Then, earlier this year, he got the itch. 'We had to do a lot of things the open source UNIX developers didn't have to think about - like figuring out how to put UNIX on a phone but make sure that you can still make a 911 call or how to keep the battery from dying in one hour,' he says. And although much of Hubbard's work for Apple was released as part of Darwin, much of it was kept behind Apple's closed doors. The iPad could also be used as a drawing tablet for the Mac.The rub was that he couldn't continue work on FreeBSD. One feature, called Sidecar, allowed people to use the iPad as a second screen when using their laptops. In last year's Catalina MacOS update, the Mac lineup was tied in more closely to the iPad. That included bringing over more mobile-centric apps like its iMessage communication service, FaceTime video chat and App Store, which all first launched on iOS. Over the years, Apple's focused on building apps and features for its MacOS that complemented its other devices, including its marquee iPhone, in a bid to bring more cohesion to its different families of devices.

Years back, Steve Jobs touted that MacOS served as the basis for Apple's iOS iPhone software. The Messages app was refreshed so you can pin important conversations to the top of the app (a similar feature was announced Monday for the new mobile iOS software) and search was reorganized so you can see results in categories of links and photos. Other changes include the ability to create and change Memojis and a refreshed Maps app, which allows you to create your own guides of restaurants and parks, and save important locations like home and work. Also, built-in translation will let you translate webpages from seven different languages. The App Store is getting a new category for Safari extensions, and it will let you customize which sites and times each extension is used, instead of all the time you're surfing online.Ī customizable Safari start page will allow you to pick from a curated group of wallpapers or use one of your own photos.

Safari was refreshed to include a new privacy report button to let you see how websites track your data, and a monitor to check if any of your passwords were compromised in a security breach.

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