David Cox: Hey folks.
Today, I'm gonna show you some of my favorite new features that are
part of the next operating system for the Mac known as Mac OS Ventura.
That's coming up next on Tech Talk America.
I feel like we need to start by talking about Stage Manager, which Apple is
promoting as a whole new way to multitask.
When you turn this feature on which you can access through control center, it
will move all of the applications you are not actively using off to the side.
It's basically an alternative to minimizing applications into the
dock or using multiple desktops.
So let's say I've got my calendar open with safari music and final
cut Stage Manager whisks all, but one of them off to the side.
If I go into the toolbar, I can find options to have Stage Manager visible at
all times, or I can have it only appear when I move my cursor off to the side.
In my opinion, I think Stage Manager might be a good idea if you have your
Mac hooked up to an ultra wide display, but if you're using something like
a 13 inch Macbook Air, I just don't think you'll find it very useful.
Even when Apple presented the demo at WWDC, the example that they gave was a
16 inch MacBook pro running final cut.
They then used Stage Manager to drag files from the desktop into final cut.
But hold on, let's pause that video for a moment.
Anyone who uses final cut pro knows you cannot possibly run
it in that small a window.
I realize a lot of other YouTubers out there are singing
the praises of Stage Manager.
But I have to be honest with you.
I'm not that impressed.
What I wish they'd done is this, you know, how you can swipe up from the
bottom to access the dock on an iPad.
Well, why can't we have the same thing on the Mac?
So what do you think, do you anticipate using Stage Manager or is this just
another one of those features that you'll try once go, oh, Well, that's interesting.
And then turn it off and never use it again.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
Now don't worry.
There is good stuff in Ventura.
So at this point, let's check out a few of the new features that I think you'll find
to be a lot more useful at this point.
Let's open up the photos app.
If you look at the sidebar, you'll notice a lock icon next to
recently deleted and hidden albums.
So to access those albums you'll need to either enter in your admin
password, use touch ID or face ID.
Another handy new feature is that photos can now detect duplicate photos.
If you look at these two drone photos that I took back in Provincetown,
you can see that one is a lot larger of file size than the other.
From here, we have two options.
I can either delete one of them or I can merge the characteristics
of both into one photo.
Personally.
I recommend you just delete the smaller of the two image.
This next segment was added at the last minute, just as I was putting
the finishing touches on this video, Apple released beta three of Mac OS
Ventura, and one of the features that was previously unavailable, I can
now show you that new feature is the ability to create a shared library.
While Apple has had shared albums for years, there has never been a
way to unify all of the photos that you want to share with the other
people that make up your family.
To set up this feature, go to settings and click on the tab for shared library.
You'll then need to add the other people in your family
that you would like to include.
It will now ask you how you wanna set up your library.
You can move all of your photos into that shared library.
You can choose based on who is in them or by a certain date, or you can manually
set this up for this demonstration.
I'm gonna go with manual.
I'll now just pick a few photos and when I'm done, it will ask me
if I want to preview the library before sending out the invite.
Now that the library is set up here at the top, I have an option to toggle
between either my personal shared.
Or see both libraries combined.
Another new feature is you can make edits to one photo and then copy and paste
those edits to a group of other photos.
For this example, I'm gonna use this group of pictures.
I took with my drone.
I'm gonna double click on one of them, and let's say, I wanna see
how this looks with the noir filter.
Now I can secondary click and select copy edits.
Then I can select the other images in this album.
And when I secondary click, I can select paste edits.
One more cool feature in photos in Mac OS Ventura, you can
secondary click on an image.
And in addition to copy, there's also an option to copy just the subject.
It then gives me an outline, showing the boundary of my subject to the background.
And now I'll open up a blank pages document.
And when I paste the image, you'll see the background has been removed.
One of the areas that got a big makeover is system preferences, which
has now been renamed system settings.
As you can see here, this screen more resembles what you would see on iPad OS.
Let's explore just a few of the new settings.
If we go into wifi and then click on the details button next to my
network, you'll find that we now have an option to enable load data mode.
This is perfect.
If you're going on something like a cruise ship where you're paying per gigabyte,
or if you're using your iPhone as a wifi hotspot, by turning this on, it will
prevent background services from running.
You should also know that low data mode will automatically turn off.
Once you join another network.
There are a few other settings that I would like to bring to your attention.
And many of those are located here under general.
If you go into about it now tells you the exact date that
your Apple care coverage ends.
I recommend that you mark that date on your calendar and plan a
trip to the Apple store before just to get it checked out that way.
