against malicious tampering, making macOS
safer and secure.
Spotlight has been sped up, with results
presented in a new streamlined manner, whilst
Quick Look now allows for full-size scrollable
previews of documents, alongside edits for
cropping, signing PDFs, and more. The App
Store is adding “nutrition labels” for apps which
will offer insights into what data is collected,
and whether data is used to track you on the
web, allowing you to make more informed
decisions on the apps you download.
Apple Arcade now offers more advanced Game
Center integration so that progress can be
shared with friends, and milestones can be
publicized, and recently played games have
been added to the Arcade tab so that you can
seamlessly switch between platforms. In other
app news, developers can now make in-app
purchases and app subscriptions sharable
among multiple family members, so features in
third-party apps can be shared.
Photos has been given some new features,
including a refined retouching tool for
removing unwanted elements, whilst vibrancy
can be added to photos, and captions
can be given to individual shots to make
categorization and sharing easier. Other
changes to stock macOS apps include Weather,
which adds a new widget and government
alerts for severe events, Reminders, which
adds smart suggestions and personalized lists
which include emoji, and the Notes app now
has a Pinned section which can be expanded
or collapsed, making it more advanced and
helping consumers better plan their days.