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Hear For Mac Review7/5/2021
The new, separate apps are simple and sparse, but generally consistent and usable.The little wunderkind went on to become a straight-A student, a sports star and a decent human being loved by everyone in the community.Every once in a while, people remember that the kid has an older sibling -- who they admit is pretty cool, too.
Hear Review Mac Is HavingThats the Mac. But, after more than a decade of living in the shadow of the iPhone, the Mac is having a comeback year in 2019.At WWDC in June, Apple not only unveiled the next generation of Mac software -- MacOS 10.15 Catalina -- but also announced a new Mac Pro with the kind of eye-popping specs that professionals have all but begged Apple to make for years. Both products start at 5,999 and are aimed at the highest of high-end creators, like special effects artists, animators and movie studios. For the people who love the Mac, thats a breath of fresh air -- even if theyll never be able to afford a Mac Pro or an Apple Pro Display XDR -- because it means that Apple is treating the Mac like a professional again. And, they hope that means the Macs they can afford, such as the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac and Mac Mini are going to get better and more productive, too. And that brings us to the new MacOS Catalina, which is now available as a free download. Hear Review Software Upgrade To GoApple needed a pro-level software upgrade to go with the pro-level hardware it showed off in the spring. And yet, the most notable thing to happen to the Mac in recent years were the four uninspiring iPad apps that Apple ported to the Mac in 2018 -- Apple News, Stocks, Voice Memos and Home. None of them were very Mac-like, and they didnt give anyone much confidence that Apple was invested in the Mac. It gives the impression that Apple has decided the future of MacOS isnt to make it more and more like iOS. Apple looks content to let MacOS be its own platform aimed at people who are laser-focused on getting important work done. And thats a win for people who rely on Macs every day to be productive and creative. After years of fearing that Apple was trying to push everyone to do their work on iPads instead of Macs and might slowly phase out traditional computers, Mac users can take comfort in the fact that Catalina settles the Mac into a solid -- albeit specialized -- place in the Apple universe. Apples ecosystem has matured to a point where the iPad and the Mac can coexist peacefully. But, heres the greatest irony of Catalina, an upgrade that heralds the Macs re-emergence as an independent platform: several of its biggest advancements are tied to a new, closer partnership with the iPad. Just know that the new special relationship between the Mac and iPad enhances the Macs redefined role in the Apple universe. Now, lets dig into the five most important upgrades in Catalina. Hear Review Install Catalina OnThen, well finish off with a lightning round of other notable changes and dig into whether you should install Catalina on your Mac. The end of iTunes One of the most common complaints among Mac users for over a decade has been how bloated and unwieldy iTunes had become, as Apple piled movies, TV shows, audiobooks, iPhone backups and more into an app that was named for its original purpose as a digital music player. A 2015 headline from The Atlantic declared, iTunes Really Is That Bad. With Catalina, Apple has finally broken up its digital media juggernaut on the Mac into four separate apps -- Music, Podcasts, TV and Books -- along with new functionality in the Finder to handle device management and backups when you have your iPhone or iPad plugged into your Mac. The interface of iTunes had gotten very complicated and confusing when trying to switch between music, movies and other forms of media.
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