Photo Booth doesn’t have custom Quartz Composer filters and plugins.There are a few features dropped from Monterey.

Apple Maps now has a 3D globe, with better mountain, desert, and forest detail.

Quick Notes make a note within any app via the Fn + Q shortcut or a hot corner.

With a matching Tag Browser and Smart Folders see tagged notes.

Factory reset the device from the System Preferences.

Time Machine backup tweaked to exclude more system files.

Low Power Mode option for more recent MacBook and Macbook Pro.

Different modes to filter Focus notifications across iPhone, iPad and Macs.

Live Text to copy, paste, translate and lookup text in Photos, Screenshot, Quick Look, and Safari.

SharePlay feature to experience music or TV simultaneously and in sync with others. Again, check for compatibility of Mac and iPad hardware.

Support for AirPlay content received from iOS and iPadOS devices, as well as from other Macs.

This has been controversial, to put it mildly, but Apple is persisting with it against their own usual focus on customer privacy.

Planned introduction of “Expanded Protections for Children” which will apply cryptography to detect and help limit the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online by scanning the user’s iCloud photos and Messages attachments.

Universal Control, use a single keyboard and mouse to interact across multiple Macs and iPads at once., Check for compatibility of Mac and iPads.

Or, again like any other Mac app, you can type cmd-comma. It’s the same advice we give to Windows users about major updates … wait and let other people be the guinea pigs. In Mac parlance, Options are called Preferences, and like any other Mac application, you can find the Preferences menu item under the application menu (the one with the application name, just to the right of the Apple menu). Unless there’s something compelling you need in Monterey, we recommend waiting a few months. The new OS has only been publicly available for about a week (from 25 October 2021).Īpple is sure to release an update with bug fixes and tweaks (there’s already a beta release of a Monterey update). That now means:Īnd for the moment Mojave (v10.14) is also supported but won’t be in a few months. Microsoft’s general policy is for Office to support the current and last two versions of macOS. That means the following releases of Office for Mac are compatible: Office for Mac that work with macOS Monterey In short, any Office for Mac which works with ‘Big Sur’ macOS v11 is OK with ‘Monterey’. Which Microsoft Office for Mac will work with the new operating system for Mac computers? Should you update to Monterey now or wait a little while? The latest macOS, v12 called ‘Monterey’ is out now.

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