AUGUST 2021 MACWORLD 9Shortcuts for Mac will be
available, bringing over
the same powerful
functionality. Any
shortcuts that you make
are available systemwide,
so you can run them from
just about anywhere on
the Mac. It’s easy to share
shortcuts, and any you
make will sync across all
your devices. If they are
compatible, iPhone and
iPad shortcuts can run on
M1 Macs or on Intel-based
Mac systems with Catalyst apps.
Apple said during the keynote that
Automator, the previous automation app, will
continue to be supported and that Automator
workflows can be imported to Shortcuts.
SAFARI
Safari on the Mac gets a UI facelift to
support its new tab-focused features. The
tab bar takes on the color of the site you’re
reading and the toolbar is more compact,
with the buttons that currently surround
it—Home, Share, Privacy Report, Show
Downloads—collected into a menu to the
right of the address bar.
The new Tab Groups allows you to
save a set of tabs so you can access them
later. Your Tab Groups are available on all
the Macs that you use and are also
updated across all of your Apple devices.
And Safari keeps an eye on each tab and
keeps sites from using up your system
resources when you’re not actively using a
particular tab.AIRPLAY TO MAC
With AirPlay to a Mac, you can now take
the media from your iPhone and iPad and
use AirPlay to stream on your Mac. You
can also stream from an app; for example,
you can draw using your iPad, and use
AirPlay to stream your activity onto a Mac
so others can watch. AirPlay to Mac works
wirelessly or over a USB connection.
Here are the devices that are
compatible with AirPlay to Mac:
> 2018 and later MacBook Pro
> 2018 and later MacBook AirSafari’s tabs get a new treatment in macOS Monterey, with a UI
redesign and new Tab Groups.