**Apple's Latest macOS Update: What's New and Exciting**

After months of anticipation, Apple has finally released its latest update to macOS Sonoma. This major update brings a plethora of new features, improvements, and enhancements that are sure to excite Mac users around the world.

One of the most significant features in macOS Sonoma is the new "Game Mode" feature. When you start a game, Game Mode automatically turns on, ensuring that your game gets the highest CPU and GPU priority. This results in more consistent frame rates and reduced input and audio latency, making for a smoother gaming experience.

I recently had the opportunity to experiment with Game Mode on my Mac Mini running the M2 Pro chip, and I was impressed by its performance. With this feature, I was able to play "Lies of P" at 4K resolution and 120 FPS, which is a significant improvement over my previous gaming experience.

Another exciting feature in macOS Sonoma is the new "Presenter Mode." This mode allows you to present on-screen presentations without revealing your face or identity. When someone starts a presentation during a video call, the presenter shows up as a small overlay with their head appearing in a bubble that you can move around the screen. You can also choose to appear as a large overlay, and Mac OS can identify your face and body, separating it from your background.

This feature is perfect for presentations where you want to maintain anonymity or when you're presenting on behalf of a company. It's a great addition to the update, and I'm sure many professionals will appreciate its usefulness.

In addition to Game Mode and Presenter Mode, macOS Sonoma also introduces a new "Password Sharing" feature that allows you to share your password with others. When you go to Settings > Passwords, you can now set up password sharing, which uses biometric data to log in. This means that even if you change your password frequently, your brother or family member will still be able to access your devices.

This feature is especially useful for shared accounts or when working with others who need access to certain applications or services. It's a great way to manage multiple passwords and identities without having to remember them all.

The update also includes several other features that are sure to please Mac users. One of these is the ability to create profiles, which can be used to keep work and personal tabs separate. You can now go one step further and assign a profile to a Focus Mode, which will switch to your work profile when you're in Focus mode.

Additionally, Safari gets several updates, including improved performance and new features like Web Apps. With Web Apps, you can save websites that you visit frequently as a separate app icon on your dock, making it easy to access them quickly.

The update also includes enhanced private browsing, which allows you to hide and secure your browsing activities behind a password. This is especially useful for more personal or sensitive browsing activities, such as online banking or shopping.

Overall, macOS Sonoma is a significant update that brings many exciting new features and improvements to the Mac ecosystem. Whether you're a gamer, presenter, or just someone who wants to manage multiple passwords and identities, there's something in this update for everyone.

**Favorite Features**

So, what were my top five favorite features of macOS Sonoma? Here they are:

1. **Game Mode**: This feature is perfect for gamers who want to enjoy smooth gameplay without lag or interruptions.

2. **Presenter Mode**: This mode is a game-changer for presenters and professionals who need to maintain anonymity during presentations.

3. **Password Sharing**: This feature is incredibly useful for shared accounts or when working with others who need access to certain applications or services.

4. **Profiles and Focus Mode**: These features allow you to keep work and personal tabs separate, making it easier to manage multiple identities and profiles.

5. **Web Apps**: Saving websites as Web Apps makes it easy to access them quickly and efficiently.

**Compatibility**

Before you upgrade to macOS Sonoma, make sure your Mac is compatible with the update. Here are the supported models:

* iMac 2019 model and later

* iMac Pro Pro 2017 model and later

* MacBook Air 2018 model and later

* MacBook Pro 2018 model and later

* Mac Pro 2019 model and later

* Mac Studio 2022 and later

* Mac minis 2018 and later

**Conclusion**

Apple's latest macOS update, Sonoma, is a significant improvement over previous versions. With its new features like Game Mode, Presenter Mode, Password Sharing, Profiles and Focus Mode, Web Apps, and enhanced private browsing, there's something for everyone in this update.

