macOS is Apple’s oldest platform, however that does not imply it isn’t in a position to spring loads of surprises.
Lately, we have seen Apple lean closely on options from round its product ecosystem to enhance the Mac expertise, taking inspiration from iOS and watchOS software program, and iPhone and Apple Watch {hardware}, to push what a contemporary Mac can do. That is led to the arrival of issues like unlocking a Mac with an Apple Watch, Continuity Digicam with an iPhone, and a lot extra.
However is there something left that Apple steal for macOS now? I would argue there’s not a lot, however there are definitely some concepts for what might function within the comply with as much as macOS Sonoma.
With this in thoughts, right here is my macOS 15 wishlist as we head into 2024.
App Library
I’ve arrange my Purposes folder in a manner that it at all times reveals in my Dock, and that is tremendous for probably the most half. I additionally attempt to do my finest to maintain many macOS instruments (see our record of the finest macOS utility apps for inspiration) in a separate folder to keep away from litter.
The thought is that I can see my apps with a single click on, while not having to open Launchpad and see a complete host of apps that in any other case lack a simple manner of submitting them.
An App Library has been a enormous assistance on my iPhone, letting me immediately monitor down one thing I’ve simply put in, categorize all the pieces I’ve on my system, and simply hold areas like my Dwelling Display tidy.
I would love for one thing related on my Mac so I can simply discover what I want. For now, I will need to make do with third-party options like Alfred to launch them.
Revised window administration
The macOS working system all of us use has been round since 2000, so it is smart for window administration to take a step ahead.
It is lengthy been the Mac’s Achilles heel, and whereas I exploit Magnet to wrangle my apps, I am determined for a first-party choice as a result of, as a lot as Stage Supervisor has improved on iPad, Stage Supervisor for Mac feels lackluster.
It is not that it is dangerous, it simply takes up an excessive amount of display screen actual property, and it is a lot clunkier than the keyboard shortcuts I’ve conditioned myself to make use of as a substitute.
Will Apple ever relent and provide a built-in window administration system that is not reliant on a complete new workflow? It is nearer than it is ever been with Shortcuts letting us use customized layouts, however one thing the place we are able to drag home windows into form a la Home windows Snap, can be superb.
A password app
OK, this will not sound that thrilling, however have you ever tried to dig out your passwords from iCloud Keychain on Mac not too long ago? It is slightly little bit of a nightmare.
A lot of that’s doubtless all the way down to how lengthy it has been baked into the OS, pushed deeper and deeper by each subsequent layer. It is not all that intuitive, particularly from a privateness and security-focused firm that likes to inform you “It simply works”.
Whereas that is simply rectified through the use of a third-party service like 1Password (critically, it is so nicely built-in into the OS on all of Apple’s platforms it is grow to be essential app), Apple nonetheless hasn’t seen match so as to add its personal tackle a password supervisor app.
Whereas the corporate wished to draw back from passwords fully with Passkeys, most of us nonetheless want our conventional logins — so come on, Apple, allow us to get to them a bit extra simply.
5 Extra Issues…
Whereas there are many options I would like from macOS sooner or later, not all of them are main sufficient to warrant an entry above.
With this in thoughts, this is a brief record of smaller options I would nonetheless love to see:
- Make it simpler to handle footage with out utilizing the Photographs app
- Enhance automated AirPods switching between units
- Make Stage Supervisor extra helpful by making certain the left-hand bar takes up much less of the display screen
- Give us a local Well being app that makes knowledge simply shareable from the Mac so we are able to connect stories to our Medical doctors and so on.
- Please, Apple, simply repair the reminiscence leaks.
Is there something from macOS you have been eager to see? Let me know within the iMore Boards if there’s one thing I’ve missed!
