68 MACWORLD DECEMBER 2021
FEATURE MACOS MONTEREY SUPERGUIDEand only deliver work-related ones. Apple
supplies a set of Focus modes, and you
also can create your own.
QUICK NOTES
As in iPadOS 15, you can 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
others in a shared note. The people in that
shared notes can get notifications just by
typing their name.
FINDER AND WINDOWS
The Finder in macOS Monterey has a few
changes. When you’re copying a file, the
progress window is now in the form of a pie
chart, and you can pause
long file copies and resume
them later. Go to Folder has
a new design, and Apple
improved the auto-
completion engine to make
it easier to find the file or
folder you need.
Monterey also has a few
new ways to manage
windows. You can swap out
apps in Split View and
change a Split View window to full screen.
Windows automatically resize when
moving a window to a secondary display,
another Mac, or an iPad. And if you’re in
full-screen mode, you can have an
always-on menu bar.ACCESSIBILITY
Monterey now provides VoiceOver
descriptions for Markup and PDF
signatures, custom cursor pointers,
improved full keyboard access, and new
Voice Control languages.RESET WITHOUT
REINSTALLING
A new option in System Preferences lets
you erase all user data and user-installed
apps just as you can do on an iOS device.
That means you can essentially reset a
Mac running Monterey without having to
do a complete reinstall.The new Focus feature is also available in iOS 15.