macOS Catalina was pushed out to
compatible Mac devices last month —
if you’re wondering whether your Mac
is supported then you’ll be pleased to
know that the majority of Macs — such
as MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and
Mac Mini — from 2012 are in, meaning
you have no excuse not to upgrade
(unless you’re hanging on in there with
an older version). If you’d like to know
exactly which models are applicable to
the Catalina update, Apple has them
listed at bit.ly/catsprt.
Back in Mac|Life #159, we showed you
how to prep your Mac for the Catalina
update, but it also might be worth checking out the Apple Support
page on how to upgrade (bit.ly/catupgr) because it takes you
through the basic steps of installing Catalina.
Now that you have everything you need to get started, may
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if that’s your thing) and then heading over to page 16 to begin
reading our in–depth feature on how the hell to actually get to
grips with Catalina. There are lots of fundamental changes in the
new version of macOS, so it’s seriously worth spending some time
here. We’ll take you through things like syncing your music with
the Finder, now that the process no longer lives under iTunes;
how to master some of the newly updated apps like Photos, Mail
and Music (it’s still sort of like iTunes, promise!); and, my
personal favorite: how to use Sidecar, which is a bit of a must–use
feature if, like me, you work on a Mac and have an iPad to hand.
Once you’ve spent some time with Catalina and properly
explored its nuances, I’d be interested to hear your take on things.
Do the new features make it a worthy upgrade? Would you like to
have seen something else? Have you stopped updating your Mac
since Mavericks, or are you on an old Mac that simply can’t be
updated? Let me know your thoughts at [email protected].
If you want to make your newly–updated Mac even better,
we’ve also collated the best Mac apps for all things (p32), from
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