New features available with macOS Ventura.
macOS Ventura makes the things you do most on Mac even better, with powerful new ways to get more done.
Key Features and Enhancements
Smart search corrections
Intelligent search improves your results by correcting typos and using synonyms for your search terms.1
Smart search suggestions
See a richer view of shared content and more from the moment you begin to search for email messages.
Missing recipients and attachments
Get notified if you forget to include an important part of your message, like an attachment or a recipient.1
Undo send
Easily unsend an email message that you just sent before it reaches the recipient’s inbox.2
Scheduled send
Schedule email to be sent at the perfect moment.
Follow-up
Move sent email messages to the top of your inbox so you can quickly send a follow‑up.1
Remind me
Never forget about an email that you opened but didn’t get back to. Select a date and time to be reminded to have messages resurface in your inbox.
Rich link
Add rich links that give your email messages more context and details at a glance.
Spotlight
Preview files with Quick Look
Press the Space bar on a result to view files in Quick Look.
Quick actions
Use Spotlight to quickly take action. Start a timer, turn on a Focus, find the name of a song with Shazam, run any shortcut, and more.
Rich results
Brings together all the information you’re looking for in one rich result. Available for contacts, actors, musicians, movies, TV shows, businesses, and sports.
Image search
Spotlight uses information from images in Photos, Messages, Notes, and the Finder to enable searching by locations, scenes, or even things in the images, like text, a dog, or a car.3
Web images search
Spotlight allows you to search for images of people, animals, monuments, and more from the web.4
Safari
Shared Tab Groups
Share a set of tabs with friends. Everyone can add their own tabs and see the Tab Group update instantly as you work together.
Tab Group start pages
Tab Groups have dedicated start pages that you can customize with a background image and favorites.
Pinned tabs in Tab Groups
Customize your Tab Groups with pinned tabs for each group.
New web extension APIs
Enables developers to create more kinds of Safari web extensions.
Web push notifications
Adds support for opt‑in notifications from Safari pages on macOS.
Extensions syncing
See available extensions from your other devices listed in Safari preferences. Once installed, an extension will sync so you only have to turn it on once.
Website settings sync
Settings you’ve set for specific websites, like page zoom and automatic Reader view, will sync across devices.
New languages
Added support for Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian, and Dutch.
Web page image translation
Added support for translating text in images using Live Text.
Additional web technologies support
Gives developers more power and control over styling and layout of web pages to enable more engaging content.
Strong password editing
Edit strong passwords suggested by Safari to adjust for site‑specific requirements.
Wi-Fi passwords in Network Preferences
Find and manage your Wi‑Fi passwords in Network Preferences. Reference and share passwords or delete old ones.
Passkeys
Passkeys
Passkeys replace passwords with an easier and safer sign‑in method.
Safe from phishing
Passkeys never leave your device and are specific to the site you created them for, making it almost impossible for them to be phished.
Safe from website leaks
Nothing secret is kept on a web server, so you don’t have to worry about website leaks compromising your accounts.
Sync across devices
Passkeys are end-to-end encrypted and sync across your Apple devices through iCloud Keychain.
Messages
Collaboration invitations
Send an invitation to collaborate on a project in Messages, and everyone on the thread will automatically be added to the document, spreadsheet, or project. Compatible with Files, the Finder, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, and Safari, as well as third‑party apps.
Collaboration updates
When someone makes an edit, you’ll see activity updates at the top of the Messages thread. Click the updates to get back to the shared project.
Messages Collaboration API
Developers can integrate their app’s collaboration experiences with Messages and FaceTime, making it easy to initiate and manage collaboration from the places where you’re communicating with your collaborators.
Shared with You API
Developers can build a Shared with You section into their app, so when someone sends you a video or article that you don’t have time to check out at the moment, it will be easy to find the next time you open the app.
Edit a message
You can edit a message for up to 15 minutes after sending it.5
Undo send
Unsend any message for up to 15 minutes after sending it.
Mark as unread
Mark messages as unread when you don’t have time to respond but want to be sure to reply to the sender later.
