Apple Seeds Second Beta of macOS Sierra to DevelopersApple today seeded the second beta of macOS Sierra, the newest operating system designed for the Mac, to developers. macOS Sierra beta 2 comes three weeks after the software was first unveiled at Apple's
2016 Worldwide Developers Conference.
The update can be downloaded through the software update mechanism in the
Mac App Store or through the Apple Developer Center.
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macOS Sierra is a major update that brings
Siri to the Mac for the first time, allowing users to conduct voice searches to quickly find files, look up information, and more. New Continuity features offer an "Auto Unlock" option for unlocking a Mac with an
Apple Watch and a Universal Clipboard for copying something on one Apple device and pasting it on another.
Deeper
iCloud integration makes files stored on the desktop or the Documents folder of a Mac available on all of a user's devices, and Photos features new deep learning algorithms for facial, object, and scene recognition. There's a new Memories feature for displaying photo collections, and Messages has features like rich links, bigger emoji, and "Tapback" response options.
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<center>Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos.</center>Apple Pay is coming to the web in macOS Sierra, with payments authenticated through an iPhone or Apple Watch, and new features like multiple tabs, Picture in Picture multitasking, and optimized storage are available.
For full details on all of the new features included in macOS Sierra,
make sure to check out our macOS Sierra roundup.
Changes in Beta 2- Auto Unlock via Apple Watch is now available. It requires that your iCloud account have Two-Factor (not Two-Step) Authentication enabled and that your Mac be from 2013 or newer.
iOS 10 and
watchOS 3 are also required.
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