Are you getting the most from macOS Sonoma, or are there features you’ve not yet seen? Let’s take a look
APPLE’S LATEST MACOS is packed with all kinds of features great and small, but many of them aren’t documented, are hard to remember, or are so new you might not have come across them just yet. From things that save you time, effort and maybe even money, to those that cause you to smile and let out a "Eureka!" shriek when you discover them, these are the secrets of Sonoma.
Did you know, when you place widgets on your macOS Sonoma desktop, you can have them sit there in full color instead of reverting to monochrome when they’re not in use? Or that you can bring exciting effects to a video chat using hand gestures? Or that also in video chat, you can decide where to appear when using Center Stage; it no longer has to be the middle of the screen? Or that when writing a note in the Notes app, you can switch it to the Pages app and carry on? It’s all in macOS Sonoma.
Over the next few pages, we take a look at the secrets of Sonoma. Features and facets of the new Apple Mac operating system of which you might not be aware, but are sitting there, just waiting to be discovered. So what are you waiting for? Let’s delve into Sonoma’s darkest corners, and get even more from our Mac’s latest OS.
All about the screen savers
MACOS SONOMA TAKES a new look at screen savers. The old ones are still there, but they’re joined by some awesome slow–motion video screen savers featuring areas of great beauty from all over the world. Each of these screen savers has a companion wallpaper too, so you can have a slow–motion view of a beautiful scene while you’re not using your Mac, which steadies into a static desktop when you return. They’re easy to use too.
1 Screen saver settings
First, click the Apple menu in the top–left corner of your screen and select System Settings. In the window that opens, click Screen Saver in the left–hand sidebar. The Screen Saver settings are now shown.
2 Screen saver categories
As you can see, you’re offered new screen savers in four categories; Landscape, Cityscape, Underwater and Earth. Below this are options to shuffle new screen savers (that is, pick one at random from one or all of these categories) and "Other", which is the older screen savers if you prefer to stick with what you know.
3 Show all
To the right of each of these categories is a link marked "Show All". Click one of these to be shown every screen saver in that particular category. The number in brackets after "Show All" is the number of screen savers from which you can choose.
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