Recover recently deleted messages
You can recover recently deleted messages for up to 30 days after deleting them.6
SharePlay via Messages
Share synchronized activities like movies, music, workouts, games, and more with friends while chatting in Messages.
iCloud Shared Photo Library
Share a photo library with your family
Share a separate iCloud photo library with up to five other people.
Smart setup rules
Share all your past photos, or use setup tools to contribute specific photos based on start date or people.
Smart sharing suggestions
Contribute photos manually or use smart sharing suggestions in a new sidebar item.
Collaborate on the collection
Everyone has equal permissions to add, edit, favorite, caption, and delete.
Relive more complete memories
Enjoy shared photos in Memories, Featured Photos, and the Photos widget.
Stage Manager7
Center app
Focus on the app you’re working with without going full screen. The app is positioned prominently in the center, at a size that makes it easy to work with.
Fast access to windows and apps
The window of the app you’re working in is displayed prominently in the center, and your other apps and windows are arranged on the left side in order of recent use. Switch easily between apps and windows by simply clicking them.
Updated apps on the side
View updated information for apps that you’re not working with off to the side, such as new messages and email, so you can stay up to date.
Group apps together
Drag and drop windows from the side or open apps from the Dock to create app sets that you can always click to get back to.
Access to desktop
Click the desktop to get back to it so you can find that file you’re looking for.
Mission Control integration
Use all the Mac tools you’re familiar with, including Mission Control to get an overview of all your open apps and switch to the app you’re focusing on.
Spaces integration
Create different spaces dedicated to specific interests or apps that you need to work with in full screen.
Easy mode switching
Easily move back and forth between traditional windows and Stage Manager to use the method that’s best suited for the work you need to do.
FaceTime
Handoff in FaceTime
Move FaceTime calls seamlessly from your Mac to your iPhone or iPad, and vice versa. When you hand off a call, your connected Bluetooth headset transitions to the new device simultaneously.
Collaboration
When you’re collaborating in Files, the Finder, Keynote, Numbers, Pages, Notes, Reminders, Safari, and supported third-party apps, you can start a FaceTime call with your collaborators with a click.
BetaLive Captions in FaceTime
See automatically transcribed dialogue integrated into your FaceTime video calls. With speaker attribution, it’s easy to follow along with group conversations.8
Continuity Camera
Use your iPhone as your webcam
Use the powerful iPhone camera system as your Mac webcam to do things that were never before possible with a webcam. It works wired or wirelessly, and your Mac can automatically switch to using iPhone as a camera input when you bring it close to your Mac.9
Use your iPhone as your Mac microphone
Select iPhone as your Mac microphone. It works wired or wirelessly and can automatically switch as you bring your iPhone close to your Mac or move it away.9
Portrait mode
With Continuity Camera, Portrait mode is now available on any Mac. Portrait mode blurs the background to keep the focus on you.9
Center Stage
With Continuity Camera, Center Stage is now available on any Mac. Center Stage adjusts the framing as you move to keep you centered in the frame.10
Studio Light
A stunning video effect artfully dims the background and illuminates your face, so you won’t need to clutter your desk with external lighting. Studio Light is great for difficult lighting situations, like backlit scenes in front of a window.11
Desk View
Using the Ultra Wide camera on iPhone, Desk View lets you show what’s on your desk during a video conference. It mimics an overhead camera and lets you share your desk and your face at the same time, with no need for complicated setup.10
Game Center
Activity
See your friends’ play activity and achievements all in one place on the redesigned Game Center dashboard and profile.
SharePlay support
Games that use Game Center multiplayer support have SharePlay integration. You can start playing automatically with friends on a FaceTime call.*
Coming later this yearFreeform*
Flexible canvas
Freeform’s canvas is perfect for diagramming new projects, aggregating important assets, or just brainstorming on a board limited only by your imagination.
Fully collaborative
With real-time collaboration, you can view others’ contributions as they add content and make edits, just as if you were together, standing in front of a real whiteboard.
Rich communication
Freeform leverages the Messages Collaboration API so you can start a session from FaceTime and see updates from your collaborators right in your conversation in Messages.
Rich multimedia support
Embed images, video, audio, PDFs, documents, and web links. You can add virtually any kind of file to the canvas and preview it inline, without leaving your board.
