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This year’s update to Apple’s desktop operating system will be coming to the masses this fall. And while there’s not as many updates as say, iOS 11 - there’s plenty of changes to get excited about.
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This year's update to Apple's desktop operating system will be coming to the masses this fall
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And while there's not as many updates as say iOS 11, there's plenty of changes to get excited about
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I've installed the first developer beta onto my 2015 MacBook Pro, so let's see what's new
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If you were hoping for a design refresh of the new Mac OS, you'll be sadly disappointed
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High Sierra is more of a refinement and upgrade rather than an all new operating system
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High Sierra is now using Apple's file system instead of HFS, meaning moving and searching
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for files will be faster and more stable than ever thanks to its all new 64-bit architecture
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AFS is also more secure thanks to built-in encryption, crash-safe protections and simplified
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data backups. Safari is also seen an upgrade with new JavaScript performance which Apple claims to be 80% faster
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than Google Chrome. Along with speed, Apple is also looking towards security in the form of blocking ad trackers
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So once you've visited an online store or website, those annoying repetitive ads will
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stop following you. That's not to say it's blocking all ads, only the ones that track you around the web
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Safari will identify the targeted ad trackers through machine learning, as well as being
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able to block videos that autoplay, which is super handy if you're a multi-tab surfer
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Apple is also giving its own mail app a bit of a shrink in size, taking up 35% less space
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on your hard drive thanks to the aforementioned file system along with speedier search results
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Which I've got to say are definitely noticeable. Along with Safari and Mail, Photos is also getting an update with a new sidebar, filters
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and tools, bringing it closer in line than ever to an app like Photoshop
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Or if you prefer to edit with such apps, you can now right-click on an image and choose
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an app to edit with. Once you've finished editing, hit save and the edits will save directly in the Photos library
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Plus it'll be easier than ever to organise photos thanks to being able to drag and drop
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collected images to albums, exporting them to your desktop and rotating and favouriting
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batches right from the toolbar. The live photo animations that are now available on iOS 11, such as loop and bounce, also make
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their way to photos on the Mac too. Apple's graphic technology Metal, which works with the GPU to improve graphics performance
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now has a new version. Cleverly titled Metal 2, it adds new capabilities such as machine learning, virtual reality
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support and support for external GPUs. So if you use your Mac for editing or to play games, you'll see a speed and quality improvement
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Thanks to more and more of us consuming 4K video, Apple has introduced a new codec to
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replace H.264 with HEVC. HEVC will compress videos up to 40% more than the popular H.264 and will make them stream
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better thanks to having that smaller file size. For example, my 4K, 5.5 minute iOS 11 hands on video comes out at 1.63GB using H.264
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If I re-export that using the HEVC codec, it compresses it down to an impressive 1.3GB
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Siri on the Mac gets a lot of the same improvements as seen in iOS as well
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You can now ask Siri to choose some music for you and also get to the new and more human
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like voices. If you're an iCloud user, you can now share files stored within iCloud Drive to friends
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or colleagues also using the service. Spotlight can now look up flight times, terminals, gates, delays and even maps
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You can ask it questions such as musicians born in Liverpool, to suggest novels by certain
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writers and more. Notes has a new pin feature to keep your most important notes to the top of the list to
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find them easier, as well as adding tables. FaceTime now allows you to take photos during calls and there's new family iCloud storage
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plans of either 200GB or 2TB if you're in need of more storage
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Finally, messages are now saved in the cloud to help reduce file storage on your Mac and
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keep all of the message up to date across all of your Apple devices
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macOS High Sierra will be coming to public beta this month with a general release this fall
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Well that's it for this video but let me know in the comments section down below what
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you think of macOS High Sierra. What's your favourite features, what's your least favourite
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