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macOS Loftier Sierra is packed with new features and refinements. There's a new file system, AFS, for amend security, reliability and speed in file transfers. Better graphics and VR supported have besides been included along with backwards compatibility then y'all install the new OS in automobile even from belatedly 2009. Finally, applications like Safari, Spotlight, Notes, Apple tree Mail, and other take been polished up.

Accept a photo right to your Mac.

Now you can use your iPhone to shoot or scan a nearby object or document and take it automatically appear on your Mac. Just choose Insert a Photo from the File menu. You lot can take a photo of something on your desk and instantly run into information technology in your Pages document. Or scan a receipt, and a straightened version is immediately bachelor in the Finder as a PDF. Continuity Camera works in the Finder, Mail service, Letters, Notes, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. It'south another manner iPhone and Mac only click.

What'due south New:

The macOS High Sierra 10.thirteen.six Update adds AirPlay ii multiroom sound support for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac. This update is recommended for all users.

  • Added download links for Security Update 2019-001, which is recommended for all users and improves the security of macOS.
  • The macOS High Sierra ten.13.six Supplemental Update improves the stability and reliability of MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018) computers and is recommended for all users.
  • The macOS Loftier Sierra 10.13.half-dozen update adds AirPlay 2 multi-room sound support for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac.

AirPlay 2 for iTunes

  • Command your abode sound system and AirPlay ii-enabled speakers throughout your house
  • Play music at the same time on multiple AirPlay 2-enabled speakers in your house, all in sync

Other improvements and fixes

  • Fixes an event that may prevent Photos from recognizing AVCHD media from some cameras
  • Fixes an upshot that may prevent Mail service users from moving a message from Gmail to some other account

Previous release notes:

The macOS Loftier Sierra 10.13.five update improves the stability, performance, and security of your Mac and is recommended for all users.

This update adds support for Messages in iCloud, which lets yous store messages with their attachments in iCloud and costless upwards space on your Mac. To enable Messages in iCloud, get to Preferences in Messages, click Accounts, then select "Enable Messages in iCloud".

The macOS High Sierra ten.13.three update improves the security, stability, and reliability of your Mac.

This update:

  • Addresses an issue that could cause Messages conversations to temporarily be listed out of guild
  • Adds back up for 70 new emoji including food types, animals, mythical creatures, clothing options, more expressive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters and more than
  • Fixes a problems where Bluetooth may be unavailable during Apple Pay transactions
  • Improves the reliability of Microsoft Commutation message sync in Post
  • Fixes an issue where Spotlight may not accept keyboard input

Features:

Get things done by asking Siri, the intelligent assistant now on your Mac:

  • Relish your favorite features from iOS as well as new ones optimized for Mac.
  • Send messages, create reminders, search the web, and more while you work.
  • Elevate and driblet or copy and paste Siri results into your documents.
  • Pin Siri results in Notification Centre and reference them later.
  • Notice files, adjust settings, and get organisation information merely by asking Siri.

Copy and paste between your devices with Universal Clipboard.

  • Copy a quote, image, or video from an app on one device and paste it into an app on another device.

Automatically log in with Motorcar Unlock.

  • Log in to your Mac automatically when you habiliment your Apple Watch --- no demand to type your password.

Bask the convenience and security of Apple tree Pay when you shop on the web.

  • Employ Apple Pay to make piece of cake, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
  • Consummate your purchase with Touch ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Watch.

Access files on your Mac desktop from your iPhone with iCloud Desktop and Documents.

  • Automatically shop all the files on your desktop and in your Documents folder in iCloud, and admission them from all your devices.
  • Go along the aforementioned desktop and Documents folder on your other Mac.

Hands costless upwards space on your Mac with Optimized Storage.
  • Automatically store seldom-used files in iCloud, where they'll be bachelor on need.
  • Additional tools help you remove files you don't need, to relieve even more space.

Get control of your desktop with tabs in apps.

  • Utilize tabs to manage multiple windows in Maps, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and more.
  • Work with tabs in your favorite third-party apps --- no developer adoption required.

Keep an middle on the big game or your favorite video with Moving-picture show in Picture show.

  • Float a video window from Safari or iTunes over your desktop as yous work.
  • Place the Picture in Pic window in whatsoever corner, and it stays put when you lot switch spaces or piece of work in full screen.

Rediscover the most meaningful moments in your Photos library.

  • Enjoy favorite and forgotten occasions from your photo library with Memories.
  • View your images by who's in them. Photos uses advanced face recognition technology to automatically group photos of the same person together.
  • Search your photos by what'south in them, such as beaches, dogs, or concerts, thanks to intelligent search that can recognize objects and scenes.
  • Track your photo expeditions beyond an interactive world map.

Enjoy an all-new Apple tree Music experience in iTunes.

  • Hands navigate your library with the redesigned Apple tree Music.
  • Discover great new music thanks to good curation and advanced machine learning that requite you the best recommendations.

Liven up your Messages conversations.

  • See web content previews and watch web videos right in a conversation.
  • Respond to letters with quick, handy Tapbacks.
  • Express yourself with 3x larger emoji.
  • View the stickers, Digital Touch on, invisible ink, and handwritten messages that friends ship from their iOS devices.

Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. Some features have hardware requirements. Some features require an iCloud storage programme.

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