Group messaging is more powerful, with the ability to respond to folks in a thread (potentially reducing the number of pings).
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The update lets you create Memoji on the Mac now too, which means you can send them from the Mac app, or you can click the icon on the left of the text field and click #images to send GIFs. You can pin conversations to the top of your threads-that includes group messages-and you can add message effects like balloons or confetti for some pizzazz. That's no longer the case.īig Sur greatly upgrades Messages to bring in several new features from iOS 14.
But until now, the Mac version of the Messages app has offered the bare minimum functionality, only letting you send and receive messages.
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If you have an iPhone, it's easier to share files between it and a Mac with the AirDrop feature, plus you can continue conversations on multiple devices through the Messages app, which is on both desktop and mobile platforms. If you have an iPhone, an Apple Watch is a must-have accessory for keeping up with notifications and tracking your fitness. (You can remove some of these widgets by tapping the edit icon on the bottom right of Safari's start page.)Īpple excels at providing users with a robust product ecosystem. Also present are Siri Suggestions and access to your Reading List, and you can change the background to something more colorful. Instead of just showing your favorite or frequently visited websites, you'll also see a Privacy Report for how many trackers Safari has blocked. The Safari Start Page got a makeover too. Just go up to the menus at the top of the screen and click View > Translate > Translate to English. If you encounter a web page in another language, now you can use Siri's built-in translator to turn it into one of seven languages. Plus, Safari now shows favicons in the tabs, so it's much easier to find the tab you're hunting for.
If you're like me and have dozens of tabs open at any given time, you'll like that you can now hover over a tab to see a preview of what's there. Apple says Big Sur brings the "biggest update to Safari since its original launch in 2003." It's speedier than ever (50 percent faster than Chrome, according to Apple), and you can finally watch 4K HDR content on YouTube and Netflix.
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