option that’s easier on the eyes and battery
life when required. Apple’s own apps and their
notifications will immediately be compatible,
and you can expect app developers to quickly
take heed and adapt their own iPad software to
be available in this viewing mode. Safari will also
receive an overhaul, with a dedicated download
manager and the more effective resizing of
websites. Overall, iPad users are finally getting
their fingertips and connected devices on
software designed specifically for them.
CATALINA THE NEW CATALYST
FOR MAC OWNERS
macOS Catalina will be the first Mac operating
system in nearly two decades not to feature
iTunes. Music, Apple TV and Apple Podcasts will
instead provide the entertainment in Apple’s
new generation of macOS, and will sync across
the rest of your Apple devices. The ability to use
mobile apps on desktop will also become more
prominent over time, as Project Catalyst comes
to the fore.
This is another long-term plan from Apple,
whereby Mac users will have access to the same
range of apps as mobile (and newly enhanced
iPad) users. Apple refers to Catalyst as ‘porting’
iPad apps directly to the Mac, and developers
have already been working on this task for some
time. Along with ‘Sidecar’, which we mentioned
briefly above, this development will help to
make the Mac and iPad much closer and easier
to use simultaneously.
Mac users will now be able to screenshot
images – including webpage content – and
immediately mark them up on the iPad, using