7 Features You Don’t Know About in MacOS
1. Continuity Camera
With Continuity Camera, you can take a photo or scan a document on your iPhone or iPad and have it instantly appear on your Mac. This feature works with many Apple apps, including Mail, Messages and Notes.
2. Time-to-Leave Notifications
MacOS can send you notifications when it’s time to leave for an appointment, based on traffic conditions. To enable this feature in Calendar alerts, go to System Preferences > Privacy > Location Services > System Services.
3. Automator
Automator is a powerful tool that allows you to automate repetitive tasks on your Mac. You can create custom workflows that can perform a series of actions with a single click. You can access Automator from the Applications folder.
4. Handoff and Universal Clipboard
With Handoff, you can start a task on one Apple device and continue it on another. For example, you can start writing an email on your iPhone and finish it on your Mac, or vice versa. Handoff works with many Apple apps, including Mail, Safari, Pages, and more.
Universal Clipboard allows you to copy and paste content between your Mac and other Apple devices, such as an iPhone or iPad. You can copy content on one device and paste it on another by using the standard copy and paste commands.
5. Time Machine
Time Machine is a built-in backup feature that makes it easy to automatically back up all of your files, including system files, apps, music, photos, and documents.
6. Dynamic Desktop
MacOS has a Dynamic Desktop feature, which changes the appearance of your desktop background throughout the day to match the time of day. You can enable Dynamic Desktop in System Preferences > Desktop & Screen Saver.