For instance, the new Auto Unlock feature eliminates the need to enter your login password if you’re wearing an associated Apple Watch.

Tying the Apple Ecosystem Together - Most striking among the changes in macOS Sierra are those that integrate the Mac more deeply into Apple’s hardware ecosystem. With Sierra, Apple is once again alluding to a rock formation, although a much bigger one than Yosemite’s El Capitan - the Sierra Nevada mountain range in this case. So we’ll be writing about macOS 10.12 Sierra for the next 18 months. And while the “X” in OS X both moved on from Mac OS 9 and referenced the new Unix underpinnings, all of Apple’s operating systems are now based on Unix, and that’s not the selling point it was when Macs were much less stable.Īpple is continuing both the same version numbering and its recent practice of naming versions of the operating system after inspiring locations in California. It’s a good move - as a name, “OS X” had no connection with the Mac, ever since Apple dropped the word “Mac” during the days of 10.7 Lion. The change that will affect the most people is the least technical - Apple is renaming its Mac operating system from OS X to macOS to make it consistent with the company’s other operating systems, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS. MacOS 10.12 Sierra to Succeed OS X 10.11 El Capitanĭuring the WWDC 2016 keynote today, Apple took the wraps off the replacement to OS X 10.11 El Capitan. #1645: AirPlay iPhone to Mac for remote video, Siri learns to restart iPhones, Apple's Q1 2023 financials.1646: Security-focused OS updates, Photos Workbench review, Mastodon client wishlist, Apple-related conferences.1647: Focus-caused notification issues, site-specific browser examples, virtualizing Windows on M-series Macs.#1648: iPhone passcode thefts, Center Cam improves webcam eye contact, APFS Uncertainty Principle.#1649: More LastPass breach details and 1Password switch, macOS screen saver problem, tvOS 16.3.3 fixes Siri Remote bug.

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