Screen Time has expanded to the Mac in macOS Catalina, so now you can track your device usage across all of your devices, not just iPhone and iPad, for a better picture of how you're spending your time. This option leverages Bluetooth and the devices of other people who might be around your lost or stolen device, relaying its location securely and anonymously back to you. Macs with a T2 chip in them support Activation Lock for the first time, making them useless to thieves much as it does on the iPhone.Ī new Find My app, also available in iPadOS and iOS 13, brings the Find My Mac and Find My Friends technology to a Mac app for the first time, and it has a feature that lets you track your devices even when they're offline. New data protections also require apps to get your permission before accessing your documents.įor those with an Apple Watch set up to unlock the Mac, there's now an option to approve security prompts by tapping on the side button of the watch. MacOS Catalina ramps up the security in macOS, and Gatekeeper, Apple's security protocol, checks all your apps for known security issues. You can extend your display or mirror it so both screens display the same content. Apple Pencil support works with the iPad with Sidecar, so you can turn your iPad into a drawing tablet in apps like Photoshop. Podcasts is a simple app, but useful for those who listen to a lot of podcasts.Ī new Sidecar feature lets you turn your iPad into a display for your Mac with just the click of a button. There are features for browsing, viewing top charts, and managing the library, plus new editor-curated categories. In the new Podcasts app, users can access their Podcasts library, which was previously housed in iTunes. For the first time, the new TV app supports 4K HDR content on 2018 and later Macs along with Dolby Atmos. The Apple TV app is similar to the Apple TV app on the Apple TV and iOS devices, offering up access to TV and movie content along with content from Apple's streaming television service, Apple TV+. The iTunes Music Store is included in the Music app, and you can access Apple Music content, too.

In the Music app, there's full access to the music library, just like in iTunes, regardless of whether the songs were purchased or ripped from a CD. Syncing media can be done using the Apple TV, Podcasts, or Music apps. You can still manage your devices in Catalina, but it's now done through the Finder rather than through an app. The new apps are similar in function to iTunes now, but are split up by feature. iTunes was split into three apps: Music, Podcasts, and TV. In macOS Catalina, Apple has eliminated the iTunes app that's been a staple of the Mac operating system since 2001. macOS Catalina's name was inspired by Santa Catalina Island, popularly known as Catalina and one of the Channel Islands off the coast of Southern California. MacOS Catalina, aka macOS 10.15, is an older version of the operating system that runs on the Mac.

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