Messages and maps
If you use both iPhone and iPad, Messaging is probably one of the most important apps on both devices. Fortunately, with the big tunes, the experience of the messages is almost identical on the platform. IOS 14 includes new features like in-line replies, the ability to pin conversations, custom images for માટે mentions and group chats, improved search capabilities – and it’s all here in Big Tune. Apple also introduced some features for years, such as messaging for iOS, for the Mac, including built-in GIF search, memoji stickers, and “message effects” (such as sending a message with a confetti or a cloud of fireworks). So if a friend sends a message from their phone with a laser effect, you won’t see the boring text description “sent with lasers” on your Mac. Those are the little things.
The Maps app has also received some major updates, again bringing it inline with what you’ll find on iOS. Google Maps fans won’t care about these changes, but Apple Pal Maps on the iPhone are really pretty good these days (at least in the US). But, like Messages, Maps is missing many of the features on the Mac that Apple Play added to its iOS app over the years. Now, they are in perfect symmetry. The biggest advantage is that any “guides” you create on your phone (originally a list of places you’ve saved) will also be available on the Mac, and vice versa. Previously, Maps lets you add places to just one “Favorites” list, but having multiple lists is more natural. This way, you can save the places you want to visit on vacation (when we are allowed to travel again, Sigh) Separate from your favorite local places, for example.
All those lists are saved in a new sidebar that includes your home and work addresses as well as favorite places like Recent Searches. Clicking the search field at the top of the sidebar also reveals a new signature map feature: Guides. This is a third-party curated list of local places like restaurants to try and the best photo taking places; You can save people who want to come back. Guides range from trusted sources such as Lonely Planet and the Washington Post to smaller, more specialized options such as Photospot and Alltrail. Not a ton of guides yet, but for most big cities you should be able to find some. There are guides from about 20 publishers and hopefully it will continue to grow over time.
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Finally, Apple’s “Look Around” features, originally the answer to Google Street View, are the first on the Mac. It’s available in “Selected Cities” right now, but given the recent improvements Apple Map is making on the map, hopefully it will look more detailed soon. Often like the moment map, the company lags behind Google in various areas, so Google Maps fans probably. Will not switch. But these days I prefer to use MapsPl maps for simultaneous navigation, so I’m using the app more and more – if Apple Pul is going to convert more users to its platform, it’s important to have a similar experience on my mobile.
Obstacles and ends
Those are the biggest updates, but Apple made Nips and Tux on many other apps. One of the most notable is the sad thing I haven’t tried yet: the privacy labels added to each app in the app store. It’s not live yet, but when they are, you’ll be able to see which apps an app can store, what personal information is linked to the user, and what data is collected but not linked to your identity. Unlike Safari’s privacy report, these cards are the kind of thing in the App Store that you can check before installing software so you have a better idea of what the developer can do with your personal information. Given how difficult it is to keep track, this is definitely a smart move. (These cards are also coming to iOS soon.)
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Other changes include new video- and photo-editing tools in the Photo app, Apple Paul Music’s redesigned “Listen Now” experience, the ability to pass reminders to other family members, improved search of notes, and other relatively minor improvements. . Most of these are features that Apple Play has added to iOS 14, so it’s not surprising to see them shown on the Mac. I appreciate the fact that, over the last few years with software software updates, Apple Play has become more focused on synchronizing the set of features for its flagship applications on the platform.
Now another change you may have seen on the iPhone, the battery charging on the Mac is optimized. Apple Paul says it learns how to use your computer and optimizes charging to avoid wear and tear on your battery. In practice this means that the OS has 80 percent battery charge when the computer is plugged in for an “extended period” (like overnight). It then ensures that the battery is fully charged when you normally unplug. I can’t say yet if this has made a difference in my battery, but I would say that my charging pattern on the Mac is less consistent than my phone, which hits the charger every day. From my laptop, sometimes I plug in all day and other days, I just wander around the house with a short charging break. But I don’t get into the problem of not being fully charged when I have a need, so I continue the setting from now on.
