macOS Sonoma 14.0 – An Operating System Made by Apple.
macOS Sonoma brings all‑new capabilities that elevate your productivity and creativity. Personalize your Mac with stunning screensavers and widgets that you can add to your desktop. Elevate your presence on video calls with a new way to present your work that keeps you a part of the presentation. Safari profiles and web apps help you organize your browsing in all-new ways. Game Mode boosts gaming performance. And when you upgrade, you get the latest security and privacy protections available for Mac.
Screen Savers
Stunning screen savers of locations from around the world seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper when you log-in
Widgets
Widgets can be placed anywhere on the desktop and adapt to the color of your wallpaper while working in apps
iPhone widgets can be added to your Mac when your iPhone is nearby or on the same Wi-Fi network
Interactive widgets let you take actions directly from the widget such as running a shortcut, pausing media, and more
Video Conferencing
Presenter Overlay keeps you front and center while sharing your screen
Reactions layer 3D effects like hearts, balloons, confetti, and more around you in video calls
Safari and Passwords
Profiles keep your browsing separate for topics like work and personal
Web apps let you use any website like an app, complete with an icon in the Dock for faster access and a simplified toolbar for easier browsing
Enhanced Private Browsing locks your private browsing windows when you’re not using them, blocks known trackers from loading, and removes tracking that identifies you from URLs
Password and passkey sharing with trusted contacts
Messages
Live Stickers sync from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, giving you access to the Live Stickers you create on your iPhone and iPad
Search filters for people, keywords, and content types like photos or links
Swipe to reply inline on any iMessage bubble
Gaming
Game Mode gives games the highest priority on the CPU and GPU, delivering more consistent frame rates and lower latency to wireless controllers
Keyboard
Improved autocorrect accuracy makes typing even easier by leveraging a more powerful transformer-based language model
Inline predictive text shows single- and multi-word predictions that you can add by pressing the Space bar
Improved Dictation experience supports using your voice and keyboard together to enter text
AirPods
Adaptive Audio is a new listening mode that dynamically blends Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency to tailor the noise control experience based on the conditions of your environment
Press to mute and unmute your microphone when on a call
Improved AirPods automatic switching now detects Mac up to 2X faster
Privacy
Sensitive Content Warnings can be enabled to help prevent users from unexpectedly viewing sensitive images in Messages
Expanded Communication Safety protections for children now detect videos containing nudity in addition to photos shared through Messages and the Photos picker
Accessibility
Live Speech lets you type what you want to say and reads it aloud in FaceTime calls or in-person conversations
Personal Voice helps users at risk of speech loss create a voice that sounds like them in a private and secure way using on-device machine learning
Made for iPhone compatible hearing devices can be paired and used with Mac
This release includes other features and improvements:
One-Time verification code AutoFill from Mail helps you quickly sign into sites in Safari
Inline PDFs and document scans in Notes are presented full-width making them easy to view
Grocery Lists in Reminders automatically group related items into sections as you add them
Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for a more natural way to activate Siri
High performance mode in Screen Sharing improves responsiveness while remotely accessing a Mac with Apple silicon
Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.
Screen Savers
Stunning screen savers of locations from around the world seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper when you log-in
Widgets
Widgets can be placed anywhere on the desktop and adapt to the color of your wallpaper while working in apps
iPhone widgets can be added to your Mac when your iPhone is nearby or on the same Wi-Fi network
Interactive widgets let you take actions directly from the widget such as running a shortcut, pausing media, and more
Video Conferencing
Presenter Overlay keeps you front and center while sharing your screen
Reactions layer 3D effects like hearts, balloons, confetti, and more around you in video calls
Safari and Passwords
Profiles keep your browsing separate for topics like work and personal
Web apps let you use any website like an app, complete with an icon in the Dock for faster access and a simplified toolbar for easier browsing
Enhanced Private Browsing locks your private browsing windows when you’re not using them, blocks known trackers from loading, and removes tracking that identifies you from URLs
Password and passkey sharing with trusted contacts
Messages
Live Stickers sync from iOS and iPadOS to macOS, giving you access to the Live Stickers you create on your iPhone and iPad
Search filters for people, keywords, and content types like photos or links
Swipe to reply inline on any iMessage bubble
Gaming
Game Mode gives games the highest priority on the CPU and GPU, delivering more consistent frame rates and lower latency to wireless controllers
Keyboard
Improved autocorrect accuracy makes typing even easier by leveraging a more powerful transformer-based language model
Inline predictive text shows single- and multi-word predictions that you can add by pressing the Space bar
Improved Dictation experience supports using your voice and keyboard together to enter text
AirPods
Adaptive Audio is a new listening mode that dynamically blends Active Noise Cancellation and Transparency to tailor the noise control experience based on the conditions of your environment
Press to mute and unmute your microphone when on a call
Improved AirPods automatic switching now detects Mac up to 2X faster
Privacy
Sensitive Content Warnings can be enabled to help prevent users from unexpectedly viewing sensitive images in Messages
Expanded Communication Safety protections for children now detect videos containing nudity in addition to photos shared through Messages and the Photos picker
Accessibility
Live Speech lets you type what you want to say and reads it aloud in FaceTime calls or in-person conversations
Personal Voice helps users at risk of speech loss create a voice that sounds like them in a private and secure way using on-device machine learning
Made for iPhone compatible hearing devices can be paired and used with Mac
This release includes other features and improvements:
One-Time verification code AutoFill from Mail helps you quickly sign into sites in Safari
Inline PDFs and document scans in Notes are presented full-width making them easy to view
Grocery Lists in Reminders automatically group related items into sections as you add them
Option to say “Siri” in addition to “Hey Siri” for a more natural way to activate Siri
High performance mode in Screen Sharing improves responsiveness while remotely accessing a Mac with Apple silicon
Some features may not be available for all regions or on all Apple devices.
