10 MACWORLD AUGUST 2021
MACUSER MACOS MONTEREY
2019 and later iMac
iMac Pro
2020 and later Mac mini
2019 and later Mac Pro
iPhone 7 and later
2nd generation and later iPad Pro
3rd generation and later iPad Air
6th generation and later iPad
5th generation and later iPad mini
If you have an iPhone or iPad, you may
be able to share content at a lower
resolution to nonsupported Mac models
when “Allow AirPlay for” is set to
“Everyone” or “Anyone on the same
network” in Sharing preferences.
FACETIME AND MESSAGES
FaceTime and Messages share new
features that will also be available in iOS 15
(fave.co/2SFPnb8). These new features
make it a lot easier to incorporate media
into your conversations.
The new SharePlay support allows
people to share an experience while
watching video or listening to music, or
even share an app window, while on a
FaceTime call. The people on the call
can control the media that’s playing, and
the callers can even make a playlist.
SharePlay works with Apple TV and Apple
Music; support for other services will
depend on those services adopting the
SharePlay API and updating their
services with support.
With Share with You, you now have
more ways to handle the items that people
send you in Messages. Apps such as
Photos, Podcast, News, Safari, and TV will
now have sections showing the items
people shared with you.
When you’re using FaceTime on your
Mac, people using Windows or FaceTime
can join in. When they receive the
FaceTime link, they’ll have to use the latest
version of the Google Chrome or Microsoft
Edge browser, and they’ll also need H.
video encoding support to send video
from their device.FOCUS
The new Focus feature allows you to set
time periods that filter or block your
notifications. For example, you can set up
a Work focus that will filter your
notifications and only deliver work-related
ones. Apple will supply a set of Focus
modes, and you also can create your own.QUICK NOTES
As in iPadOS 15, you’ll be able to create
notes on the screen without having to
launch the Notes app. You can add images
to Quick Notes, and links in a note open up
to that specific page in your browser. All
your Quick Notes are collected in the Notes
app and accessible on all of your devices.
The Notes app also has a new Activity
view that lets you see revisions made by