10+ innovations macOS Mojave, for which should be updated

dark decoration

The introduction of a dark visual style that the company began with the menu bar and dock finally completed. macOS From now fully supports the dark interface that is sure to appeal to all, who often work in the evenings and at night.

Thanks to perfectly matched shades and font smoothing looks dark style is very cool. The theme is quite mild, without beating on the eyes black and white contrast. Apple has updated the interface of standard applications, and popular third-party developers have already followed suit. So darken the user experience can now only non-adapted applications and websites.

Dynamic Desktop

In addition to dark design in macOS Mojave now has a dynamic desktop. Using geolocation, the system changes the lighting of wallpaper on which day gives way to night and vice versa. During the day, the picture gradually darkens and lightens according to the time of day. It looks amazing!

stacks

Stacks desktop - another remarkable innovation. The new feature is designed to improve the organization of documents and files, making the work more comfortable with them. For its inclusion is necessary to bring up the context menu and select "Collect in the stack."

The system then sorts the entire content and expanding into neat stacks, which are developed on a clique. View their contents, without disclosing the stack, it is possible, using the scroll gesture. By default, files are grouped by type, but is also available date and tags.

Record screen and screenshots

In macOS Mojave Apple has done better and without a functional tool for working with screenshots. Now the program "Screenshot" caused by a combination of keys Shift + Command + 5 and allows you to not only screenshots, but also record video.

The tool is controlled via a small panel with icons where one can select the mode. Default is a screenshot of the area. In addition, it is possible to survey the whole screen or a particular window. For screencasts available two options: Full Screen, and the selected area. Immediately, you can choose where to save a picture or video, and specify options such as the timer and display the cursor.

Mode "Gallery" in the Finder

The Finder has an additional viewing mode with a large preview and ribbon of thumbnails at the bottom of the window. "Gallery" mode is focused on a photo, video and other visual content. In the sidebar on the right is now in addition to basic information about the file is displayed full metadata of the image that are opened by clicking on "Show more."

Quick action Finder

Part of the tools "VIEW" is now available in the Finder. Now you can rotate the image, use the annotation, and create a PDF, crop and rotate videos. Actions configured through the standard menu extensions, so we can assume that the function will support tools from third-party applications.

Improved quick view

Such opportunities are now there in a quick viewing of files that opens when you press the space bar in the Finder. Toolbar is invoked by clicking on the button layout and enables editing the "View" feature and QuickTime without launching the application.

new applications

Every year macOS all tightly integrated with iOS due to new features and applications. This year, Apple's desktop OS has appeared four new applications that are familiar to us by iOS. Apple News news aggregator available so far only in the US and will appear if the region change. But the "Shares", "Recorder" and "House" took his place on the Launchpad immediately after installing the update.

Continuity for the camera

Continuity Technology now supports the operation of the camera. This allows you to run the iPhone camera directly from the Mac, and then take a photo, which immediately appears on your computer. By the way, this thing works not only for pictures but also for scanning documents.

The redesign of Mac App Store

Following the App Store on iOS, which radically changed a year ago, an app store in macOS also received a new, minimalistic interface. Navigation is carried out via a side menu, divided into sections of "Creativity", "Work", "Games" and "Development". Here are the main screen the "Overview", "Updates" and click "Categories", where the applications are displayed with the classic sort.

What else

Of course, it's not all innovations macOS Mojave. In addition to global and important functions, under her hood, there are many smaller, but no less pleasant changes. Here are some of them.

• Updated lock screen. On the login screen faded blur background, avatar and text become larger, and the interface generally looks tidier.
• The last program in the dock. As in iOS, dock macOS now contains an additional section on the right side, displaying the last three applications.
• Software Update. Apple partition system updates and applications, removing them from the Mac App Store, and adding a separate paragraph settings.
• Advanced privacy settings. Like iOS, MacOS applications now have to get your permission before using your camera or microphone.
• Group calls FaceTime. Now the conference can participate up to 32 people simultaneously.
• Favicon in Safari. After years of Apple decided to add the same display function favicon sites on Safari tabs.
• new wallpapers. Standard selection of wallpapers supplemented by several additional photos on the theme of deserts.