Introducing macOS Catalina
Limit your Mac habit
S
creenTimein Catalinaworksin exactlythesamewayasit does
in iOS.It bringssomeextraparitybetweenthetwoplatforms
andsitsin thebackgroundmonitoringyourusage,andthen
presentsyourhabitsin a waythatis informativeandwhichwillenable
youtochangeif youneedto.Wetalka lotabouttheoveruseof
phonesandit is goodtoseethesamechecksandbalancescoming
tolargercomputingplatforms.Seeeveryuser
Multipleusersarealso
supportedwhichallows
youto viewandcontrolthe
habitsof yourfamilygroup.It
soundsoverbearing,butit is
actuallyextremelyuseful.Barsandcolours
Themainchartdetails
yourproductivity,social
networkingandentertainment
usagein easyto readblocks
of colour.Thiswillhelpyou
quicklyunderstandwhich
areasyouneedto tweak.Limityourtime
Youcaneasilylimitthetime
spentoncertainappswhich
is idealif youletyourchildren
usea Macandtheyarein the
samefamilygroup.Individual
app usage
Knowing which apps
dominate your time is
another useful indicator
to understand not only
your habits, but how you
are utilising your Mac in a
computing sense.Better organised Notes
N
otes is another Apple
app that performs a
specific function, but
whichdoes so in a way that
givesspace for third-party
offerings to provide much
morefunctionality.
In Catalina, however,
thereis a new gallery view
thatmakes it much easier to
findthe notes you need to
access and to do so in a more
immersive way. The added
checklist options let youreorder items in a more natural
way and shared folders enable
a level of collaboration with
individuals or teams that was
previously unavailable.
None of these changes
is groundbreaking, but they
are definite improvements
and they push Notes one
step further to being the killer
option for any Apple user.
Notes still, however, needs
more functionality to appeal to
the vast majority.