

Keeping tabs on Safari 15 Safari’s look hasn’t changed much by default (top), but the new Compact tab view (bottom) combines tabs and the toolbar in a single row, and (optionally) color matches the webpage in the active tab.īack in June, Apple made a bold announcement: It was going to revamp the interface of its Safari web browser across Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

While Apple wants its platforms to share features, it also recognizes that each serves a different (albeit overlapping) audience. And one of the biggest features being imported to the Mac from iOS, Shortcuts, is in a half-finished state.īut here’s the good news: Despite all the worry among Mac users the past few years that Apple might be attempting to collapse Mac, iPhone, and iPad into a single amorphous product, macOS Monterey still feels unreservedly like a Mac. The most important new feature in Photos is missing from the Mac, though Apple says it will arrive soon. Unfortunately, some of the biggest features are still missing. And with macOS Monterey, you can see the fruits of all that labor: The big new features of iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 are also the big new features of macOS Monterey.

This development is most significant for macOS, which tended to lag behind iOS in the 2010s, missing out on some or all of the year’s exciting innovations.Īpple has spent the last few years getting the base technology of iOS and macOS back in sync, removing 32-bit software, adding Mac Catalyst and support for iOS apps on Apple silicon, and introducing new cross-platform development technology via Swift UI. If there’s a theme of Apple’s operating-system releases in 2021, it’s platform unification. MacOS Monterey Review: Seeking harmony, but a work in progress