Whether you're a gamer, presenter, or just someone who wants to manage multiple passwords and identities, macOS Sonoma is definitely worth checking out. So, what are you waiting for? Upgrade your Mac today!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhave an older Mac but want a fresh coat of paint why not upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS dubbed Mac OS Sonoma this free update went live this month I highly recommend that you update your machines today hi I'm Michael Josh your Gadget Matchmaker and over the last decade I've made it my job to show people around the world that Tech can be easy fun and exciting on this channel I give you special access to the products I review the events I attend and all the interesting people I get to meet along the way so if you're a loyal Mac User wanting to spice things up give this channel a like And subscribe and I'll help you find the right Mac OS to match your needs and just so you know what's in store for you here are the best new features of Mac OS somoma just like on the iPhone widgets are also now available on your Mac desktop some of my favorites and what I currently have on my desktop are the weather the battery status of my devices and my calendar and of course the photo swidget for my daily dose of good memories widgets are interactive so for example I can take off a to-do without having to dive into my things app and that's right things is a thirdparty app now apart from widgets made by Apple you'll find there are more to choose from based on apps installed on your Mac and even your iPhone some third party favorites I use include a battery indicator for my Fon Mo bike carrot weather that shows me forecasts for the day and the week and a cahoot widget with trivia questions similar to that quiz game you'll sometimes find on the back of an Uber now just in case you think this might be distracting don't worry they fade into the background like a transparent layer whenever you launch a new app I actually like that they're transparent so I have them like this permanently to do this go into settings desktop and dock widget style monochrome if you watch the channel you'll know I own a couple of TVs from different TV manufacturers but regardless of make or model I always have an Apple TV connected now one thing I love about Apple TV is its collection of aerial screen savers which feature drone shots over Scenic cityscapes through oceans and rivers and even in space sometimes I will just sit there and watch it's very peaceful but here's the best part say this is your screen saver when you log in to your Mac it seamlessly transitions to your desktop wallpaper how cool is that if you dive into settings wallpaper and you scroll down you'll see that you can shuffle through sets of different Aerials and if none of this is your cup of tea you can still pick any wallpaper of your Choosing by the way this is the default wallpaper for Mac OS Sonoma convinced yet well we have more amazing features to talk about after the break but first did you know that before you can install Mac OS Sonoma you'll need at least 25 GB of free space now if you're running out of space you can manually look for large files and delete them or to make your life easier and make sure your Mac is ready you can use clean my Mac X which happens to be this video sponsor with smart scan you can do three things with just one click of this button clean up remove malware and speed up your Mac it only takes a few minutes I found this helpful not just when I had to upgrade this 2-year-old iMac but also before starting my days especially when I have power hungry tasks to accomplish like editing 4K videos speaking of editing the menu app gives me a quick overview of my Max status like how much memory I have available how much storage I have left and even the internet speed all useful information when I'm editing editing exporting and uploading YouTube videos want to try it for yourself well clean my Mac is giving you a 7-Day free trial and if you want to continue using it to get your Mac project ready we'll give you a 20% discount on your order if you use the link in the description box below and we'd like to thank clean Mac X for sponsoring this video whether we like it or not video calls are now part of our our daily life and regardless of what app you use or at least the big ones FaceTime Zoom Microsoft teams WebEx Mac OS Sonoma now gives us more tools to elevate the video calling experience every time you're on a video call you'll see this icon over here which signifies that your camera is turned on but if you click on it you'll find that all your tools are in one place turn on Center Stage so your camera follows you around the room portrait mode for that creamy blur effect and yes you can click on this Arrow to bring up a slider so that you can control the intensity Pro tip dial it down a little cuz too much blur kind of looks fake don't have a ring light but want it to look like you've got Studio lighting turn on lighting effects this is a before and this is the after and last but not least my favorite reactions a heart sign means love a thumbs up sign is for like thumbs down for dislike two thumbs up for fireworks thumbs down for rain one pie sign for balloons two pie signs for confetti and two Rock On signs for lasers actually there's one more video feature that I like even better it's called called presenter mode which is only available on Mac's running Apple silicon you know how on a video call and someone starts a presentation you see the presentation but not the presenter now with presenter mode the presenter shows up as a small overlay where your head appears in a bubble that you can move around the screen you can also choose to appear as a large overlay Mac OS can identify your face and body and separate it from your background so your face and body appear as a layer above the presentation the slideshow is another layer behind that and at the very back your background is a third layer Safari gets some updates as well you can now create profiles like personal or work so that you can keep your work tabs separate from your personal tabs this applies to your favorites your tab groups and even your browsing history now you can go one step further and assign a profile to a focus mode so when you're in work Focus mode for example Safari switches to your work profile there's also