Design
This area of your Mac's Home Screen is where you'll host your most used apps and system services like your System Preferences or Trash Can. It has an all new sleek design and new uniform shape for app icons for more consistency.
Dock
For the first time ever we will have a new category in App Store that makes discovering these new Safari add-ons a breeze.
Safari Extensions
Messages Effects
Discover new places to eat, shop and explore with this feature that's curated from the brands you love. You can even create your own of your favorite places to share with friends and family.
Guides
For cities in China that limit driving through dense urban areas, you can see if you have access based on your vehicle’s eligibility. Enter your license plate number to find out whether you can go through the city or need to reroute.
License Plate Restrictions (License plate information is stored securely in Maps and never leaves your device.)
You've been using this feature on your iOS devices since iOS 7 but it's new to Mac. Use this feature to control your Wi-Fi, Do Not Disturb, Display Brightness, Audio, Airplay and so much more.
Control Center for Mac
This feature will monitor data breaches and alert you if any of your keychain passwords have been compromised.
Safari Password Monitoring
Go ahead, express yourselves! This favorite feature in iOS comes to your Mac and lets your customize your look and share it directly in messages with stickers.
Memoji
This feature lets you plan your perfect road trip now with charging stops included.
Electric Vehicle Routing
This feature allows your AirPods to hop from one device to another seamlessly as your switch between your favorite Apple products.
Automatic Device Switching
This completely redesigned feature is where you'll go to check all your information at a glance. From Calendar events, to Stock updates, Screen Time, Podcasts, Message alerts and so much more.
Notification Center
This feature gives you a weekly briefing in Safari on how your browsing experience is being protected across all the websites you visit.
Safari Privacy Report
Every group is different and this feature lets you customize your group image with a photos, Memoji's or emoji's.
Group Photos
Planning a bike trip? This feature updates you on elevation changes and live street traffic. Giving you all the tools to have the perfect ride.
Cycling Routes
This feature now allows FaceTime to detect when a participant is using sign language and makes the person prominent in a Group FaceTime call.
Sign Language Prominence
This native App has been rebuilt from the ground up to make your web browsing experience the best on a Mac. With improvements to performance and battery life you'll get the best experience ever with the most updates to protect your privacy ever.
Safari
How many more hours of streaming time does Safari give you now compared to Chrome and Firefox?
3 hours
Type a name to direct message to someone using this feature. Also, when your name is mentioned, you're highlighted. You can even customize an active group to only receive notifications when you're mentioned.
Mentions
Explore your favorite cities in smooth, immersive 3D on your Mac using this feature. It's the next best thing to being there.
Look Around
A new visual status at the top of the Home app gives you a summary of accessories that require your attention, have important status changes to share, or can be quickly controlled.
Home Status
New to Safari, this feature lets you add a bit of flare to your experience every time you open Safari.
Customizable start page
This new feature in Messages allows you to keep your favorites at the top of your conversation list.
Pinned Conversations
Using this feature will allow you to reply directly to specific messages in any conversation. Messages automatically starts a new thread under the original reply, so if someone asks a question in a group conversation, it's easy to keep track of all the replies.
Inline Replies
Browse detailed interior layouts of major airports and shopping centers before you even leave home using this new feature on Mac OS
Indoor Maps
In addition to person, animal, and vehicle detection, using this feature, security cameras can now identify people you’ve tagged in the Photos app for richer activity notifications. Easily tag people, and choose to be notified based on the person.
Face Recognition