Macworld - USA (2021-08)

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14 MACWORLD AUGUST 2021


MACUSER 5 WINDOWS 11 FEATURES APPLE SHOULD STEAL

Along with these familiar interface
elements, Windows 11 brings plenty of
features that Mac users don’t have. It
leverages the touch-friendly nature of
many PCs, introduces new ways to type
and talk, taps into the power of the Xbox
ecosystem to elevate PC gaming, and
revamps the Microsoft Store with
Android apps and a completely new
revenue share policy that lets some
developers keep 100 percent of what
they sell. Of course, we’re not going to
see any of that in macOS anytime soon,
but there are some features that would
work really well on our Macs.



  1. VERTICAL TABS
    Apple revamped Safari’s tab management
    in a big way with the upcoming launch on
    macOS
    Monterey, but
    Windows 11
    has a neat
    feature in the
    Edge browser
    that makes it
    even easier to
    see and
    organize your
    tabs. Instead
    of collecting
    them in a
    horizontal row
    above your


window, you can also see them in a
vertical list by clicking an icon in the top
left corner. In an instant, you’ll be able to
see your open tabs as if they were
bookmarks in Safari’s sidebar, which
makes it easy to find individual pages in a
sea of open tabs. The new Safari will show
tab groups in the sidebar, but not the
individual tabs.


  1. SNAP LAYOUTS
    One of Windows 10’s best features is the
    ability to quickly snap an app to the left or
    right side of the screen to quickly work
    side by side in full view. Apple introduced
    a similar system in macOS Catalina that
    lets you use apps side by side in Split
    View. But Windows 11 takes it even further
    with new layouts that let you use two,


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