macOS Monterey - What's new and how to prepare a Mac for the Monterey update

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What’s new in macOS Monterey and how to prepare a Mac for the Monterey update

What's new in macOS Monterey Universal Control With Universal Control your Mac keyboard and mouse now work with iPad.

Shortcuts

AirPlay to Mac

Like in iOS and iPadOS, the Shortcuts application arrived with the new macOS.

With AirPlay to Mac, you can now share any content from your iPhone and iPad to your Mac’s screen.

What's new in macOS Monterey Safari improvements

SharePlay

Focus

The Safari browser gets a new design supporting Tab Groups.

SharePlay is a new feature in FaceTime allowing users to share media in realtime.

With the Focus feature, you can even filter types of notifications you want to receive.

Finder improvements.

Resetting Mac without reinstalling the

Other features in macOS Monterey

system.

Live text.

Maps improvements.

More options for Memoji on Mac. Privacy. The users can now see which apps are accessing Mac’s microphone.

New design for notifications, the Books app.

A built-in authenticator for websites with twofactor authentication.

MacBook (Early 2016 and later)

MacOS Monterey requirements:

MacBook Air (Early 2015 and later) MacBook Pro (Early 2015 and later) iMac (Late 2015 and later) iMac Pro (2017 and later) Mac mini (Late 2014 and later) Mac Pro (Late 2013 and later)

How to prepare a Mac for macOS Monterey update

1

Back up your Mac.

2

Clean up your Mac.

Follow each link below to find detailed guides: How to clear cache on Mac. How to correctly remove apps from Mac. How to find and remove duplicates on Mac. How to find the largest files on your disk.

Thank you!

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