Screen Savers
Stunning new screen savers
New slow-motion screen savers of breathtaking locations from around the world look beautiful on your large Mac display. When you log in, they seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper.
With macOS Sonoma, work and play on your Mac are even more powerful. Elevate your presence on video calls. Access information in all-new ways. Boost gaming performance. And discover even more ways to personalize your Mac.
See the preview of macOS SequoiaNew slow-motion screen savers of breathtaking locations from around the world look beautiful on your large Mac display. When you log in, they seamlessly become your desktop wallpaper.
Use the small overlay to appear in a movable bubble over your shared screen, so it’s easy to be seen while showcasing your work. Move yourself around the screen and point to important details.
Add a reaction that fills the camera frame with fun 3D augmented reality effects like hearts, confetti, fireworks, and more. And you can share a reaction with just a hand gesture.2
Easily share an app or even multiple apps when on a video call, right from the window you’re in.
Control the composition of your video when using Studio Display or iPhone as your camera. Adjust the frame with zoom and pan controls or use Recenter to automatically place yourself in the center of the frame.3
Keep your browsing separate for topics like Work and Personal with different profiles in Safari. Profiles help you separate your history, extensions, Tab Groups, cookies, and favorites. You can quickly switch between profiles as you browse.
Search in Safari is more responsive than ever and shows easier-to-read and more relevant suggestions.
Private Browsing now locks your private browsing windows when you’re not using them,4 completely blocks known trackers from loading on pages, and removes identifying tracking added to URLs as you browse.
Enhanced AutoFill allows you to securely use your saved information from Contacts to fill out a PDF or scanned document faster.
View a full-width PDF right in Notes and click between its pages. Keep more than one PDF in the same note for easy access to related documents.
Click the Share button to send work that you began in a note to Pages. Customize fonts, resize graphics, add video, and more to create stunning documents.
Game Mode automatically gives games top priority on the CPU and GPU of your Mac, lowering usage for background tasks. And it dramatically reduces latency with wireless accessories, like AirPods and your favorite controllers, for responsiveness you can feel.7
Communication Safety now includes protections for sensitive videos and photos. And it extends beyond Messages to include content sent and received in the systemwide photo picker and third‑party apps.
You now have the option to blur sensitive photos and videos before you choose to view them. This feature will be available in Messages and third-party apps.
The expanded Lockdown Mode increases security to help protect against sophisticated cyber attacks. Turn it on across all your Apple devices, now including Apple Watch.
Personal Voice6 helps users with speech loss create a voice that sounds like them, then use it with Live Speech to communicate in FaceTime calls and in-person conversations. Made for iPhone hearing devices can now pair directly with Mac,8 so users with hearing disabilities can take calls and have conversations more conveniently. Other updates include an easier way to adjust text size for reading comfort, an option to automatically pause animated images while browsing the web, and a new experience for learning how to use Voice Control.
Tap into the full power of your Mac while working away from it. The new high-performance mode in the Screen Sharing app uses the advanced media engine in Apple silicon to enable highly responsive remote access over high-bandwidth connections.1
Grocery Lists automatically sort items into categories to make shopping easier. Change how items are grouped, and the list remembers your preferences. And new Column View organizes sections into columns across your screen, making it easy to visualize your tasks.
See travel-related emails at the top of your search results as your trip dates approach. And add big emoji to your messages.
Find recipes for similar dishes from a photo. And look up information on an object that appears in a paused video frame.
The People album is better than ever at recognizing your favorite people and now includes the cats and dogs that are part of your family too.
Share AirTag or Find My network accessories with up to five other people. Everyone in the group can see the item on a map and play a sound to pinpoint the location of a shared item when nearby.
Activity History lets you see who locked or unlocked the door — and when. It also shows recent activity for garage doors, contact sensors, and your security system.9 And Grid Forecast6 shows when a user’s electrical grid has relatively cleaner or less clean energy sources available so you can plan when to run appliances.
Invite friends to join your playlist and everyone can add, reorder, and remove songs. In Now Playing, you can use emoji to react to the song choices.
Use Dictation and the keyboard together. Move fluidly between Dictation and typing without having to stop dictating.12
Siri now works when you just say “Siri” as well as “Hey Siri.”13