a part of the best way that Apple retains its consumer base loyal. The Silicon Valley bigwig might pale compared to Microsoft customers globally, however Apple has all the time used its apps and companies ecosystem to create an aura of cult standing. The joy of Mac homeowners in utilizing Apple’s new instruments is essential to the corporate retaining its fame amongst app-makers and followers.
At its Worldwide Builders Convention on Monday, Apple unveiled the subsequent main revision to MacOS.
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iTunes might be no extra
The demise of iTunes is an enormous one, however Apple is not leaving you within the lurch when MacOS Catalina launches. Apple Music, Apple Podcasts and Apple TV will exchange almost all of iTunes’ features. Syncing your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch will not occur inside iTunes, however the instruments are nonetheless there within the Finder app.
Challenge Catalyst will carry cellular apps to Mac
Utilizing the brand new Challenge Catalyst improvement instrument, third-party iPad builders will be capable of carry their iPad apps to the Mac. Apple’s objective for builders is to assist them construct apps with out plenty of additional effort that may run on the brand new iPadOS and MacOS units. Mac customers will profit by having access to an expanded assortment of MacOS apps.
Eventually 12 months’s convention, Apple introduced it could carry a handful of its personal iOS apps to MacOS Mojave — the iOS Information, Shares, Voice Memos and House apps — after which give third-party iOS builders the instruments they’d have to carry their very own iOS apps to the Mac App Retailer in 2019. We’re nonetheless ready for the iOS aspect to reach.
Apple Sidecar will carry a second display to your Mac
In MacOS Catalina, Apple Sidecar will allow you to use an iPad as a second display and a drawing pill. The replace may also include a brand new accessibility instrument referred to as Voice Management that may let customers drive their Macs with their voice.
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When and the way to use MacOS Catalina
App-makers can begin utilizing the MacOS Catalina developer beta now. Public betas will are available July, with the ultimate model coming in fall.
To run Catalina, you will want a MacBook 2015 or later; MacBook Air, MacBook Professional, Mac Mini or iMac 2012 or later; iMac Professional 2017 or later; or Mac Professional 2013 or later.
See all the pieces Apple introduced at WWDC 2019.
Initially revealed June three, 11:48 a.m. PT.
Updates, three p.m.: Provides system necessities; June 5: Contains extra particulars; June eight: Provides particulars.