System Settings
Refreshed design
System Preferences gets a refreshed design that’s easier to navigate and a new name: System Settings.
Simpler navigation
The sidebar makes it easy to move through different settings panes, so you can quickly configure your device — without having to drill into and out of views.
Organized by category
Settings are organized by category, such as Appearance, Control Center, and Desktop. And similar categories are grouped close together — providing more consistency across macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.
More spacious panes
With more space in each settings pane, it’s simple to find the settings you want right away.
Powerful search
If you don’t know where to find an option in System Settings, you can search for it by dragging from the top of the window to reveal the search field. Options that match your search appear in the sidebar.
Privacy
Lock Hidden and Recently Deleted albums in Photos
The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default and can be unlocked using your login password or Touch ID.
Security
Rapid Security Response
Get important security improvements to your devices even faster. This isn’t a standard software update. These improvements can be applied automatically between normal updates — without a restart.
Accessibility
Background sounds for Mac
Background sounds are now available on Mac. You can play calming sounds, such as ocean or rain, to mask unwanted environmental noise and help minimize distractions.
Buddy controller
Combine inputs from multiple game controllers into one so your care provider or friend can support you in getting to the next level in your game.
BetaLive Captions
Transcriptions are generated automatically in real time for users who are deaf or hard of hearing so they can follow along more easily with conversations, audio, and video.8
BetaLive Captions in FaceTime
See automatically transcribed dialogue integrated into your FaceTime video calls. With speaker attribution, it’s easy to follow along with group conversations.8
New languages and voices for VoiceOver and Spoken Content
VoiceOver and Spoken Content are now available in over 20 additional languages and locales, including Bengali (India), Bulgarian, Catalan, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese. You can also select from dozens of new voices optimized for assistive features.
Text checker for VoiceOver
Discover common formatting issues such as duplicate spaces and mistakenly capitalized letters in documents and email before sharing with others.
Type to Speak with Live Captions on Mac
Type out your response and have it spoken out loud in real time when you use Live Captions during a phone call or FaceTime call or with any video conferencing app on your Mac.
Voice Control spelling mode
Dictate names, addresses, or other custom spellings letter by letter using Voice Control spelling mode.12
Even More
Apple Pay
Redesigned payment sheet
More easily see and manage your information, add cards directly from the Apple Pay experience, and review details about your purchase with an improved summary view.
Clock App
New to Mac
The Clock app on iPad and iPhone is now available on Mac, enabling seamless continuity between devices.
Set world clocks, timers, and alarms
See the local time in different time zones around the world or set an alarm that plays a custom alert sound at a specific time.
Ask Siri
Ask Siri to set timers and alarms or ask for the time in another city.
Extend with shortcuts
Extend Clock functionality to meet your needs using shortcuts that you can access from the menu bar or the Finder or by asking Siri.
Dictation
Automatic punctuation
Dictation inserts commas, periods, and question marks for you as you dictate.13
Emoji support
Insert emoji using your voice while dictating on device.14
Dictionary
New dictionaries
Seven new bilingual dictionaries are available: Bangla–English, Czech–English, Finnish–English, Hungarian–English, Kannada–English, Malayalam–English, and Turkish–English.
Focus
Focus filters
Set boundaries within Apple apps like Calendar, Mail, Messages, and Safari to draw boundaries for each Focus you enable. For example, choose a set of Tab Groups to show up in Safari while in the Work Focus, or hide your work calendar when you’re using the Personal Focus.
Focus filter API
With the new Focus filter API, developers can use the signal that you’re using to enable Focus to hide distracting content.
Focus schedules
Have a Focus turn on automatically at a set time or location or while using a certain app.
Easier setup
Get started with Focus with a personalized setup experience for each option.
Allow and silence list
When you’re setting up a Focus, select apps and people you want to receive notifications from by either allowing them or silencing them.
Home
All-new Home app
The Home app has an all‑new design that makes it easier to navigate, organize, view, and control all your accessories. Improvements to the underlying architecture enhance your smart home’s performance and make it more efficient and reliable.
