![]() With the new SharePlay feature, users can watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, and share their screen with friends and family in real-time all using FaceTime, with support also available for third-party apps. ![]() Portrait Mode blurs out the background behind you, much like the iPhone photos feature. There's also a Wide Spectrum sound mode for when there are multiple call participants in the same room. Tab Groups sync across all of your devices and can be shared.įaceTime supports spatial audio so voices sound like they're coming from where the person is positioned on the screen, and Voice Isolation cuts out background noise. Safari has an optional new tab bar design that better blends into the background and Tab Groups for grouping your open tabs together to make it easy to swap between different tasks without having to lose your open tabs. There's also a new AirPlay to Mac option for AirPlaying movies, games, photos, and more from the iPhone or iPad to the Mac, plus the Mac can be used as a speaker for multiroom audio. ![]() Universal Control is perhaps one of the biggest updates, allowing a single mouse, trackpad, and keyboard to be used across multiple Macs and also the iPad for moving content between devices. Compared to macOS Big Sur, macOS Monterey is a smaller update, but there are still many notable new features that improve the Mac experience. But in any case, if you want Teams, you have it on Mac right now.MacOS 12 Monterey, unveiled in June 2021 at WWDC, is a previous version macOS that was released on October 25, 2021. But didn't it ever occurred to you you don't need ANY app store on Mac at all?įrankly, I have to use Teams for work. I would understand if you were complaining about iOS app store. Besides, what if monitors are of different resolution? I do dock my Mac Book to two different monitors (UW and HD), BTW, don't experience any problems with finding my windows. If you unplug a laptop from a dock to move roomsĭocking station ($300) with a monitor ($200), keyboard ($50), mouse ($50) in a study, bedroom, dining room, porch? Come on. It's like complaining that that Prius is dead because Jeep became even more powerful. Windows 11 gaming wipes the floor with MacsĪgain, Mac was never a game computer, everybody knows that. If you need it, you had to jump ship a long time ago, but if you still on macOS any improvement to touch ion Windows are irrelevant. Sure, if touch is your thing you must be frustrated with macOS. ![]() So something macOS never had became better. You can also create Snap Groups in Windows 11 that you can park right in the taskbarĭoes it beat having a separate desktops for different tasks that you can switch with 4-finger swipe? Really? You can open any number of windows and arrange them any way you want. With macOS you can work with two apps side by side - and that’s it. Your free Windows 11 upgrade will have to wait until 2022.More: How to install Windows 11 - a step-by-step guide.It should have said Microsoft's Windows store. But if you're in the Windows camp - or you're thinking about switching - Windows 11 has macOS beat in several ways at this early stage.Ĭorrection: The app store section of this article incorrectly stated the Apple store. These include a much improved FaceTime, a redesigned Safari with handy Tab groups, Quick Notes and more seamless integration with the iPad with Universal Control. MacOS Monterey, launching this fall, promises several other welcome upgrades. Microsoft says Windows Updates will improve in Windows 11, and we'll wait to se that when it happens. In addition, macOS updates are generally much smoother, whereas Windows 10 has had all kinds of problems, several of which have resulted in severe bugs or blue screens of death. AirDrop continues to be one of my favorite features, and I like that my messages from iPhone automatically appear on the desktop (something only Android owners could do on Windows). There's lots of things that I like about macOS better than Windows. Chat with Microsoft Teams will be available on Windows, Android and iOS. But if you’re on Android or Windows, you can only be seen and heard through a web link, as there’s no dedicated FaceTime app for those platforms - which means they won't get SharePlay. That’s because FaceTime has a new SharePlay feature that lets you watch moves and shows with friends or listen to music. ![]() FaceTime on macOS Monterey looks a lot cooler than the new Chat from Microsoft Teams, which is built into Windows 11. ![]()
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