The new and improvedmacOS 10.14 Mojaveis roll out to compatible Macs everywhere today . Here ’s all the cool new stuff you’re able to get busy with once you ’ve installedthe upgradeon your laptop or desktop .
1) Clean up your desktop
Stacks is a young desktop lineament that groups files on the desktop by eccentric or date , clean up the clutter in an instant . With the desktop in stress , pick out View and then Use Stacks from the Finder menu — if you then go to choose View and Group Stacks By you’re able to adjudicate how they ’re organized . get across on any Stack on your desktop to reveal the files contained therein .
2) Turn on Dark Mode
Dark modes are certainly fashionable at the present moment , and now macOS has one to call its own with the arrival of Mojave . you could tack it on by clicking General and then Dark in System Preferences — you’ll notice there are some extra accent colors to toy around with too , so you could customize the look of the operating system just that little piece more than you could before .
3) Apply a dynamic desktop wallpaper
Speaking of the desktop , Mojave patronise dynamical wallpapers . They ’re “ dynamic ” in the mother wit that they shift as the day break down on . From the Desktop & Screen Saver screen in System Preferences , launch the background tab and choose one of the options under Dynamic desktop , nominate sure that Dynamic is plunk from the fall - down menu above as well .
4) Avoid duplicating passwords
Just likeiOS 12 , macOS Mojave can warn you if you ’re using the same password across multiple sites and services . To audit yourself on this aspect of your digital security , capable Safari and then pick Preferences from the Safari menu — go to the Passwords tab and you ’ll see yellowish exclamation marks next to all the saved entries that have duplicate parole .
5) Trim down audio and video easily
Quick Look has some new tricks in Mojave , including the ability to reduce down video and sound . With a compatible file select in Finder , hit Space , and in the Quick Look window that appear you ’ll see a Trim release up at the top — press this and then conform the handles at each end of the timeline to make your cuts . Click Done to corroborate the edits .
6) Make quick edits to screenshots
7) Insert photos from your iPhone
If you ’re using a Mac program that support the Continuity feature , like Thomas Nelson Page , you could drop in images straight from your iPhone ’s photographic camera ( if your Mac and iPhone are using the same Apple ID and on the same wireless fidelity meshing ) . enter the Insert carte , then pluck Import from iPhone , and then Take Photo . Switch to your iPhone , snap the picture , and it transfer across .
8) Explore the redesigned Mac App Store
The Mac App Store is n’t new , of course , but it has a new look . It should now be comfortable to get apps you ’re concerned in , with high spot pick by Apple staff , theme compendium of apps , and honest use of image and video . Updates for the actual operating organisation itself , meanwhile , have been impress over to the About This Mac duologue ( on the Apple menu ) .
9) Take more control over app permissions
App permissions already be in macOS , but Mojave bestow two crucial new single — accession to the microphone and the camera . you could expect a fusillade of permit requests when you initially fire up apps after installing Mojave , and you could manage these and all the other permissions from the Privacy tab via Security & Privacy in the System Preferences dialog .
10) Ask Siri for your passwords
Siri on macOS can respond to parole asking with Mojave — just take something like “ what ’s my Netflix password ? ” to get a response . gratefully , the digital assistant does n’t blurt out your password for you and the quietus of the room to see , but instead brings up the right entry in the Passwords tab of the Preferences dialog inside Safari , if it finds a compeer .
11) Run a few iOS apps
Some of the apps you might jazz from iOS have made their way to macOS with Mojave , in what is a trial run for more mobile - to - desktop crossover in the future tense . open up Launchpad and you ’ll discover News , Stocks , and Voice Memos have made the jump , so you may catch up on the headlines , keep an centre on the markets , or take down some audio recording .
12) Control your smart home
Another app to arrive fresh from iOS is Home , and that mean you could control your HomeKit - enabled devices from your Mac . The app work much as it does on your iPhone or iPad — with separate screens for Home , Rooms , and mechanisation — and you should see all your machine and scenes already listed . Ctrl+tap any accoutrement for more options .
13) Browse files in a Gallery View
The novel Gallery View ushered in with macOS Mojave gives you a ripe look at your files , whether they ’re photograph or PDFs . You ’ll see the newfangled push on the Finder toolbar , where the old Cover Flow alternative used to be ( on the right of the dissimilar view icon ) . Once it ’s enable , you could browse through file cabinet thumbnails using the mouse or the pointer key .
14) Make group calls on FaceTime… almost
As with iOS , group video vocation is coming to FaceTime on macOS Mojave , though Apple has had to force the launching back while it fine - melody whatever it is that needs fine - tuning . When the functionality does come out ( “ come afterwards this gloaming , ” Apple forebode ) , you ’ll be able to chew the fat with up to 32 dissimilar citizenry on the same call , using either audio or television confab .
you may grab a copy of macOS 10.14 Mojave usingthis link , or by opening the Mac App Store and search for “ Mojave . ”
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