50 New macOS Golden Gate Features and Changes Worth Checking Out
Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate this week, and despite the company's focus this year on refining its flagship operating system, improving performance, and nixing bugs, there are still plenty of new things to explore. There's an overhauled Siri experience, changes across Apple's apps, and much-needed updates across the system interface. In this article, we've selected 50 new features and…
Apple introduced macOS 27 Golden Gate, a new operating system with numerous enhancements. Among the updates, Siri AI has undergone a significant transformation, replacing the old Siri experience with a more conversational interface. Spotlight now doubles as a search and asking tool, enabling users to engage in dialogue with Siri, find information across applications like Mail and Photos, and execute actions in supported applications.
Apple has also introduced a customizable Liquid Glass transparency slider in System Settings, allowing users to adjust the transparency from ultra-clear to fully tinted. Additionally, system toolbars have been standardized, and sidebars now extend to the edges of app windows, improving readability and visibility of active windows.
Another noteworthy addition is Safari's Start Page, featuring a Recently Viewed section that brings back closed browsing topics and topics open on other devices. This feature makes it convenient to resume a browsing session without searching through browser history. Visual Intelligence has also been extended to the Mac, allowing users to select objects onscreen and ask Siri to explain, translate, search similar images or related information.
Users can even use recognized content to perform actions, such as adding information from an event flyer to their Calendar.
The Photos app now supports saving video frames as still photos, enabling users to pause a clip and save a frame as a separate image. Furthermore, Siri now maintains a history of past conversations, providing users with a card-style interface to start new chats or revisit previous ones. Siri apps are cross-platform, syncing content across Apple devices.
Shared Albums have been upgraded to Full Resolution in macOS 27, although this comes at the cost of consuming more iCloud storage. Non-Apple users can now join and contribute to Shared Albums through iCloud.com, and albums can be set to expire after 30 days. Photos also introduced advanced editing tools, such as Reframe and Extend, powered by AI to alter an image's perspective and composition.
Furthermore, Clean Up has received a significant upgrade, now offering better object removal and faster processing with high-quality results. Finally, macOS 27 introduces a swipe-down-to-refresh gesture in Safari, Mail, News, Podcasts, and Calendar, allowing users to refresh content without relying on buttons or keyboard shortcuts.
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