OS X Yosemite - Features

OS X Yosemite - Features OS X Yosemite is the operating system for Mac computers and is smart, very smart, and looks and sounds good too. This essay is about why OS X Yosemite is important for owners of Mac, iphone, and ipad. More good news is that the Yosemite is a free upgrade from Apple, not $129. not $29, just $0. X Design. The Dock is simpler and more streamlined. The App icons are designed to help you pick the right app. A new system font that will really shine on Retina displays. The green button in the toolbar expands to full screen. No more pressing two times. You want translucent sidebar in the active window so you can see behind the active window, you got it. Photo and Video editors can choose a dark menu bar and Dock. Work perfect. Finder. icloud Drive, yes you have it, See the icloud icon in the Favorites section of the Finder sidebar, in the app Open and Save panels. How does it work, see next item below. Need to rename a

set of files? Select the files and chose Rename. Having you been tagging your documents? Drag a tag from the Finder sidebar to the Dock for quick access to all files with that tag. icloud Drive. Store any file in icloud. Access the latest file version from your Mac, iphone, ipad and Windows PC. Treat your icloud folder just like any folder in OS X. Drag and Drop files, use tags to organize folders and files, and search tags with Spotlight. Files in icloud Drive are available even when you do not have an Internet connection. If you work offline on a file while offline, that file is automatically synced when you Mac is online. ios document libraries are accessible on your Mac. Draw a picture on your ipad, edit it on your Mac. Continuity. The Mac and ios8 devices are connected. Examples are make a phone call without picking up your iphone. Starting writing an email, a document such as this message, or surf the web on one device and finished on another. Redesigned icons and colors. The apps in your Dock look different but are recognizable for what they do. Simpler graphics and flatter colors. One example, itunes has a red badge instead of blue. The App Store icon is still blue, but I will not be confused which icon is what. Accessibility. The list is long. VoiceOver for ibooks, navigation in Safari and Mail use the same conventions, web browsing is faster. Alex, the human voice in the computer has improved pronunciation and is just brighter and clearer overall. Dictation tools have been expanded. 50 additional editing and formatting commands bold a paragraph, delete a sentence, replace a word, change your mind unlimited times for do overs. 40 languages supported. Support for the color blind. Need more contrast, higher adjustment levels are provided.

Air Drop. Move files from any folder and send it to a nearby by Mac or ios device. Receive files anytime by making yourself available to those in your contacts. When a file is coming your way, you will be notified. Click to download the file. If the two devices use the same Apple ID, the download is automatic, no click required. Calendar.For folks who have too many things to do, Calendar will help you schedule your life. Click a contact s telephone number and your iphone will call. You can calendar in Chinese, Hebrew, and Islamic lunar calendars. Need Lunar dates with your Gregorian dates, you have them displayed together. Contacts.You can set custom ringtones for each contact. When Mrs Important calls, the Mac will play the ringtone. FaceTime. Of course you want to make audio and video calls. Use your Mac to dial any number from a nearby iphone. Search numbers in the search filed in FaceTime. Missed a call on your iphone, your Mac has a record also. Someone calling on your locked ipad or iphone, you can answer without your password. For you really popular folks, call waiting is enabled in Face Time. Family Sharing. This is complex in scope. Family Sharing is a System Preference. Members can get access to purchased music, movies TV shows, books, and apps on their Mac. Share photos, calendars, reminders. Handoff. Write a partial email on your iphone, you can finish on the Mac if both devices are nearby. Same handoff system integration with Mail, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendars, Contacts, Note, Keynote, Numbers, and Pages. You can handoff from your Mac to your ipad/iphone or from your ipad/

iphone to your Mac. Safari on your Mac works between your ipad/iphone apps. Start using your iphone app and see it in asafari website on your Mac. Instant Hotspot. When your Mac is out of touch with Internet connectivity, use your iphone s cellular network to enable Internet activities using the iphone s Personal Hotspot. On the Mac, select your iphone from the Wi-Fi menu. Mail. Mail Drop can handle large files such as video, presentations, and folders of photos up to 5GB. Users than need to annotate images and fill out forms can do so in Mail. If someone sends you an incomplete form, do not leave Mail. Just annotate it in your reply. Fill out PDF forms without leaving Mail. Add a signature using the trackpad or an image of the signature from the Mac s camera. Your signature will be available when using Markup or filling out forms in Preview. The Markup toolbar can add text and shapes to images and PDFs. Use your trackpad and Markup will smooth them out. When searching in Mail, spelling errors are recognized and correct spelling suggestions are offered. Maps. Maps work with Handoff so you can share directions, searches, and locations between devices. Messages. See SMS messages sent to your iphone appear in Messages on your Mac. You can send sound bites of your voice to your friends. Think email on steroids. Notes. Notes works with handoff, so you can view your note on other devices. Notification Center. On your Mac you can now see Today s view: events, reminders, tomorrow s schedule. Using the App Store to find widgets and drag them into Today view. Widgets include