If anything is starting to fail, you can get it replaced under warranty.
And if you don't live near an Apple store, you should also know that
AppleCare does offer a mail-in.
You just have to ask about it in the past, if you ever needed to uninstall an app,
it was relatively easy provided that it came from the app store, but not so easy.
If you got it elsewhere, check this out.
If we go into storage and then click on the inspector icon next to applications, I
can see a full list of every single app on my Mac, regardless of where it came from.
And here at the bottom is an option to.
As someone who works with a lot of people who are new to the Mac, I am
well aware that one of the things that can be confusing to a new user is all
of the different multitouch gestures.
In all of the previous Mac operating systems.
There was a little video that would play.
So you could see exactly how to perform each multitouch gesture.
As you can see here in Ventura, those videos are gone, so you'll
just need to return to my YouTube.
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We have three big changes in messages.
There's actually a lot more than three, but these are the three that
I wanted to highlight in this video.
You can now edit a message after it's sent.
So if you misspell something, you can edit the original message instead of
having to send another message, explaining that you didn't mean to say ducking,
you do know that all you have to do to fix that is to go into text replacement
and change it so that every time you type in ducking, it replaces it with...
You can only edit a message
if you are sending it to a person who is also on an iPhone, iPad
or Mac, and you can only edit it.
If it's been sent within the last 15 minutes, the second
feature is the ability.
Unsend a message, again, as long as it's within 15 minutes of sending it.
And if the other person is on an iPhone, iPad or Mac, the third
amazing new feature is you can finally mark a message as unread.
I have to tell you, I have wanted this feature for years.
So I am so thrilled to see that this feature is finally here at this
point, let's switch over to mail.
The first thing I wanna show you is one that was not mentioned at the
keynote at WWDC if you secondary click on an email, there is now
an option to block the address.
So unlike marking it as junk, this will move any future messages from
that address directly to the trash.
It's not working perfectly right now in beta two.
And one frustration that I have to note is that there's no keyboard shortcut.
You have to secondary click and then select.
So fingers crossed.
They add a shortcut.
The big question, I think a lot of you will have is will this do anything
for me in terms of reducing junk mail?
And the answer is probably not junk mail is a really complicated topic.
And if you're at the point where it's become totally overwhelming, The
best advice that I can give you is to consider booking an hour session with me.
And I can show you a solution that has worked exceptionally well for
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A couple of other new features in mail.
You can now schedule an email to be sent, and you can also set a
reminder to follow up or reply.
If you send a message and want to unsend it.
You now have that option provided that you catch it within 10 seconds.
One of the new features in spotlight is you can now use quick preview.
So let's say I can't tell whether or not this is the file that I'm looking for.
If I want to look at it without actually opening it, I can
just tap on the space bar.
And if I tap the down arrow, The preview moves to the next item in the list.
One of the features that I have mixed feelings about is the
group's tab feature in safari.
In the example that Apple gave at WWDC, they described this as being helpful for
planning something like a group trip.
Everyone can add their own websites and see everything all in one group.
Now don't get me wrong.
I love tools that allow us to collaborate with others, but where I felt this
tool was really needed was maps.
I mean, Apple only a few months ago released the new guides feature,
which by the way is really amazing.
And if you have not checked it out, I did make a tutorial on
how to create your own guide.
Now, the one and only problem that I have with the guides feature
is once you share it with someone else, it does not automatically.
So while I'm glad that you can share safari tabs, I have to admit I'm
a bit disappointed that we still don't have that feature in maps.
Tell me your thoughts in the comments section.
One of the features that I have to mention, but can't really demo for you.
Is this new feature called pass keys?
Apple is proposing that this will eventually phase
out traditional passwords.
It works by reading your biometric data, meaning it either scans your
face or reads your fingerprint.
There isn't a lot of information yet about the details of how Passkeys
but trust me, I do have a lot of questions.
For example, what exactly does happen when grandma kicks the bucket?
Do we have to get out a pair of pliers, man, this brings a whole
new meaning to the term thumb drive.
Before we go.
Some words of wisdom.
Anytime Apple comes out with a new operating system, I almost never
recommend upgrading on day one bugs.
Aren't immediately discovered.
That's why I always recommend holding off at least one to two.
Before upgrading to a new operating system.
Keep in mind if you ever need help with your Mac, iPhone or iPad, and
would like to work with me one on one.
That is one of the things I do.
You can book a one hour session at my website at TechTalkAmerica.com
thank you so much for watching everyone.
This is David, a Cox with Tech Talk America class dismissed.