macOS 10.14 Wishlist: Features MacRumors Readers Hope to See in the Next Version of macOS

[Moonjumper]

Improve iTunes by making it more like it used to be. One example that will benefit Apple:

Make the Store tab separate to the user's content.

Now if I am looking through the TV store, and want to change the music I am listening to, I have to navigate to Library, then Music (or Music then Library). Now when I go back to the store, I am on the Music front page, not the exact TV page I was viewing.

It used to be looking through the TV store, switch to content and it would show music if that was what I was viewing. When I went back to the store it would be exactly where I left it.

I have bought much less since that change. I now cannot even check my library to see what I already own by an artist without losing my place on the artist page on the store.

 

[CLS727]

"Apple iOS apps for Mac"

THIS is all I want and need....

When I am at work all day on my desktop, I dock my phone and do all iMessage/SMS from my Mac...

I hate that Facetime is a separate app on macOS and can't be used to just make normal phone calls from my iPhone while I have my headset connected to my Mac.

iMessage / Facetime / and Contacts just need to be merged into a single "iPhone" app on macOS that does it all seamlessly.

When I'm at my desk I don't want to ever have to pick up my phone for anything. That should be when I'm on the go only.

Running all my other iOS apps via an emulated window would be nice too.... also to run tvOS apps on my Mac.

 

[MauiPa]

I hope the unification between iOS and macOS does not happen. Many of the macOS apps are already lacking features compared to some of their Windows counter parts. Who would want further dumbed down mobile apps on their full-fledged computers?

MS used to dumb down their apps if you didn't pay their windows tax and used a Mac, not aware of anyone else doing that now.. If they are, time to switch vendors or use VMWare or parallels to run your windows app on your MAC. Given Apple keeps growing market share, sounds like a dumb idea to me. But their are Windows only developers, should you really be on a MAC if you need their software?

 

[coolfactor]

Major enhancements to Calendar, Mail and Reminders apps – to keep them as innovative as their third party alternatives.

Yah, these are weird animals. I believe the Mail team is standalone within Apple, and they've come up with some ideas that was then adopted by the larger OS X / macOS interface, such as button styles.

I find these three apps you mention to be quite powerful, and I would not want to see them become complicated with the likes of Outlook, etc. Keep them simple.

 

[mithion]

Calendar needs to work with room scheduling and i should be able to share my calendar with others.

Yes this times a million!

 

[tzm41]

The more we put our hopes up the more it disappoints. Even if they announce some things, the things might not come until the next WWDC...

 

[raulmiguel]

macOS 10.14 Wishlist

1. Network Performance and reliability,
2. Better Firewall (please? no 3th party firewalls...ok? )
3. Graphics Performance,
4. Better dark mode,
5. 12 in the beginning of the version,
6. Reliable integration with mobile devices. I don't mean consistent user interface. iOS have some horrible sections.

In general performance and reliability and put the versions on pair with iOS versions (12?). The 10 in the beginning is to old. Move along please....! (Is only a mental problem but...)

 

[MauiPa]

I think they should add Automator support for this too. It would be cool to have a super flexible tool like Automator to design different home setups/events.

Automator is a bit dated. It wold be good to see Workflow and IFTTT functionality. On the plus side for Automator, you can do almost anything by running AppleScript/Javascript within a Workflow. I have recently developed some new actions using SWIFT, the Automator concept is good, but needs some more power.

 

[Pablo.A.Pucci]

1) Dark Mode (All dark windows, screens and backgrounds)
2) Performance & Stability enhancements and improvements.
3) Apple Metal / Open CL / Open GL Improvements
4) Split-Screen improvements
5) When I plug something on the miniplug audiojack y want the system to inmendiatly recognize it, like used to work.

 

[EdT]

How about Official Apple support for Nvidia eGPUs for Machine Learning and gaming?

As the interview with DOOM co-creator recently highlighted (https://www.google.com/amp/s/arstec...ped-convince-jobs-to-use-opengl-on-mac/?amp=1)
Apple has never been terribly game friendly. I don’t expect that to really change although you might hear something vaguely positive related to graphic card support.

 

[Art Mark]

Limit what iOS UX comes to the desktop. I LIKE the differences. They make sense because we use the devices differently. The one thing I would like is an integrated, easy to use, photo back-up extension so I can take my cloud photo library and, for instance, say, 'take these years and archive them' to an external drive or additional server space. But let's stop saving EVERY photo from forever in my active cloud library.

