macOS High Sierra is packed with new features and refinements. In that location'due south a new file system, AFS, for ameliorate security, reliability and speed in file transfers. Ameliorate graphics and VR supported have also 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 Mail, and other have been polished upwards.

Have a photograph right to your Mac.

Now you lot tin can use your iPhone to shoot or scan a nearby object or document and have it automatically appear on your Mac. Just choose Insert a Photo from the File menu. You can take a photo of something on your desk and instantly see information technology in your Pages certificate. Or scan a receipt, and a straightened version is immediately bachelor in the Finder as a PDF. Continuity Camera works in the Finder, Mail service, Messages, Notes, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. It's another manner iPhone and Mac just click.

What's New:

The macOS High Sierra 10.13.six Update adds AirPlay 2 multiroom audio support 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 High Sierra 10.xiii.6 Supplemental Update improves the stability and reliability of MacBook Pro with Touch Bar (2018) computers and is recommended for all users.
  • The macOS Loftier Sierra 10.thirteen.6 update adds AirPlay two multi-room audio support for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac.

AirPlay 2 for iTunes

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

Other improvements and fixes

  • Fixes an outcome that may forestall Photos from recognizing AVCHD media from some cameras
  • Fixes an event that may prevent Postal service users from moving a message from Gmail to another account

Previous release notes:

The macOS High Sierra 10.thirteen.v update improves the stability, performance, and security of your Mac and is recommended for all users.

This update adds support for Messages in iCloud, which lets you store messages with their attachments in iCloud and free up infinite on your Mac. To enable Messages in iCloud, get to Preferences in Letters, click Accounts, so select "Enable Messages in iCloud".

The macOS High Sierra x.thirteen.3 update improves the security, stability, and reliability of your Mac.

This update:

  • Addresses an issue that could cause Messages conversations to temporarily be listed out of order
  • Adds back up for 70 new emoji including food types, animals, mythical creatures, wear options, more expressive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters and more
  • Fixes a bug where Bluetooth may exist unavailable during Apple Pay transactions
  • Improves the reliability of Microsoft Exchange message sync in Mail
  • Fixes an issue where Spotlight may non take keyboard input

Features:

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

  • Enjoy your favorite features from iOS as well every bit new ones optimized for Mac.
  • Transport letters, create reminders, search the web, and more while y'all work.
  • Drag and drop or copy and paste Siri results into your documents.
  • Pin Siri results in Notification Center and reference them later.
  • Notice files, adjust settings, and go system data but by request Siri.

Copy and paste between your devices with Universal Clipboard.

  • Copy a quote, image, or video from an app on ane device and paste it into an app on another device.

Automatically log in with Automobile Unlock.

  • Log in to your Mac automatically when y'all wearable your Apple Watch --- no need to blazon your password.

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

  • Employ Apple Pay to make easy, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
  • Complete your purchase with Impact ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Watch.

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

  • Automatically store all the files on your desktop and in your Documents folder in iCloud, and admission them from all your devices.
  • Keep the aforementioned desktop and Documents folder on your other Mac.

Hands free up space on your Mac with Optimized Storage.
  • Automatically store seldom-used files in iCloud, where they'll be bachelor on need.
  • Boosted tools assist you remove files you don't need, to save even more than infinite.

Get command of your desktop with tabs in apps.

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

Keep an middle on the big game or your favorite video with Picture in Picture.

  • Bladder a video window from Safari or iTunes over your desktop as you work.
  • Place the Picture in Moving picture window in any corner, and information technology stays put when you switch spaces or work in total screen.

Rediscover the most meaningful moments in your Photos library.

  • Relish favorite and forgotten occasions from your photo library with Memories.
  • View your images by who's in them. Photos uses advanced face recognition engineering to automatically group photos of the same person together.
  • Search your photos by what's in them, such equally beaches, dogs, or concerts, thanks to intelligent search that tin recognize objects and scenes.
  • Track your photo expeditions across an interactive globe map.

Relish an all-new Apple tree Music experience in iTunes.

  • Hands navigate your library with the redesigned Apple Music.
  • Notice great new music thank you to expert curation and advanced car learning that requite yous the best recommendations.

Liven up your Messages conversations.

  • Encounter spider web content previews and sentry web videos correct in a conversation.
  • Respond to messages with quick, handy Tapbacks.
  • Limited yourself with 3x larger emoji.
  • View the stickers, Digital Touch, invisible ink, and handwritten messages that friends send from their iOS devices.

Some features may not be available in all regions or all languages. Some features accept hardware requirements. Some features require an iCloud storage plan.

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