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

[apolloa]

For me a unified iOS and Mac OS looking OS that can run iOS apps would kill the Mac as a computer to be taken seriously, it’ll just be nothing more but an overpriced glorified iPad that runs Final Cut.

 

[Kobayagi]

Notification Sync! Nothing drives me crazy like having email notification badges and calendar reminders still showing on my Mac after I acknowledge them on my iPhone and vice versa until I click the app.

Yeah, damn. This would be great...

 

[nsayer]

HomeKit for MacOS is a security disaster waiting to happen. Here's hoping they do NOT do that.
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For me a unified iOS and Mac OS looking OS that can run iOS apps would kill the Mac as a computer to be taken seriously, it’ll just be nothing more but an overpriced glorified iPad that runs Final Cut.

Well, more critically, it runs Xcode.

You don't have to worry about the future of MacOS until and unless they port Xcode to iOS.

 

[Salty Pirate]

Apple News on MacOS

More control over colors/transparency

IOS apps on my mac

 

[CLS727]

unified macOS / iOS design - most stupid idea ever

Why? They don't need to be the same thing. They just need to work together seamlessly.

 

[bluecoast]

I’d rather we didn’t see a new version of macOS until next year.

I’d prefer point releases where the focus is on stability and fixing what’s there already and a return to the days of snow leopard which had (I think) an 18 months to two year gap until Lion

Next year will almost certainly see the ‘marzipan’ project (along with the declarative UI project) and that then seems a good time to redesign the Mac UI and get rid of any cruft.

 

[forerunnerg34]

or... Hight Sierra Service Pack 1

 

[skellener]

Please fix the G** D**M color wheel to at least pre High Sierra state - pre Mavericks would be even better. You guys hosed the best tool in the entire OS.

 

[apolloa]

HomeKit for MacOS is a security disaster waiting to happen. Here's hoping they do NOT do that.
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Well, more critically, it runs Xcode.

You don't have to worry about the future of MacOS until and unless they port Xcode to iOS.

I don’t care about Xcode, if it starts running iOS apps it really isn’t a PC, because app developers won’t bother making proper programmes anymore, it doesn’t make business sense. Just make one ‘app’ for all platforms.

 

[TheTissot11]

It would be nice if the macOS does everything that it promises to do without any bugs and glitches. I mean all the features present just work as they did in past.

 

[bn-7bc]

An option to convert existing .jpg and .mp4/.m4v media in the Photos library to HEIF and HEVC to save space.

Saving space is al good, but do you realy want to transcode a lossy source to another lossy codec?

 

[TrenttonY]

macOS Wishlist - DONT GET TOO TRIGGERED!
Apps
* Contacts.app removed and functionality merged into new Phone.app
* iTunes.app removed and the ’Store’ aspect merged with new Music.app, TV.app, Podcast.app
* Wallet.app added
* Weather.app added
* Clock.app added
* News.app added
* Photo Booth.app removed and functionality merged into new Camera.app
* Health.app added
* Find my Friends.app merged with Messages.app
* Dictionary.app removed
* Chess.app removed
* Stickies.app removed
* TextEdit.app removed
* System Information.app removed and functionality merged into “About” section the Settings.app
* Image Capture.app removed and functionality merged into Photos.app
* Finder.app renamed Files.app
* Preview.app removed and functionality merged into Photos.app, and Files.app
* QuickTime Player.app removed and functionality merged into new TV.app, Music.app and include a native video player in the new Files.app
* Grab.app removed and functionality merged into keyboard shortcut.
* AirPort Utility.app removed and functionality merged into Settings.app
* VoiceOver Utility.app removed
* Keychain Access.app removed and functionality merged into new ‘Password Manager’ in Settings.app
* Grapher.app removed
* Audio MIDI Setup.app removed
* Support.app added
* Launchpad.app removed
* Digital Color Meter.app removed
* ColorSync Utility.app removed
* Support.app added
* Stocks.app added
Features
* Control Center added
* Widget Center added
* App Store for Messages.app added
* More advanced password manager
* Radar view in weather added
* Dashboard removed
* Merge ‘Trash’ into a new section in the new Files.app, and in that section show all ’Recently Deleted’ files from apps that have that feature built in, ex. Notes or Photos, and remove Trash.app from dock
* App Store for Photos.app added, thus allowing users to use third party apps, like photo editing, right in Photos.app
* OS software updates via Settings.app
* Flow charts in Notes.app
* Universal apps between macOS and iOS
* Find my iPhone.app merged into ‘Apple ID’ section in Settings.app
* In multitasking, show a sound icon next to the icon, to indicate that app is playing audio in the background, thus making it clear when you close that app, your audio will be stopped
* Ability to resize images in the Notes.app
* Wallpaper sync through iCloud across devices, (ask)
* If I delete an app on one device it deletes it on all other devices (ask)
* App’s layout on the home screen and folders sync to all other devices
* iCloud backup support
* Bluray Support
* MKV.file support
UI/UX
* Mail.app redesigned to be more like Messages.app
* Settings.app redesigned
* App Store.app redesigned
* New Files.app can be removed from the dock
* Apps in the dock don’t also show up in Launchpad
* Red, Yellow, Green buttons:

