Apple has revealed MacOS Ventura, its new software update for the Mac, at its 2022 Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC).
MacOS Ventura is the successor to MacOS Monterey, and brings a host of new features alongside upgrades to classic features like Spotlight and Safari.
The new software update adds a new feature called Stage Manager, which helps you rearrange and group your open windows.
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Meanwhile, upgrades to Spotlight will let you search the internet for images and also search within images.
Ventura also brings updates to the Mail app and Safari. In Mail, you will be able to undo and schedule sent messages, and Apple touted “more accurate and complete results” in Mail’s search function when it announced the new operating system.
On Safari, you will be able to share tab groups and create Passkeys — unique login credentials for each individual site that requires a login.
MacOS Ventura also features Metal 3, an upgrade to the software that powers gaming on MacOS devices. These upgrades will allow the MacBook Air to run games at 1080p resolution, and Mac Studio devices will be able to play in up to 4K.
Apple’s Continuity Camera lets you use your iPhone as a webcam
FaceTime gets an upgrade in the new MacOS, allowing you to seamlessly transition a call between iPhone, iPad and Mac.
Ventura also lets you use your iPhone as your webcam in a new feature called Continuity Camera.
A new Desk View feature uses the ultrawide camera on iPhones to create a portrait view and a desktop view side-by-side. Apple says Continuity Camera will work with every video chat app.
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Other changes arriving to the camera focused on the recently released Studio Display. That adds a tool called “Desk View”, which shows a person’s face and their desk at the time, taking advantage of the surprise wide lens in that display.
Then, while on FaceTime calls from your laptop, you will be able to use iPhone camera functions like portrait mode, center stage and studio light, a new feature that brightens your face and darkens the background behind you. You can also use your iPhone camera on other MacOS apps, like Zoom.
Without even adjusting your phone, your camera can also somehow provide a desk view. This may be useful for a math teacher. For example, who wants to write out the steps to solve an equation without hooking up a tablet. In practice, it probably won’t look as nice as it did at the keynote — whose desk is actually organized?
Continuity Camera is, as its name suggests, part of Apple’s continuity tools. The company will also introduce a handoff feature; one that makes it easy to jump between devices while on a FaceTime call.
So if you’re FaceTiming on your iPhone, for example, you can place your phone close to your MacBook and seamlessly transfer the call to your laptop, rather than hanging up and calling again.
MacOS Ventura will enter a public beta in July, and will be released to everyone in the fall. Also, Apple will begin selling a Belkin mount that lets you clip your iPhone to the top of your MacBook.
