During the iPhone 15 Wonderlust event , Apple discover that MacOS 14 ( MacOS Sonoma ) will be made uncommitted to the public from September 26 .
It was at WWDC 2023 that Apple announced the successor toMacOS Ventura , with Sonoma being the latest moniker for the company ’s operating system . It ’ll be release this Autumn .
Desktop Widgets
Widgets are a huge part of iOS and iPadOS . Now , they ’ve finally arrived on Mac with MacOS Sonoma . The widgets will evanesce into the background when you ’re working in other window . Along withiOS 17 , widgets will be interactional on Sonoma . Macs will also be capable to get at widgets via an iPhone provided they are on the same meshing .
Game Mode
MacOS Sonoma will also come with a “ Game Mode ” . The new mode has the goal of allow you to full concenter on your games , and tell your Mac to focusCPUandGPUworkloads on gaming . It ’ll enable improved audio rotational latency forAirPodsas well as doubling Bluetooth sampling rate for speedy connectivity with PlayStation and Xbox controllers .
Videoconferencing
Who does n’t love a Zoom meeting ? Well , even if you do n’t , Apple is add some new videoconferencing features anyways . The chief addition is Presenter Overlay . This feature will share your filmdom behind you ( picture a news program ) while you stick around in the foreground . There will also be AR effects that can tell apart and activate in line of products with your gesture .
Screen Sharing picker has been boosted to you could more easily share apps on a call . you’re able to simply click the unripe push on the top - left of an app to share it .
These characteristic are n’t made for FaceTime , rather your typical videoconferencing apps , with Apple state these will act with “ any videoconferencing app ” .
Safari
Apple is n’t forgetting about Safari with MacOS Sonoma . Safari is becoming more friendly with web apps , with web apps now functioning more like a distinctive MacOS practical program . World Wide Web apps will now be able to be pinned to your dock and show notifications .
Safari is also adding profile , allow you to separate your oeuvre and personal Safari cookies , history , extensions , Favourites and more .
Screen Savers
Last but not least , MacOS Sonoma is bringing new screen savers to the operating system . Apple suppose landscape painting like the Hong Kong horizon , sandstone buttes of Monument Valley , Arizona and , of course , the roam hills of Sonoma in Northern California . The sieve saver can be coif to shuffle through Landscape , Earth , Underwatch and Cityscapes . Apple has moved the login experience to the bottom of the screenland so you’re able to appreciate the screen recoverer in all their glory .
