More obvious is how Mail revamped its behavior in full-screen view. Neither feature is earth shattering, but we’re enjoying both already.īehind the scenes, Mail gets a welcome change you probably won’t notice-according to Apple, message storage now takes 35% less space. Notes now offers a capable Table feature and a handy File > Pin Note command that puts the selected note at the top of its list rather than listing it by order last edited. We like to tweak these options for the current Web page by choosing Safari > Settings for This Website to open a popover with the necessary controls.Īnd in the “Thank you, Apple!” category, Safari now offers Intelligent Tracking Protection (ITP), which limits advertisers’ cross-site tracking of where you’ve been online. About time!įinally, for serious photographers, Apple has at long last brought back round-trip editing of a photo in an external app, like Pixelmator or Photoshop.Ī new Websites tab in Safari’s preferences lets you specify Web sites that should always open in Safari’s clutter-reducing Reader View, blocks some ads and auto-play videos, lets you set the zoom level on a per-site basis, and more. Our favorite new feature is more of a fix-when you train Photos to match faces with names, that training will now sync through iCloud Photo Library to your other Apple devices.
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Or, if you’d prefer that your Mac do the heavy lifting, try the new filters on the Filters tab. Those who are into tweaking photos by hand should check out the new Curves and Selective Color options on the Adjust tab. The most interesting effect blurs the Live Photo by turning the 3-second mini-movie into a single long exposure. You can now edit Live Photos! Look at the bottom of the Adjust tab for controls for picking any frame as the static “key” frame, trimming the video, and applying special effects. Photo editing is also more streamlined, with the Edit screen now separated into three tabs: Adjust, Filters, and Crop. In Photos, it’s now easier to browse your photos from the always-on sidebar on the left side of the window. When you drag images and videos out of Photos, they’ll come out in familiar formats suitable for sharing. HEVC and HEIF have other advantages too, but they’re so embedded into High Sierra (and iOS 11) that all you’ll notice is more space. APFS also provides better FileVault encryption and reduces the chance of file corruption.Īlso new is HEVC, a new video compression standard that will let videos stream better and take up less space on your drive, and HEIF, an image format that boasts significantly better compression to keep photos from overwhelming your drive. You’ll notice the switch to APFS when you look up the size of a selected folder or duplicate a large file because the operation should run much more quickly. It replaces the HFS+ file system, which dates from the previous century. The new APFS file system significantly improves how data is stored on your disk. But, don’t worry that there’s nothing new in High Sierra to play with-you’ll find plenty to do in Apple’s apps, and we’ll share our favorite features below.Īpple’s invisible, under-the-hood changes modernize the Mac.
Although Apple’s eye-catching Desktop image of the High Sierra mountains makes it easy to confirm that your Mac is running High Sierra, the most noteworthy new features are invisible! These changes are aimed at improving your Mac’s performance.
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