So it's that time of year again where we all get to update our Macs and make them
feel fresh again. I'm Mark Brown from Editors Keys and in
this video I'm going to show you the Top five new features of Mac OS Mojave and
if you're a Windows user don't forget to check out our link above or below this
video and you can see our video on the new Windows Update. So with every Mac
OS update you should get a faster OS and more security features but what new
front facing features will you see? Well I'm gonna run you through my top 5!
The first new feature is 'dark mode' let me show you that you can access dark
mode by going to System Preferences general and then you have the new option
of selecting light or dark mode this new mode changes all aspects of your Mac's
color tone including the dock and finder there's also a few extra options to
change the color accent of your menus. Next is dynamic desktops. The dynamic
wallpaper can be accessed by going to System Preferences then desktop >
screen saver. From here you have new options to choose
your new dynamic wallpaper. This will darken as your day goes on which could
help reduce a bit of eye strain. Of course as morning comes the wallpaper
will head back to being a lighter color. If you've got a messy desktop like me
you'll love this next new feature it's called 'stacks' and let me show you
how it works. Activate it by going to the finders 'View menu' and then click 'Use
Stacks'. Stacks will then instantly clean up your desktop and pile up similar
types of documents. So if I now click PDF or films you'll see they all pop out as
a new submenu this is a great new feature if you have a lot of images or
documents on your desktop. There's now also an updated gallery view if you're a
photographer you'll love the new gallery view available within finder. This new
view allows you to see much bigger previews of images or documents and also
opens a new sidebar which gives you file information and metadata which is really
handy if you're looking for a particular file.
There's also the ability to rotate markup or select files and then create a
PDF that you can send off to your team or a friend. If you take a lot of
screenshots there is now new screenshot features and new markup tools. So let me
show you those it's the ability to take screenshots and then instantly mark them
up like you can on an iPhone or an iPad press command + Shift + 3 and then like
the iOS version the screenshot will appear in the bottom right corner of
your Mac and a new toolbar will appear above the screenshot giving you the
option to add text a signature or draw over the screenshot which is really
handy for web design projects between teams click done and the screenshot is
saved to your desktop ready to be sent to your teams or a friend in addition to
the new image screen capture you also have new options to screen record your
Mac press command shift and 5 and you have the option to select whole screen
just an app or a selection of the screen which you can then record as a video
there's also options for recording things like mouse clicks or creating a
rundown timer before you start this is really handy if you're creating
tutorials for people or if you just need to show a family member how to do
something on their Mac and whilst you could do this with QuickTime before it's
now baked into the OS which makes it much easier to do so that's my top 5
other new features also include group FaceTime calls which will be really good
for teams businesses and sort of catching up for your friends and family
some of the iOS apps like news and stocks have also been made into mac apps
as well so it's cool to see those coming over does that mean we might see a touch
screen MacBook Pro in the future I'm not so sure but hopefully it means we'll see
a mouse coming to the iPad another really cool little feature that I didn't
want to miss out is the new camera continuity feature in supported apps
like notes you can press the button and then it will open up the camera app on
your iPhone and allow you to insert the photo taken from your iPhone directly
into notes and I think that's really cool so they're my top 5 features of Mac
OS Mohave but what are some of your favorite features of the new operating
system or just Mac in general let us know in the comments below as I'd love
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