something called Web apps now think about a website that you visit a lot for me it's probably instacart so in my case I can save it as a web app just navigate to the site and click file add to Doc and just like that the site has its own app icon it appears on your doc and if you do a spotlight search it'll come out as well and of course if you launch it it will look like its own separate app independent of safari last but not least there's enhanced private browsing for your more personal or shall we say delicate browsing activities you can hide and secure them all behind a password next time anyone tries to open your browser boom they'll need a password first this year apple is making a huge play in the gaming space not just to bring PC and console titles to the mac and having them play is good but to also bring the same titles to the iPhone we might have to do a video on this in the future but for now from a user's perspective what you need to know is a feature called game mode new on Mac OS somoma game mode automatically turns on when you start a game and it makes sure your game gets the highest CPU and GPU priority the result more consistent frame rates and reduced input and audio latency when paired with game controllers like this from PS5 and of course your airpods or airpods Macs with the promise of more AAA titles coming next year I was curious can my Mac Mini eventually replace a gaming console for this experiment I decided to upgrade to one running the M2 Pro chip because this particular model supports 4K 120 FPS I've currently been playing lies of P it's a great start and I can't wait for games that are coming soon including death stranding from Legendary game creator hideo Kojima that game Launches on Mac OS on December 2nd I've got one bonus feature that solves a problem that I have a lot like many of you I share my Disney Plus account with my brother and often times I'll change my password and he'll have to text me in the middle of the night hey what's your password well now if you go to settings and passwords you can now set up something called password sharing so even if I change the password every time he tries to log in on his MACC or iPhone he'll get this prompt where he can use his biometric data to log in of course if James is a bad boy then I can also remove him and revoke access anytime now before you get too excited make sure that your Mac is compatible with Mac OS somoma here are all the supported models any iMac 2019 model and later iMac Pro Pro 2017 model and later MacBook Air 2018 model and later MacBook Pro 2018 model and later Mac Pro 2019 model and later Mac Studio 2022 and later and Mac minis 2018 and later and those were my top five favorite features of Mac OS Sonoma are you going to upgrade today and which was your favorite feature let me know in the comments section below I know we don't do a lot of software videos but definitely going to do more and more of it let me know what you think about this new format as well if you haven't subscribed to this YouTube channel make sure you do and hit that Bell icon so that you get notified every time we post new videos follow me on social media follow the behind the scenes fun stuff and for news and updates make gadgetm match.com your daily habit until the next video I'm Michael Josh thanks for dropping by Ihave an older Mac but want a fresh coat of paint why not upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS dubbed Mac OS Sonoma this free update went live this month I highly recommend that you update your machines today hi I'm Michael Josh your Gadget Matchmaker and over the last decade I've made it my job to show people around the world that Tech can be easy fun and exciting on this channel I give you special access to the products I review the events I attend and all the interesting people I get to meet along the way so if you're a loyal Mac User wanting to spice things up give this channel a like And subscribe and I'll help you find the right Mac OS to match your needs and just so you know what's in store for you here are the best new features of Mac OS somoma just like on the iPhone widgets are also now available on your Mac desktop some of my favorites and what I currently have on my desktop are the weather the battery status of my devices and my calendar and of course the photo swidget for my daily dose of good memories widgets are interactive so for example I can take off a to-do without having to dive into my things app and that's right things is a thirdparty app now apart from widgets made by Apple you'll find there are more to choose from based on apps installed on your Mac and even your iPhone some third party favorites I use include a battery indicator for my Fon Mo bike carrot weather that shows me forecasts for the day and the week and a cahoot widget with trivia questions similar to that quiz game you'll sometimes find on the back of an Uber now just in case you think this might be distracting don't worry they fade into the background like a transparent layer whenever you launch a new app I actually like that they're transparent so I have them like this permanently to do this go into settings desktop and dock widget style monochrome if you watch the channel you'll know I own a couple of TVs from different TV manufacturers but regardless of make or model I always have an Apple TV connected now one thing I love about Apple TV is its collection of aerial screen savers which feature drone shots over Scenic cityscapes through oceans and rivers and even in space sometimes I will just sit there and watch it's very peaceful but here's the best part say this is your screen saver when you log in to your Mac it seamlessly transitions to your desktop wallpaper how cool is that if you dive into settings wallpaper and you scroll down you'll see that you can shuffle through sets of different Aerials and if none of this is your cup of tea you can still pick any wallpaper of your Choosing by the way this is the default wallpaper for Mac OS Sonoma convinced yet well we have more amazing features to talk about after the break but first did you know that before you can install Mac OS Sonoma you'll need at least 25 GB of free space now if you're running out of space you can manually look for large files and delete them or to make your life easier and make sure your Mac is ready you can use clean my Mac X which happens to be this