Hurray! macOS 10.15 codenamed Catalina is finally here, available for download and install. In my case, as you can see from the screenshot, it's ready to be installed any minute.
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I've watched some macOS Catalina reviews based on beta but didn't want to risk installing it on my only work laptop until the final release.
macOS Catalina Improvements
- New separate apps for managing music, podcasts and movies – wonder what the minimised music player is like
- Screen Time is now managed from macOS – that's a super powerful feature for controlling what apps everyone in your familiy (kids, especially) is allowed to run at chosen time intervals
- Photos improvements – every version brings new things to Photos app, so I'm going to revisit it for sure
- Notes improvements – I've just been thinking to give Apple Notes another try for daily to-do lists cause I need interoperability with Linux (will use iCloud.com based notes on Dell XPS laptop)
- Voice improvements – a lot has improved even in macOS Mojave, but Catalina is meant to bring things to a whole new level. I really like what Apple is doing with voice recognition and interaction
Notable Changes in macOS Catalina
- iTunes is gone – there are now separate apps for managing music and movies
- Integration with Apple account – you can see Apple ID and related settings right in your System Preferences now (used to be hidden in iTunes, I think)
- Use your iPad as second screen – this should be fun if you have a relatively recent model of iPad and iOS – think iPad's screen is perfect for some text editing or text console for them SSH sessions
That's it for now! I'm off to finish the Catalina install!
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