Whole-house view
See your entire home at a glance in the redesigned Home tab. Rooms and favorite accessories are integrated into the app’s main tab, giving you easier access to accessories you use most.
Categories
Categories for Lights, Climate, Security, Speakers and TVs, and Water let you quickly access all the relevant accessories organized by room, along with more detailed status information.
Updated sidebar
An updated sidebar layout includes categories and rooms so you can get to them quickly.
New camera view
Up to nine camera views are displayed front and center in the Home tab, and with just a scroll, you can see any additional camera views in your home.
Tile design
Accessory tiles have been redesigned so the different accessories are more visually recognizable through shape and color. Accessories can be controlled directly from their tiles by clicking the tile’s icon, or you can click the accessory name for more detailed controls.
Updated architecture
Enhancements to the underlying architecture enable faster, more reliable performance, especially for homes with many smart accessories. Communicate with and control connected accessories more efficiently from multiple devices at the same time using the Home app.15
Coming later this yearMatter support
Matter is a new smart home connectivity standard that will enable compatible accessories to work together seamlessly, across platforms. Matter will allow you to choose from even more compatible smart home accessories and control them with the Home app and Siri on Apple devices.16
iCloud+
Hide My Email in apps
Keep your personal email address private with Hide My Email in third‑party apps.
Keyboard
New Shuangpin layout
An additional layout called Changyong is now available for Shuangpin users.
Cantonese input
Users can now input Cantonese words and phrases using Jyupting and other phonetic methods.
Sichuanese dialect support
Extends the regional dialect to include Sichuanese.
New languages for autocorrect
Autocorrect supports three new languages: English (New Zealand), English (South Africa), and Kazakh.
New languages for emoji search
Search for emoji in 19 new languages including Albanian, Armenian, Azeri, Bangla, Burmese, Estonian, Filipino, Georgian, Icelandic, Khmer, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Marathi, Mongolian, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and Uzbek (Latin).
New languages for keyboard layouts
New languages supported are Apache, Dzongkha, Samoan, Yiddish, and Dvorak.
Live Text17
Live Text in videos
Text is completely interactive in paused video frames, so you can use functions like copy and paste, lookup, and translate. Live Text works in Photos, Quick Look, Safari, and more.
Quick actions
Data detected in photos and videos is actionable with a single click. Track flights or shipments, translate foreign languages, convert currencies, and more.
New languages for Live Text
Live Text adds recognition of Japanese, Korean, and Ukrainian text.
Maps
Multi-stop routing
Plan a driving route with multiple stops on your Mac and it will automatically sync to your iPhone when you’re ready to go.
Transit fares
See how much your journey will cost with transit fares.
Memoji
More sticker poses
Memoji stickers include six new expressive poses.
Contact stickers
All Memoji stickers can be used as contact pictures, and there are three new contact sticker poses to choose from.
More hairstyles
Choose from 17 new and updated hairstyles, including new curly styles, updates to tight curl styles, box braids, and boxer braids.
More headwear
Style your Memoji with a bonnet.
More noses
Choose from more nose options when you customize your Memoji.
More neutral lip colors
Customize your Memoji with more options for a neutral lip color.
Music
Keep track with favorites
Keep track of the artists you care about most with new music notifications and improved recommendations.
News
My Sports
Follow your favorite teams, leagues, and athletes in Apple News. Customize your My Sports feed to see the latest stories, watch highlights, and get scores, schedules, and standings for the teams and leagues you love.
Home pages
Get more in‑depth coverage from your local city and top newspapers with home pages.
More local news
Local news is available in more markets, and you can find local stories in Top Stories and the Today widget.
Favorites
Quickly access the channels and topics you care about most with a customizable Favorites group in the sidebar.
Notes
Enhanced Smart Folders
Automatically organize notes in a Smart Folder based on powerful new filters. Create rules for Date Created, Date Modified, Shared, Mentions, Checklists, Attachments, Folder, Quick Notes, Pinned Notes, and Locked notes.
Lock with password
Encrypt locked notes end-to-end with your login password.
Notes grouped by date
Notes are grouped by chronological categories like Today and Yesterday for easy reference in your list and gallery views.
Collaborate with a link
Share notes that allow anyone with the link to join.
