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- macOS High Sierra is a mature, powerful, and easy-to-use operating system. Its biggest improvement this year is under the hood, with a new file system, but it gets plenty of visible improvements too, including major updates to the Photos app.
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Sep 26, 2017 · High Sierra, Apple's newest version of the macOS desktop operating system does exactly what an operating system upgrade should do: It makes your system faster, safer, and more reliable, while ...
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- Macos High Sierra: Apple File System
- Macos High Sierra: Virtual Reality and Metal 2
- Macos High Sierra: HEVC and Heif
- Macos High Sierra: Safari 11
- Macos High Sierra: Photos
- Macos High Sierra: Siri
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APFS (Apple File System) is the key under-the-hood feature of macOS High Sierra. Computers needs a file system in order to manage your data, and until now, that file system was HFS+ (Hierarchical File System). APFS was created because HFS+ was outdated—it was created in 1985. Storage devices are much bigger now, and we create more files than ever (...
Virtual reality has made a lot of noise in the PC market, but you haven’t heard much about it for the Mac. Apple hopes that changes with High Sierra, which now has support for VR headsets like the HTC Vive. Apple also has VR partnerships with Valve, Unity, and Epic, and plans for 360-degree video in Final Cut Pro X and Motion. High Sierra also incl...
Apple has two new file formats that actually debuted in iOS 11: High Efficiency Video Encoding (HEVC) is a new format for video, and High Efficiency Image File Format (HEIF) is a new format for photos. HEVC, also called H.265, offers smaller file sizes than the previous standard video format, H.264. Smaller file sizes are important, since we’re now...
Finally, something in High Sierra you can really get your hands on: new Safari features. There are several new features in Safari 11, but there are a couple that stand out. The first is control over media auto play. You know those annoying auto-play videos that appear when you visit a website (like Macworld.com)? Safari 11 now gives you the option ...
Macworld’s Mac 911 column fields support questions from you, the reader. About 20 percent of the questions we get are about Apple’s Photos app—sometimes it’s a lot more when a new version is released. So I think it’s fair to say that Photos is popular, but people wish it were easier to use. Photos is the one app in High Sierra that gets the most ch...
Siri made its debut in macOS Sierra. I don’t find myself using Siri nearly as much as I do on my iPhone; that’s just the nature of how mobile devices are used versus laptops and desktop computers. In High Sierra, Apple has improved Siri by making it sound less robotic and more like natural human-speak. It’s a very noticeable change to me, and I gue...
The Top Hits feature in Mail displays how much you’ve read an email, past searches, and a message’s relevance to VIP or Favorite contacts to make it easier to find what you need.Spotlight search now can provide flight status.The iCloud setting in System Preferences has been redesigned so you can manage your Family Sharing.MacBook Pro users will find TouchBar improvements.macOS High Sierra may not be chock full of juicy new features you can’t wait to use, but that’s OK. What’s more important here is that Apple is setting up the Mac for the future, with APFS, Metal 2 and virtual reality, HEVC and HEIF, and more. If you want to put off upgrading until the first or second major update, that would probably be fine, thou...
Sep 27, 2017 · Pros. Safari improves web browsing. Spotlight search can do more. Photos gets new editing tools. Preps the Mac for future external GPU and VR upgrades. Cons. Few visible changes. APFS doesn't...
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Sep 25, 2017 · macOS 10.13 High Sierra is an important, albeit subtle, update to Apple's desktop operating system.
Jan 15, 2018 · macOS High Sierra review. The changes in macOS High Sierra are mostly under-the-hood tweaks which you might not see but you will benefit from. In conjunction with enhancements in Photos and...
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Sep 25, 2017 · macOS 10.13 High Sierra: The Ars Technica review A focus on foundation makes for an important but nigh-invisible update. Andrew Cunningham - Sep 25, 2017 5:00 pm UTC
Mar 12, 2018 · Should you upgrade to High Sierra? We compare the interface and features of macOS High Sierra and Sierra to help you decide.
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