DECEMBER 2019 MACWORLD 9second Mac display. There’s a new
feature in macOS Catalina called Sidecar
that lets you do this. With Sidecar, you
connect your iPad using a cable or you
can use AirPlay. With the wireless
connection, the iPad needs to be within
10 meters of the Mac, which makes this a
great way to use the iPad as a
presentation display.
Sidecar lets you
extended the Mac’s
desktop, or you can use
mirroring. You can use the
Apple Pencil with the iPad,
and you can use iPadOS
text editing gestures.
Sidecar requires an
iPad that’s Apple Pencil
compatible. Learn more
about Sidecar, how it
works, and how to set it up
(go.macworld.com/h2sd).
- BLOCK SENDERS IN THE
MAIL APP
It seems like the battle against spam and other
unwanted email is never ending. But the Mail
app in macOS Catalina finally has a feature to
help. You can now block a sender, and doing
so puts their emails directly in the Trash.
To block a sender, you do need look at an
email from the offender. Right-click on the
email sender in the From field, or click on the ˇ
symbol that appears to the right of the email
sender’s name. A pop-up menu appears, with
one of the options to Block Sender.
Other new Mail features include the
abilities to mute an email thread and
unsubscribe from a commercial mailing list. - NEW SORT FEATURES
IN PHOTOS
Use the Photos app to organize your
photo collection? You’ll be happy to see
Apple Mail 13 finally has the ability to block
senders. Email from blocked senders goes
directly into the Trash.
Among the new organizational tools in Photos is the ability to
sort picutres based on the year, month, or day