Apple Announces macOS Sonoma With Desktop Widgets and More

[MDomino]

Ok, just got to the web app segment ...

... what? Why is everyone getting so hyped about this?
It saves me probably like 2 seconds to open my favourite website and clutters the dock? Am I missing something?

 

[kkclstuff]

hey widgets, its y2K...

but really where's the calculator widget...
most useful workflow widget to-date, stripped from macOS

 

[steve333]

I don't need all that crap, I just want my Mini and Safari to work as well as it was before Ventura infested it

 

[MacsAre1]

Ah, widgets. About time they added this feature from Tiger back in.

 

[owidhh]

Ok, right history is important. I wonder if settings can also be changed, beyond cookies etc.

If it's like Chromium, Firefox, Orion, then yes.. It's like running a completely separate instance of the browser with a completely separate set of preferences (didn't think of those when I made my list in my previous reply).

Firefox and Orion, it even shows up as a separate application in the app switcher/dock, while in Chromium-based browser it's all the same application, just multiple windows acting as separate browsers. Time will tell how Safari does it.

I really really really hope Apple will bring this to iPadOS and iOS.. I ever so often wish to have that on my phone or tablet, and I'm usually forced to use a different browser to accomplish this instead of doing it like I do on desktop...

 

[alexandr]

I really really really hope Apple will bring this to iPadOS and iOS.. I ever so often wish to have that on my phone or tablet, and I'm usually forced to use a different browser to accomplish this instead of doing it like I do on desktop...

I'm certain they will. Otherwise this will be a MacOS-only feature, and it seems that MacOS has become a bit of an afterthought vs. iOS or iPadOS.

 

[owidhh]

I'm certain they will. Otherwise this will be a MacOS-only feature, and it seems that MacOS has become a bit of an afterthought vs. iOS or iPadOS.

oh, actually, yes, I just looked at the apple.com pages for ios 17 and ipados 17, and saw the mentions of profiles are there. NICE.

 

[alexandr]

oh, actually, yes, I just looked at the apple.com pages for ios 17 and ipados 17, and saw the mentions of profiles are there. NICE.

Well there you go! Time for a celebration

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

reminds me of something... (fun fact: this was taken in Sonoma County.)

Thought of this instantly! I wouldn’t doubt that’s where they drew some inspiration.

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

WILL IT RUN ON INTEL MACS?? OR IS IT APPLE SILICON ONLY??

Sonoma drops support for all 2017 Macs except iMac Pro, so it will run on 2018 and newer Intel machines. https://apple.news/Ags3dBWt1R1uBAaRHAngJzQ

 

[Makisupa Policeman]

No news is good news.
No mac requirement changes! All Ventura models still supported*!

*New facetime features probably requires Apple Silicon.

Or not.

2017s except iMac Pro are dropped. https://apple.news/Ags3dBWt1R1uBAaRHAngJzQ

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Loving the macOS Sonoma colors.

 

[svish]

Like the changes to screensaver and widgets

 

[ryansm]

Hoping Apple will add an Accessibility Option to disable temporal dithering for folks with binocular vision dysfunction/migraines.

 

[dwhittington]

Thanks Tim thats exactly what was missing.. now also add some new emojis to wrap it up.

Yes, this! …. and don’t forget stickers too!

 

[dwhittington]

I guess it's just me, but so far I haven't heard anything that makes a difference to me on a daily basis. I guess most users are interested in adding balloons and fireworks to their messages.

As this is the Sonoma release, could “daily drinking” will increase as a whole across the user community? I’m reachin’ here. LOL

 

[Conzpiral]

Loving the macOS Sonoma colors.

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I guess you liked the 80's pastel fashion too then

 

[The Game 161]

Mentioning the Apollo widget without knowing that it’s going the way of the dinosaur. At the same time, this was probably filmed before the whole Reddit api fiasco.

Or more like Craig showing Apollo support

 

[JippaLippa]

Honestly the lack of features makes me hope for a more stable release.

 

[mikeoc]

MacOS Carcinoma

 

[mattopotamus]

Honestly the lack of features makes me hope for a more stable release.

I feel the same way. I'm not sure what new features I was looking for, but I just want a very polished OS. Everything is running fast for me on the beta, dare I say better.

 

[toke lahti]

Desktop Widgets. Hmm
Windows Visa from 2006 had widgets.

They copied it from Mac OS X from 2005.

 

[JippaLippa]

I feel the same way. I'm not sure what new features I was looking for, but I just want a very polished OS. Everything is running fast for me on the beta, dare I say better.

I might jump on the 15.0 release this time, still no way I'll install the beta.

 

[opeter]

Next - the return of skeumorphism.

And maybe, mr. Forstall. Of course that wont happen... But would be very interesting. 🙂

 

[teejaysplace24]

Hopefully, Clippy will be back to help explain all these amazing new features.