Apple Unveils What's Next For macOS Desktop OS: High Sierra (venturebeat.com)

Posted by msmash on Monday June 5, 2017 @06:50AM from the new-os-updates dept.

Apple's next big macOS update is coming this fall, the company announced at its developer conference Monday. Apple is improving macOS Sierra, fixing bugs and making existing features and components faster and more reliable. The new version is called High Sierra. From a report: The update includes new features for Safari, with an update that stops autoplaying videos; Mail, with a new split-view mode; and Photos, with improved face detection, editing, and photo printing features. Apple is also bringing the Apple File System to Macs, after adding the technology to iOS in March. Apple is also bringing new virtual reality support to Macs with the Metal 2 framework.

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Horrible Naming Scheme by Zaurus · 2017-06-05 08:16 · Score: 1, Interesting

I still maintain that even I can come up with a better naming scheme than "places that no one outside of California has ever heard of".
...with an update that stops autoplaying videos. by DidgetMaster · 2017-06-05 08:42 · Score: 4, Interesting

While they are at it, how about a browser option that prevents the advertisements from playing at 5x the sound volume of your regular streaming video?