Filter by any or all
Choose whether to filter for any or all of the criteria in a Smart Folder or the Tag Browser.
Photos
Duplicate detection
Photos identifies duplicates in a new sidebar item, so you can quickly clean up your library.
Lock Hidden and Recently Deleted albums in Photos
The Hidden and Recently Deleted albums are locked by default and can be unlocked using your login password or Touch ID.
Copy and paste edits
Copy the edits you’ve made to a photo and paste them onto a batch of photos.
Sort people alphabetically
Sort your People album alphabetically.
New Photos picker in system apps
A new Photos picker makes it easy to import photos and videos into system apps from your Photos library. Search your library to find just what you’re looking for.
Tap to restart a video in Memories
When a video is playing in a memory, you can restart the video and play it from the beginning while the music continues to play.
New memory types
New memory types for This Day in History and children playing.
Apple Music in Memories
Apple Music subscribers can add any of the tens of millions of songs from the Apple Music library to enjoy on their devices.
Turn off featured content
Disable Memories and Featured Photos in Photos and the Photos widget.
Reference Mode with Sidecar
Reference Mode with Sidecar
Use iPad Pro as a secondary reference display for your Mac.18
Reminders
Pinned lists
Pin your favorite lists to get to them quickly.
Templates
Save a list as a template to reuse it for routines, packing lists, and more. Create a link to publish and share a template with others, or download templates that others have shared.
Completed Smart List
View all your completed reminders in one place, along with details like time of completion.
Improved Scheduled and Today Lists
Time- and date-based grouping makes it easier to view and add reminders. The Today List is grouped by Morning, Afternoon, and Tonight to help divide your day. The Scheduled List has new week and month groups to help with longer‑term organization.
Improved list groups
Click a group to see a combined view of the lists and reminders it contains.
Notifications in shared lists
Get notifications when tasks are added to or completed in your shared lists.
Richer notes
Create bullets and underline, bold, or strike through text when adding notes to your reminders.
Filter by any or all
Choose whether to filter for any or all of the criteria in a Custom Smart List or the Tag Browser.
Siri
Refreshed design
Siri receives an updated design with more focused results, so you get just the information you’re looking for.
Stocks
Earnings dates
See the date for a company’s upcoming earnings report and add it to your calendar.
Multiple watchlists
Create multiple custom watchlists to organize the tickers you follow. Group symbols using any criteria you choose, such as sector, asset type, ownership status, and more.
New widget options
Use a new two‑column layout in the medium‑size and large Stocks widgets to see even more symbols.
System
New languages
New system languages include Bulgarian and Kazakh.
Tips
Collections
You can now access collections by theme and interest.
Translate
New languages
System-wide translation adds support for Turkish, Thai, Vietnamese, Polish, Indonesian, and Dutch.
TV App
Video-Forward Featuring on the Apple TV+ tab
Rich video previews at the top of the Apple TV+ tab help you discover your next favorite Apple Original.
HDR10+ support
The latest generation of high dynamic range technology is now supported in the Apple TV app.
Visual Look Up
Lift subject from background
Lift the subject from an image or isolate the subject by removing the background. This works in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, Safari, and more.
New domains for Visual Look Up
Visual Look Up adds recognition of birds, insects, and statues.19
NewWeather
Weather app on Mac
The Weather app comes to Mac, with a design optimized for the larger display, including immersive animations, detailed maps, and clickable forecast modules.
Severe weather notifications
Get a notification when a severe weather alert has been issued near you.
More weather details
Click any module in the Weather app to reveal a deeper set of data such as hourly temperature and precipitation over the next 10 days.
Animated backgrounds
Enjoy thousands of variations of animated backgrounds that represent the sun position, clouds, and precipitation.
Air quality
Monitor air quality using a color‑coded scale that displays the air quality level and category. Easily see if air quality is better or worse than the previous day. View air quality on a map and see related health recommendations, pollutant breakdown, and more.
Forecasts
See the most important weather information in a smart layout that adjusts to the current conditions.
Weather maps
View weather maps showing precipitation, air quality, and temperature. Explore the map alongside the location view or in full screen.