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macOS High Sierra is packed with new features and refinements. There's a new file organization, AFS, for better security, reliability and speed in file transfers. Better graphics and VR supported accept too been included along with backwards compatibility so you install the new OS in automobile even from late 2009. Finally, applications like Safari, Spotlight, Notes, Apple Post, and other have been polished up.

Take a photo correct to your Mac.

Now yous can use your iPhone to shoot or scan a nearby object or document and have it automatically appear on your Mac. Just cull Insert a Photo from the File bill of fare. You tin accept a photo of something on your desk and instantly see it in your Pages certificate. Or browse a receipt, and a straightened version is immediately available in the Finder as a PDF. Continuity Photographic camera works in the Finder, Mail, Messages, Notes, Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. Information technology'due south another way iPhone and Mac just click.

What's New:

The macOS High Sierra 10.13.six Update adds AirPlay 2 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 ten.13.half dozen 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.xiii.half-dozen update adds AirPlay 2 multi-room audio back up for iTunes and improves the stability and security of your Mac.

AirPlay 2 for iTunes

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

Other improvements and fixes

  • Fixes an issue that may prevent Photos from recognizing AVCHD media from some cameras
  • Fixes an effect that may foreclose Mail users from moving a bulletin from Gmail to another account

Previous release notes:

The macOS High Sierra ten.13.5 update improves the stability, performance, and security of your Mac and is recommended for all users.

This update adds back up for Letters in iCloud, which lets yous store messages with their attachments in iCloud and gratuitous upward space on your Mac. To enable Messages in iCloud, go to Preferences in Messages, click Accounts, then select "Enable Letters in iCloud".

The macOS High Sierra x.13.iii update improves the security, stability, and reliability of your Mac.

This update:

  • Addresses an outcome that could cause Messages conversations to temporarily be listed out of society
  • Adds support for 70 new emoji including food types, animals, mythical creatures, clothing options, more expressive smiley faces, gender-neutral characters and more than
  • Fixes a bug where Bluetooth may be unavailable during Apple tree Pay transactions
  • Improves the reliability of Microsoft Commutation message sync in Postal service
  • Fixes an outcome where Spotlight may not accept keyboard input

Features:

Go things done by asking Siri, the intelligent assistant now on your Mac:

  • Enjoy your favorite features from iOS as well every bit new ones optimized for Mac.
  • Send messages, create reminders, search the web, and more while you lot work.
  • Drag and drop or copy and paste Siri results into your documents.
  • Pin Siri results in Notification Center and reference them afterward.
  • Discover files, arrange settings, and go system information just past asking Siri.

Copy and paste between your devices with Universal Clipboard.

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

Automatically log in with Auto Unlock.

  • Log in to your Mac automatically when you wear your Apple Watch --- no need to type your password.

Enjoy the convenience and security of Apple Pay when yous shop on the web.

  • Apply Apple tree Pay to make piece of cake, secure payments when shopping in Safari on your Mac.
  • Consummate your buy with Touch ID on your iPhone or with your Apple Sentry.

Access 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.
  • Proceed the same desktop and Documents folder on your other Mac.

Easily free up space on your Mac with Optimized Storage.
  • Automatically shop seldom-used files in iCloud, where they'll be bachelor on need.
  • Additional tools aid you remove files you don't demand, 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.
  • Work with tabs in your favorite third-party apps --- no developer adoption required.

Continue an eye on the big game or your favorite video with Moving-picture show in Motion picture.

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

Rediscover the virtually meaningful moments in your Photos library.

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

Enjoy an all-new Apple Music experience in iTunes.

  • Easily navigate your library with the redesigned Apple Music.
  • Discover groovy new music cheers to expert curation and advanced auto learning that give you the best recommendations.

Liven up your Messages conversations.

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

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

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