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macOS High Sierra is packed with new features and refinements. There'south a new file system, AFS, for better security, reliability and speed in file transfers. Ameliorate graphics and VR supported have too been included along with backwards compatibility so y'all install the new OS in machine even from late 2009. Finally, applications like Safari, Spotlight, Notes, Apple tree Mail service, and other take been polished up.

Take a photo right to your Mac.

Now you can utilize your iPhone to shoot or browse a nearby object or document and take it automatically appear on your Mac. Just cull Insert a Photo from the File menu. Yous can have a photo of something on your desk and instantly see it in your Pages certificate. Or scan a receipt, and a straightened version is immediately available in the Finder every bit a PDF. Continuity Camera works in the Finder, Mail service, Messages, Notes, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. It's another way iPhone and Mac only click.

What'due south New:

The macOS High Sierra x.13.half-dozen Update adds AirPlay two multiroom audio back up for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac. This update is recommended for all users.

  • Added download links for Security Update 2019-001, which is recommended for all users and improves the security of macOS.
  • The macOS Loftier Sierra 10.13.6 Supplemental Update improves the stability and reliability of MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018) computers and is recommended for all users.
  • The macOS High Sierra 10.13.half-dozen update adds AirPlay 2 multi-room audio support for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac.

AirPlay 2 for iTunes

  • Control your home audio system and AirPlay ii-enabled speakers throughout your house
  • Play music at the same time on multiple AirPlay 2-enabled speakers in your firm, all in sync

Other improvements and fixes

  • Fixes an event that may prevent Photos from recognizing AVCHD media from some cameras
  • Fixes an issue that may prevent Mail users from moving a message from Gmail to some other business relationship

Previous release notes:

The macOS High Sierra ten.13.five update improves the stability, operation, and security of your Mac and is recommended for all users.

This update adds back up for Messages in iCloud, which lets you lot store letters with their attachments in iCloud and complimentary up space on your Mac. To enable Messages in iCloud, go to Preferences in Messages, click Accounts, then select "Enable Messages in iCloud".

The macOS High Sierra 10.xiii.three update improves the security, stability, and reliability of your Mac.

This update:

  • Addresses an issue that could crusade Letters conversations to temporarily exist listed out of order
  • Adds support for lxx new emoji including food types, animals, mythical creatures, article of clothing options, more expressive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters and more than
  • Fixes a bug where Bluetooth may be unavailable during Apple Pay transactions
  • Improves the reliability of Microsoft Exchange message sync in Mail
  • Fixes an issue where Spotlight may not accept keyboard input

Features:

Get things done by asking Siri, the intelligent assistant at present on your Mac:

  • Relish your favorite features from iOS likewise equally new ones optimized for Mac.
  • Send messages, create reminders, search the web, and more while you work.
  • Drag and driblet or re-create and paste Siri results into your documents.
  • Pin Siri results in Notification Center and reference them later.
  • Notice files, adapt settings, and get system data just by request Siri.

Copy and paste between your devices with Universal Clipboard.

  • Re-create a quote, prototype, or video from an app on one device and paste it into an app on another device.

Automatically log in with Auto Unlock.

  • Log in to your Mac automatically when y'all wear your Apple Watch --- no need to type your countersign.

Savor the convenience and security of Apple Pay when y'all shop on the web.

  • Apply Apple Pay to make easy, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
  • Consummate your purchase with Touch ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Sentry.

Admission files on your Mac desktop from your iPhone with iCloud Desktop and Documents.

  • Automatically shop all the files on your desktop and in your Documents folder in iCloud, and admission them from all your devices.
  • Go along the aforementioned desktop and Documents binder on your other Mac.

Easily free up infinite on your Mac with Optimized Storage.
  • Automatically store seldom-used files in iCloud, where they'll exist available on demand.
  • Additional tools aid you lot remove files y'all don't need, to save even more than space.

Get control of your desktop with tabs in apps.

  • Use tabs to manage multiple windows in Maps, Pages, Keynote, Numbers, and more.
  • Work with tabs in your favorite third-party apps --- no developer adoption required.

Keep an eye on the large game or your favorite video with Picture in Moving picture.

  • Bladder a video window from Safari or iTunes over your desktop every bit yous work.
  • Place the Picture show in Picture window in any corner, and information technology stays put when you switch spaces or work in full screen.

Rediscover the most meaningful moments in your Photos library.

  • Enjoy favorite and forgotten occasions from your photograph library with Memories.
  • View your images by who's in them. Photos uses advanced confront recognition engineering science to automatically group photos of the aforementioned person together.
  • Search your photos by what's in them, such as beaches, dogs, or concerts, thank you to intelligent search that can recognize objects and scenes.
  • Track your photo expeditions across an interactive earth map.

Enjoy an all-new Apple Music experience in iTunes.

  • Easily navigate your library with the redesigned Apple Music.
  • Discover cracking new music thanks to practiced curation and avant-garde machine learning that give you the best recommendations.

Liven upwardly your Messages conversations.

  • Meet spider web content previews and watch web videos right in a conversation.
  • Answer to messages with quick, handy Tapbacks.
  • Express yourself with 3x larger emoji.
  • View the stickers, Digital Touch, invisible ink, and handwritten messages that friends transport from their iOS devices.

Some features may non exist bachelor in all regions or all languages. Some features have hardware requirements. Some features crave an iCloud storage plan.

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