 

[GXEJoe]

This would be cross platform with iOS...

Now that I have iCloud space shared for the whole family, I'd love to have our Photos sync up to one common Photos application - this way, any shots taken on various family iPhones (mine, my wife's), where we've all signed in to our own personal iCloud accounts, should get synced up to one Photos repository, with the "master" being stored on our Mac mini at home.

Basically, shared "common" Photos library!

 

[chucker23n1]

I have 12 accounts set up in Mail from different providers; been using Mail for 10+ years. Never noticed this problem.

I use IMAP for all of my accounts. Which protocol are you using? POP3, IMAP, or ?

I've been using Mail since 2002 and have IMAP and Exchange. Fairly sure I see this in both.

 

[62tele]

I would just like them to debug some of the flakey behaviors of High Sierra. Also, isn't it about time that macOS Messages gets an update with similar features to iOS Messages. It's really clunky and outdated in MacOS

 

[MallardDuck]

How about FaceID for the Mac!

Please no. It's one thing to use a less secure authentication mechanism on a phone with a quick lockout and limited data exposure, it's something completely different to use on a computer. Even TouchID isn't reliable enough to safely unlock a computer. Use a robust passphrase instead.

 

[alexandero]

I find these three apps you mention to be quite powerful, and I would not want to see them become complicated with the likes of Outlook, etc. Keep them simple.

I don't want them to be more complicated, I want them to be smarter. Fantastical is a great example of what a calendar app can be.

To give you an example: there's no (automated) way to have Calendar remind you of early morning meetings on the prior evening. What's keeping MacOS from a notification like "You have an early appointment tomorrow at 6:30am, you might want to go to bed earlier than usual".

Another example: automated scheduling of appointments with other iCloud users. I don't like Siri, but as it's easier to explain it in natural language: "Hey Siri, schedule a one hour afternoon appointment with Mark and Lisa within the next 2 weeks" – and then all our calendars would be compared (once these two people give their ok).

Or as for the Reminders app: why can't I snooze a reminder until next week? Why doesn't the app know which reminders are work related, and which are private? Why can't it suggest a day to complete a task, by analyzing my calendar and finding the ideal timing? "Hey, looks like you've still not written that draft you planned for yesterday – shall I remind you next Tuesday? Looks like you have some spare time in the morning."

 

[MallardDuck]

And, how about winter in the mountains? i.e. just fixing the huge backlog of bugs (both MacOS and iOS) instead of new features in a 'snowy high sierra' release?

Though giving Siri a brain transplant would be a very close second. It's embarressingly bad.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

How about fixing DisplayLink.....though I know a basic feature geared towards productivity it probably too much to ask from Apple.

 

[LaraCroft835]

if I wanted Siri to be like Alexa then I would buy a damn Amazon cheap crap a$$ speaker.
HomeKit on a Mac

 

[JRobinsonJr]

I hope the unification between iOS and macOS does not happen. Many of the macOS apps are already lacking features compared to some of their Windows counter parts. Who would want further dumbed down mobile apps on their full-fledged computers?

It's true that full-fledged apps on MacOS are frequently not on par with Windows versions (even for primary use case apps such as MS Office), but I also see the potential power of cross-platform unification. Consider all of the apps we currently use, especially on the iPad. Facebook? Financial/Banking? Games? Home Automation? They are all on the iPad! Now imagine that with the flip of a switch (proverbially...) we could run those exact same apps on MacOS. To me that is a big win. It's not a final solution for every app, but it could instantly make MacOS more useful.

 

[Internet Enzyme]

Honestly, the best changes are usually the ones where they add more preferences to change. Being able to control mouse acceleration natively would be a hugely nice thing as macOS’ default mouse drivers are bad.

 

[MallardDuck]

Fix DiskUtility...

Related: Stop dumbing down the system. Not everyone is a kindergartener with a toy.

 

[Candykane75]

Unified macOS and iOS design WTF do i need IOS on my computer
APPLE COMPUTERS DON'T HAVE TOUCH SCREENS don't make it like windows 10 its just $@#($*@)&%*&$(*#@$%!

 

[MechaSpanky]

I'd love for Apple to get rid of the horrible "automatic saving".

 

[MallardDuck]

if I wanted Siri to be like Alexa then I would buy a damn Amazon cheap crap a$$ speaker.
HomeKit on a Mac

I'd be happy it they spent 1/10 the effort on making the voice recognition work that they do on the dumb snarky comments it makes.