This will include Maps, Mail, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, TextEdit, and some third-party apps. You will need to be able to use web browser type tabs with most apps that support multiple windows. The new Mac operating system also has added an interface change. I like knowing where my files are at all times.Ī far more handy part of Optimized Storage is that it will remind you to delete used app installers, duplicate downloads, caches, logs, and other waste of space files. This strikes me as a rather questionable backup procedure. This promises to free up space when your Mac drive starts filling up by storing infrequently used items in iCloud. What businesses need to know (TechRepublic)Īnother iCloud innovation is Optimized Storage. IPadOS: Improved Safari, multitasking, new homescreen I'm going to have to see macOS Sierra and iCloud working well together before I believe it. The problem, as even the more hardcore Apple fans will admit, is that iCloud simply doesn't work that well. The idea of integrated cloud storage and desktop works well as any Dropbox user can tell you.
Here, I'm quite doubtful how useful this will turn out to be.
RUN METADATICS ON OSX SIERRA PLUS
Remember the scene from Star Trek 4: The Voyage Homewhere Scotty tries - and fails - to talk with a Mac Plus? Open APIs plus Siri may soon make talking to computers a mainstream way to work with Macs.Īpple also promises - shades of Microsoft with Windows 10's OneDrive - to integrate its personal cloud, iCloud, with the desktop. With this, third-party developers will be able to add far more functionality to Siri. What's more important than all its new functionality, however, is that Apple will be giving it an open application programming interface (API). This version of Siri will be able to add events and reminders to your calendar, search for and play videos and music, and serve as a Finder search interface. This, however, is not just a mere porting of Siri to a desktop format. First, as everyone expected, Siri, Apple's voice assistant, has finally made it to the Mac with macOS Sierra.