MacOS 15 Sequoia announced with iPhone mirroring
MacOS 15, now officially known as Sequoia, is on its way to Mac users this fall.
Apple announced the new software and name at WWDC 2024 — and revealed that for the first time, Apple is letting you access your iPhone from your desktop.
Let's dive in with that major new features:
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MacOS 15 has iPhone mirroring
"With iPhone mirroring on Mac, I can see what's on my iPhone and can control it too," Apple dad and senior VP Craig Federighi enthused.
He demonstrated that you can simply click on an icon in your dock, and an iPhone screen appears on your Mac desktop. All apps on your iPhone will be accessible from this screen — while your iPhone itself remains securely locked.
With this Continuity feature, you can even answer iPhone app notifications from your Mac; good news for those of us who are always leaving our phones on the other side of the room.
Best of all, you can drag and drop files between your Mac and the mirrored iPhone.
MacOS 15 can tile your windows
Got too many apps open on your Mac desktop? Need to see them all as you work? MacOS Sequoia will now automatically tile them — a function that formerly required third-party tools.
Drag a window to the edge of your screen and it will suggest a placement, Federighi revealed.
MacOS 15 improves FaceTime and Passwords
FaceTime gets an update in Sequoia too, with more backgrounds that look more realistic — using what Federighi called "Apple's industry-leading segmentation" technology.
The software also includes a new app called Passwords, Apple's challenge to services like LastPass and Okta. Previously, passwords were stored in a keychain. And there are updates to the Safari browser (which gets a "Highlights" page summary feature) and the Mail app, for those die-hard Mac users who like them.
All the "Apple Intelligence" features announced will be available in MacOS 15, albeit in a beta version, as of this fall.
Chris is a veteran tech, entertainment and culture journalist, author of 'How Star Wars Conquered the Universe,' and co-host of the Doctor Who podcast 'Pull to Open.' Hailing from the U.K., Chris got his start as a sub editor on national newspapers. He moved to the U.S. in 1996, and became senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, and West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is also a long-time volunteer at 826 Valencia, the nationwide after-school program co-founded by author Dave Eggers. His book on the history of Star Wars is an international bestseller and has been translated into 11 languages.