Calendar, Weather, Stocks, World Clock, Calculator, Social media, Reminders, and Tomorrow Summary. Phone calls. You can make and receive phone calls from your Mac when your Mac and iphone are on the same Wi-Fi network. Receive calls from your iphone on your Mac. Make a phone call from your Mac using your nearby iphone. Dial numbers from anywhere: Contacts, Calendar, Mail, Messages, or Spotlight. Select a number in Safari or any document. Ringtones? Yes. Call waiting, hold up one call and answer the incoming call. Merge two calls and start a conference call. Answer a call with a decline message or your own text message. You an handoff a call started on the Mac and finish on the iphone. You can answer a phone call if your Mac is sleeping. Preview. Sign a PFD using at the trackpad, iff attached. The Loupe tool will zoom on part of the PFD image. Reminders. Yes you can handoff a list of reminders to another device. You can set reminders to repeat at any interval you want. Safari. Very large feature set: Streamlined toolbar, Favorites view, Spotlight suggestions, Scrollable tabs, Tab view, Close tabs on other devices, Search open tabs, Quick Website Search let Safari find your search using the states you browse the most. Back to the feature set: Longer Netflix playback (three hours longer). RSS in the sidebar, Import data from other browsers, Private Browsing window, DuckDuckGo (DuckDuckGo does not allow tracking users, personal information, or search queries), Stronger cookie blocking, icloud history, Sharing recents, Custom history clearing, Frequently visited sites, Handoff website, native support for popular video websites (no plug-ins required). Screen sharing works with Apple ID. If you want to share

someone else s screen, enter their Apple ID. If you want to offer your screen, provide your Apple ID to them. You can block sharing requests, use your contacts list to share to and/or from your contacts or everyone.. You can temporarily pause a screen share to hide from others what you are doing. SMB 3. For enterprise file sharing. Powerful encryption, transparent connections, and checks each data package for tampering. SMS. Messages sent to your iphone can appear on your Mac. Click a phone number to send a SMS message. Spotlight. Major design overhaul. The spotlight window now appears front and center on your screen. Previews of hits are offered to the right of the Spotlight. Access Wikipedia with the Return key. Maps are provided in the preview as are music, movies, TV shows, and podcasts in the itunes Store. Spotlight suggests popular websites that match your search. Find the name and location, and show times of movies playing nearby. Want current news, Spotlight will show you what s happening. Search the App Store. If your search is appropriate for ibooks, see search results here. Unit conversions for units of measure, currency, and more. Want to see recent documents, use Spotlight. Text input. Keyboarding in Japanese has improved predictability Emoji shortcuts. Chinese text uses context to make suggestions. Other. New dictionaries for Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Thai, and Spanish-English languages. Login with your Apple ID. Goodbye to your Users Account password.

Create new user accounts with Apple ID. Create new users on your Mac by entering their Apple ID. They enter their password when they login with their password. icloud services are automatically setup for them. Auto-install OS X updates.under the Apple menu, Software update is missing. The App Store handles software updates.you can tell your Mac to update automatically. The Mac will download, install, and restart where you left it. Peer-to-peer AirPlay. Allows visitors to connect their Mac or ios device to your Apple TV without passwords or connecting to the Wi-Fi network. Apple TV makes the connection. Make movies of an ios device screen. Using QuickTime Player and a Lightning connection between the device and your Mac, you can record the device s screen activity. Projector Calibrator. Fine tune your projected image to match the rooms lighting conditions. Signatures via icloud Keychain. Signatures created in Preview and Markup are synced to all of your Macs using icloud keychain. Updated system sounds. Many system sounds have been updated so they sound clearer.