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`Apple Releases macOS Monterey With AirPlay to Mac, Live Text, Safari Updates, Shortcuts App and More
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`Monday October 25, 2021 10:04 am PDT by Juli Clover
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`Apple today released macOS 12 Monterey, the newest version of the operating system designed to run on the Mac. macOS Monterey
`comes after months of beta testing and feature refinements.
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`The new macOS Monterey update can be downloaded on all eligible Macs using the Software Update section of System Preferences,
`and it can also be found in the Mac App Store. Like all Mac updates, macOS Monterey is a free download. For those who don't want to
`upgrade to macOS Monterey , there's also a macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 update available, which Apple says includes security fixes.
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` macOS Monterey adds quite a few features that have already been introduced on iOS devices with iOS 15 and iPadOS 15. FaceTime
`has gained spatial audio support and voice isolation to cut down on background noise, and in the future, it will work with the
`SharePlay feature for screen sharing and watching tv and movies with friends and family over FaceTime .
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`Messages supports Shared With You, and Tab Groups in Safari allow tabs to be organized together and accessed across devices.
`There were Safari design changes to the tab interface, but right before Monterey was released, Apple reversed the changes. The
`"Compact" Monterey look can be enabled for those who prefer it.
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`There's a new AirPlay to Mac option and a feature for using the Mac as a speaker for multi-room audio, and Focus mode helps you
`keep on task by cutting down on distractions. The Shortcuts app that's available on iOS devices has expanded to the Mac, and Apple
`added new features to Notes, including a Quick Note option that activates a note when you mouse over a section of the screen.
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`With Live Text, Macs can detect text in any image and it becomes interactive, so you can copy, paste, and translate text from photos.
`Visual Lookup in the Photos app uses machine learning to provide details on animals, art, landmarks, plants, and more that you've
`photographed.
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`iCloud Private Relay, a feature available to all paid iCloud users, hides your browsing habits and IP address from third parties. There's
`a Hide My Email feature for keeping your email address private, and you can use your own personal domains with iCloud .
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`Mail Privacy Protection prevents emails from using tracking pixels to monitor your activity, and on M1 Macs, AirPods Pro and AirPods
`Max now offer spatial audio support. Apple's full release notes for macOS Monterey are below:
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`FaceTime
`- Spatial audio makes voices sound like they come from the direction of a speaker on the screen in a Group FaceTime call
`- Voice Isolation blocks background noises so your voice is crystal clear
`- Wide Spectrum brings every sound in your space into the call
`- Portrait mode puts the focus on you by blurring your background on Mac computers with the M1 chip
`- Grid view displays people in same-size tiles and highlights the active speaker
`- FaceTime links for inviting friends to calls on Apple, Android, or Windows devices
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`Messages
`- Shared with You displays content shared over Messages in your Mac apps
`- New Shared with You section in Photos, Safari, News, Podcasts, and the TV app
`- Multiple photos display as collages or stacks in Messages
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`Safari
`- Tab Groups help you save and organize your tabs and sync across devices
`- Intelligent Tracking Prevention prevents trackers from viewing your IP address
`- Compact tab bar option lets you see more of the webpage on your screen
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`Focus
`- Focus lets you automatically filter out notifications based on what you're doing
`- Options to customize a Focus for activities like work, gaming, reading, and more
`- Focus sets across all Apple devices
`- Status lets your contacts know that your notifications are silenced
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`Quick Note & Notes
`- Quick Note lets you take notes on any app or website, and easily revisit them later
`- Tags help you quickly categorize your notes by topic and make them easy to find
`- Mentions enable you to notify others of important updates in shared notes
`- Activity view displays who made recent changes in a shared note
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`AirPlay to Mac
`- AirPlay to Mac lets you share content from iPhone or iPad straight to your Mac
`- AirPlay speaker support for playing music through your Mac sound system
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`Live Text
`- Live Text makes text interactive in photos across the system
`- Support for copying, translating, and looking up text that appears in photos
`- Visual Look Up helps you learn about art, landmarks, and other objects in photos
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`Shortcuts
`- New app helps you automate everyday tasks, helping you accomplish them faster
`- Gallery with pre-built shortcuts that you can add and run throughout the system
`- Shortcuts editor helps you design custom shortcuts for your specific workflows
`- Support for automatically converting Automator workflows into shortcuts
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`Maps
`- Interactive 3D globe with enhanced details for mountains, oceans, and more on Mac computers with the M1 chip
`- Detailed city maps display elevation, trees, buildings, landmarks, and more on Mac computers with the M1 chip
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`Privacy
`- Mail Privacy Protection helps prevent senders from tracking your Mail activity
`- Recording indicator in Control Center for apps that are accessing your mic
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`iCloud+
`- iCloud Private Relay (beta) helps prevent companies from creating a detailed profile of your browsing activity in Safari
`- Hide My Email creates unique, random email addresses that forward to your inbox
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`Later this year, macOS Monterey will gain support for Universal Control, an addition that was not ready for release at launch. With
` Universal Control , users can use a single keyboard and mouse across multiple Macs and iPads. SharePlay, the feature that allows
`users to share their screens over FaceTime and watch movies and TV together, is also coming in a later macOS Monterey update.
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`To give a better overview of all of the new features that Apple has brought to the Mac with macOS Monterey , we have a dedicated
`macOS Monterey roundup that's available.
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`Related Roundup: macOS Monterey
`Related Forum: macOS Monterey
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