video sponsor with smart scan you can do three things with just one click of this button clean up remove malware and speed up your Mac it only takes a few minutes I found this helpful not just when I had to upgrade this 2-year-old iMac but also before starting my days especially when I have power hungry tasks to accomplish like editing 4K videos speaking of editing the menu app gives me a quick overview of my Max status like how much memory I have available how much storage I have left and even the internet speed all useful information when I'm editing editing exporting and uploading YouTube videos want to try it for yourself well clean my Mac is giving you a 7-Day free trial and if you want to continue using it to get your Mac project ready we'll give you a 20% discount on your order if you use the link in the description box below and we'd like to thank clean Mac X for sponsoring this video whether we like it or not video calls are now part of our our daily life and regardless of what app you use or at least the big ones FaceTime Zoom Microsoft teams WebEx Mac OS Sonoma now gives us more tools to elevate the video calling experience every time you're on a video call you'll see this icon over here which signifies that your camera is turned on but if you click on it you'll find that all your tools are in one place turn on Center Stage so your camera follows you around the room portrait mode for that creamy blur effect and yes you can click on this Arrow to bring up a slider so that you can control the intensity Pro tip dial it down a little cuz too much blur kind of looks fake don't have a ring light but want it to look like you've got Studio lighting turn on lighting effects this is a before and this is the after and last but not least my favorite reactions a heart sign means love a thumbs up sign is for like thumbs down for dislike two thumbs up for fireworks thumbs down for rain one pie sign for balloons two pie signs for confetti and two Rock On signs for lasers actually there's one more video feature that I like even better it's called called presenter mode which is only available on Mac's running Apple silicon you know how on a video call and someone starts a presentation you see the presentation but not the presenter now with presenter mode the presenter shows up as a small overlay where your head appears in a bubble that you can move around the screen you can also choose to appear as a large overlay Mac OS can identify your face and body and separate it from your background so your face and body appear as a layer above the presentation the slideshow is another layer behind that and at the very back your background is a third layer Safari gets some updates as well you can now create profiles like personal or work so that you can keep your work tabs separate from your personal tabs this applies to your favorites your tab groups and even your browsing history now you can go one step further and assign a profile to a focus mode so when you're in work Focus mode for example Safari switches to your work profile there's also something called Web apps now think about a website that you visit a lot for me it's probably instacart so in my case I can save it as a web app just navigate to the site and click file add to Doc and just like that the site has its own app icon it appears on your doc and if you do a spotlight search it'll come out as well and of course if you launch it it will look like its own separate app independent of safari last but not least there's enhanced private browsing for your more personal or shall we say delicate browsing activities you can hide and secure them all behind a password next time anyone tries to open your browser boom they'll need a password first this year apple is making a huge play in the gaming space not just to bring PC and console titles to the mac and having them play is good but to also bring the same titles to the iPhone we might have to do a video on this in the future but for now from a user's perspective what you need to know is a feature called game mode new on Mac OS somoma game mode automatically turns on when you start a game and it makes sure your game gets the highest CPU and GPU priority the result more consistent frame rates and reduced input and audio latency when paired with game controllers like this from PS5 and of course your airpods or airpods Macs with the promise of more AAA titles coming next year I was curious can my Mac Mini eventually replace a gaming console for this experiment I decided to upgrade to one running the M2 Pro chip because this particular model supports 4K 120 FPS I've currently been playing lies of P it's a great start and I can't wait for games that are coming soon including death stranding from Legendary game creator hideo Kojima that game Launches on Mac OS on December 2nd I've got one bonus feature that solves a problem that I have a lot like many of you I share my Disney Plus account with my brother and often times I'll change my password and he'll have to text me in the middle of the night hey what's your password well now if you go to settings and passwords you can now set up something called password sharing so even if I change the password every time he tries to log in on his MACC or iPhone he'll get this prompt where he can use his biometric data to log in of course if James is a bad boy then I can also remove him and revoke access anytime now before you get too excited make sure that your Mac is compatible with Mac OS somoma here are all the supported models any iMac 2019 model and later iMac Pro Pro 2017 model and later MacBook Air 2018 model and later MacBook Pro 2018 model and later Mac Pro 2019 model and later Mac Studio 2022 and later and Mac minis 2018 and later and those were my top five favorite features of Mac OS Sonoma are you going to upgrade today and which was your favorite feature let me know in the comments section below I know we don't do a lot of software videos but definitely going to do more and more of it let me know what you think about this new format as well if you haven't subscribed to this YouTube channel make sure you do and hit that Bell icon so that you get notified every time we post new videos follow me on social media follow the behind the scenes fun stuff and for news and updates make gadgetm match.com your daily habit until the next video I'm Michael Josh thanks for dropping by I\n"