• Red: Fully Quits application
• Yellow: Minimizes application
• Green: Fullscreen application

* To access minimized apps you use a gesture to open a “Multitasking’ view that shows all apps running in the background

 

[Wilburx3]

A play/pause keyboard button that f’in works. That alone would thrill me.

This restores the functions. http://milgra.com/high-sierra-media-key-enabler.html

 

[DocMultimedia]

Keep 32 bit around.

 

[Marx55]

Full APFS specifications disclosure so that DiskWarrior works with it.
APFS working also with external booting disks.
APFS working also with Time Machine disks.
Bring back color labels for Finder items and Finder sidebar (left pane).
Bring back two-arrows on scroll bars.

 

[Brandhouse]

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?

They're different platforms for different use cases, and many user scenarios at that which apply to a Mac.

 

[urtules]

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

No, it’s my favourite change in macOS. When apps don’t support it, it’s a pain. What’s bad about auto save?

 

[dernhelm]

APFS needs some serious love. I hope it gets it.

 

[Delorean2006]

Apple file system for the fusion drives, that’s really the only feature I wanted for my iMac from high Sierra

 

[bn-7bc]

- Volume Control on DP/HDMI !!!!
- DisplayPort MST Support
- NTFS full Support
- Home Kit
- Better Dark Mode

I agree with allmost all your points from HDMI volume control (unless it is implemented as controll signals (cec iirc)) Imho the resulting multiple levels of volume controll is just annoing, volume shuld be controlled by the original soun mix and the amp at the end of the chain uthervuse you can end up ith an inermidiare step (controlled by sw) sudenly having a L»moment» and boosting/ redusinf tje wolume without ypur input, whicjh is far from ideal

 

[bladerunner2000]

1. Green button expands windows to maximum size without hiding necessary things like the menu bar and dock.
2. Cut/Paste (cmd+x/cmd+v) to move files in the finder.

That is all. Two ridiculously easy things to implement even for a boneheaded company like Apple. About time they do something RIGHT.

 

[mryingster]

I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Why would I want any of those things aside from group FaceTime and apfs improvements?? The windowed environment of Mac OS works loads better than split screening on the iPad. I never go full screen for apps, unless it's by accident. If anything I'd want iOS to take more cues from the OS that's been around for 35 years, not the other way around!

 

[Black Tiger]

I personally miss the old label system that highlighted the entire name of an item rather than just a small dot. I also miss the colours of the finder icons. I agree that iTunes is really problematic and has been since around the days of Mavericks. The old interface with full sidebar was the best implementation and I feel that changes have been made just for the sake of change at the cost of usability. What frustrates me is that Apple really nailed the whole interface roughly around the time of Snow Leopard. Not perfect, but close. And ever since there have been unnecessary features tacked on at the expense of simplicity and elegance. Launchpad is a good example. Having a dock, an applications folder, and spotlight search should remove any need for launchpad and yet it’s in there. Of course it’s optional to use, but it is an example of the unnecessary bloat that is feature creep.

 

[Toutou]

macOS Wishlist - DONT GET TOO TRIGGERED!
TextEdit.app removed
Digital Color Meter.app
Control Center added
Widget Center added
App Store for Messages.app added
Merge ‘Trash’ into a new section in the new Files.app
Universal apps between macOS and iOS
Red: Fully Quits application

Congratulations on turning the Mac into an iPad. Being a mere developer who only needs the system to be logical and functional, I'm out.

PS: What did TextEdit and the Color meter do to you?

 

[inkswamp]

Apple really needs to get SMB file browsing back up to speed or switch back to SAMBA. One or the other, but it's been several years now of painfully slow file browsing on Windows servers and there's just no excuse for that. I can pull up a Terminal window and list the contents of a share just fine on the command line while the Finder sits there churning through it taking its sweet time. That can't be that hard to fix.

Also, fix this annoying rendering quirk in column-view that has been around for over a year at this point.

Also a checkbox to turn window snapping off in the Finder. God, I hate that "feature." If I want my windows to snap together, I'd place them that way.