macOS Sonoma: the 10 best new features for Mac

The wallpapers are a total waste if you’re a parent because don’t all of us Dads use our kids’ photos on our desktops 😆 . Great presentation on the new features!

best feature is the airpod switcher. Much approved and a game changer.

You don't need any cleaning app.. in your mac/

MacOS Sonoma is draining my battery faster than Ventura on M1 Max! 😑

This feels so bad that us users of 2017 iMacs 5k 27-inch are left out!!! Our machines are still great even in 2023 or for the years ahead. This sucks Apple! Come on!

I love the wallpapers but already have bing's app which is more unique. I selected all the images for screensavers

Does the new high performance remote access support audio as well?

Zero fundamental changes, just painting the grass.

more than 4GB update for wallpapers, widgets. Safari and PDF updates doesn't have to be part of a OS update

I do not dictate text. I think it only works correctly with Seattle English. I live in East Tennessee.

Solid presentation. Many thanks for the deep dive. I'll upgrade soon and have you to thank for it.

That clean my mac software blocks private relay.

Is it me or the new wallpapers' resolution a bit low?

Fantastic tour of the new OS. Thank you, Jeff.

Thanks for the video, You show the new features but you don't really show how to access them? i.e. video conferencing updates - but I don't see that in my upper tool bar? so how do you use it? how do you invoke it? etc.

How long did it take for a CAPS indicator?? FFS 🤣🤣

Omg 2023 and we are excited about movable widgets. wtf.

Oh joy.. it's like Window 7. Lame updates.. windows by the way is on win 11

Can you lock safari profiles behind a password?

The lock screen and wallpaper additions are very nice but I think my favorite are the on screen widgets. I can see myself adjusting very quickly to those. Thanks for the review it helps a lot.

So glad I left windows it's been amazing with apple past 2 years

Great video thanks for showing all these ace bits - cannot wait to upgrade next week ;)

What an awesome "new" "innovation" by apple to finally give widgets like Windows Vista gave almost 15+ years ago.

mac like windows with this widgets hate windows

Just let me put Split View into quarters 😫 I’m sick of being limited to halves especially with a bigger monitor. Also Apple Arcade is the biggest joke of all time.

I still find it ridiculous that you have to pay $98 for a pair of Airpod batteries. Unbelievable. Which is why I'll be sticking with my wired studio quality headphones until (if/when?) the EU forces Apple to adopt user replaceable batteries.

@9to5Mac great video, thanks. But please don’t ask ALL THE TIME “what do you guys think about…” - kind of gets annoying and obsolete at some point 😅

Is it true that OS Sonoma transcribes voice messages to text?

my suggestion, instead of you block and blur it, you just fake the adress of personal info etc, so we can see it clearly.

You should give an epilepsy warning at the beginning

Nothing to write home about, but the presentation stuff seems neat. For pure usability, I don't think that having the shared stuff smaller behind me is that useful, since the people will seldom care about me but rather want to focus on what I share. But, neat.

I don't use dictation in any way shape, form or fashion. Hopefully Sonoma is less iOS feeling like Ventura which I'm not a fan of.

Can I have the lock screen be animated but have a separate static wallpaper or must they go hand in hand?

I think Mac should get rid of dropdown menubar... it's old and uninteresting.

I'm so exited for these GAME CHANGING updates that will completely change the way we work!

My accent is a mixture of New Zealander accent, southern English accent, and US West Coast American accent. Point: no dictation accent I select can understand me!

I find dictation very useful as I am dyslexic

What monitor are you using? Is this the Studio Display? If so, why does it not have a stand?

Plenty of changes are minor and subtle, but overall much appreciated!

Will they ever include profiles ? Like when I set the iPhone with different UI … so then when I finish working I flip to relax or game mode and it changes everything in the mac

XDR on Vesa?

Do passwords stay separate in safari profiles?

Honestly, a very disappointing update. The only major change is the live widgets and honestly, that is something not at all innovate ( It should have been added several years ago).
Not even sure how wallpaper constitutes as an OS update. Apple has rally lost its way.

never use dictation if you cant read get a tablet

I wish Apple would revert the change to System Preferences in Sonoma. The Ventura redesign is awful.

I like your wallpaper.

Gosh this nominal upgrade really makes me want to stay on the apple ecosystem. I cant wait to use the exact same form factor with new UI elements and the same compatibility issues. So very exciting,