![]() ![]() So, macOS Catalina includes three new accessibility updates: voice control, a zoom display, and hover text features. If we were using the previous metric then the new accessibility features would be high up the list. Remember, this list isn’t about what’s good or bad, it’s all about how ‘Apple’ something is. Of course, this feature is only useful if you have both an iPad and a macOS computer - making it even more ‘Apple.’ But, it loses a few points because I haven’t seen any other hardware makers offer the same feature (although there are lots of third party apps that do it), meaning this is actually pretty new, so not that ‘Apple.’ Neither very or not very ‘Apple’: New accessibility features I mean, a tablet is basically just souped-up screen anyway, right? So far, so ‘Apple.’ The feature should’ve been possible with the iPad since… forever. This was a tough one to place, but, after long and careful consideration, I’ve decided it’s pretty, but not totally, ‘Apple.’ Slightly less ‘Apple,’ but still pretty ‘Apple’ when you think about it: Sidecar Now you just need to bankrupt yourself buying both a MacBook and an iPad.īasically, Sidecar turns your iPad into a second display by either extending or mirroring your computer’s desktop. We may as well call the new feature iWindow iResizing. Until Apple introduces the long overdue feature, effectively crushing the plucky upstart that made its machines actually usable over the last few years. This leads to a small company creating a thriving business around fixing that flaw. ![]() Think of it this way: Apple leaves a basic feature out of its operating system for years. This, friends, is really fucking ‘Apple.’ But now they can easily resize windows on macOS Catalina without the need for a third party app. But macOS users? Well, they’ve had to use apps like Magnet to do the job. This feature has been on Windows in some form for an absolute age. Also pretty damn ‘Apple’: The long overdue introduction of window resizing Ahhh at long last Tim Apple has anything to say about it, all our computers will be iPads in 2030. In other words, that’s ‘Apple’ on both counts.īut, there’s another reason why this is the most ‘Apple’ update of macOS Catalina. I truly believe Apple wants to create The One Operating System To Rule Them All, and merge all of its software into a single entity. Secondly, it’s not a particularly new idea, as you’ve been able to do this with Android apps and Chromebooks for a while. Not a bad idea, right? But it’s so totally fucking ‘Apple’ I think it’s going to cover me in glass and add “Pro” to my name.įirst off, it’s pretty cool. ![]() Strap yourselves in, this is gonna get messy As ‘Apple’ as a black turtleneck tucked into some blue jeans: Mac Catalystīasically, Mac Catalyst allows iPad apps to be easily ported to your Apple computer. Now, considering Apple has just released macOS Catalina - its latest operating system - we all know there’s only one thing to do: rank its biggest features by how ‘Apple’ they are. Let’s give an example. A new monitor that costs like triple the amount of its competitors? That’s very ‘Apple.’ An experimental dual-screen phone that folds up like a clamshell (and probably will be an ass ache to use)? Not very ‘Apple’ at all. When we say something is ‘Apple,’ we all understand what that means, right? It might be hard to precisely define, but - and to paraphrase former United States Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart - we know it when we see it.
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