Apple has introduced a slew of new features and products this fall, from a flurry of Apple hardware and software upgrades to brand-new Apple Watches, iPhones, Apple Pencils and new editions of all of Apple’s flagship softwares.
While Apple fans were getting lost in a sea of NameDrops, Double Taps and Telephoto Lenses, MacOS Sonoma brought some interesting, albeit smaller, updates that didn’t get the pomp and circumstance that they deserved earlier this year.
Most excitingly, MacOS Sonoma’s update brings features that iPhone users have enjoyed for several years, and some brand-new ones that iPhone users first saw in iOS 17.
Here are a few new Mac features that I was most excited by, since they make my phone and computer work better together. For more, check out how to fix the most annoying iOS 17 features and the Mac keyboard shortcuts you need to know.
Widgets come to your desktop
While widgets aren’t an earth-shattering productivity feature, or even new to Apple fans, having them on your desktop is pretty helpful. For instance, some of my co-workers work on the west coast, while I work on the east coast, so I have a clock widget that displays what the current time is in Pacific Standard Time that makes coordinating with my coworkers a bit simpler.
The widgets are also super simple to use — all you have to do is right-click with your mouse or double-click your trackpad on your desktop, and a menu will pop out. You can select Edit Widgets and a widget menu will appear where you can select small, medium, or large widgets for a variety of applications. If you want to remove a widget, you can either right-click or use two fingers to click your trackpad and select Remove Widget, or you can click the small red button that appears after selecting Edit Widget to remove your widget.
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