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Apple took off Worldwide Developers Conference 2026 Monday, not by talking Siri added artificial intelligence Or a new explanation iOS 27 Features. No, it started with putting a name on the next version of macOS. With the help of a Volkswagen bus passing by, Apple’s head of software, Craig Federighi, introduced MacOS 27 Golden Gate.
I associate hippies and the Summer of Love with the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood rather than the Golden Gate Bridge, but I assume you’ll need to drive your bus through the Golden Gate if you want to spend time in the Haight District. If you’re coming from Marin County, anyway.
Based on results CNET’s Big Guessing GameApple has thrown us a curveball with Golden Gate. It wasn’t among the best guesses, which included Redwood, Shasta, Mammoth, Big Bear and Emerald Bay.
MacOS Golden Gate: Siri AI and the Liquid Glass slider
After introducing b Polarized liquid glass design Last year, this year WWDC The update is more about performance and stability improvements than just a radical design change. Think tighter corner radii on your windows rather than a completely new look. Apple promises that Golden Gate will feel more responsive, with snappier animations. Search has been redesigned to be more efficient and comprehensive, so you can find things faster in Spotlight, Photos, and Mail.
Apple promises that searching in macOS Golden Gate will be faster and better.
With Spotlight Search, you can also interact with what’s new Siri AI and “Ask Siri.” The redesigned assistant will be able to understand personal context, complete actions in apps, and recognize what’s on your screen, thanks to Apple’s feature. Visual intelligence. Siri AI will also get its own standalone app so you can jump back into a conversation or a game of ping pong between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad through the Siri app. Siri AI will only be available in English initially, but more languages are scheduled to be added later.
The liquid glass look won’t go away, but you can tone down the transparency effects. Apple added a slider so you can find the sweet spot between clear and colorful. There’s also a more consistent toolbar at the top of apps that aims to make labels and titles easier to read.
Mac sidebars will now expand to the edge of the window and retain their color to indicate which window is active and which window is active. Finally, Apple has added some new improvements to app icons that add more layers of liquid glass, which Apple says will make the icons clearer and more defined.
MacOS Golden Gate retains the Liquid Glass design introduced with last year’s Tahoe but adds a slider to control transparency effects.
Safety of the Golden Gate Bridge
With affordable prices MacBook Neo This makes it more likely that younger children will use a MacBook, and I’m glad to see that MacOS Golden Gate includes some additional security features.
To keep your kids safe from inappropriate websites and dark corners of the web, the new Ask to Browse feature will send parents a message asking for permission when their kids try to access a new website.
Communications Safety has been expanded to block violent photos and videos in Messages, FaceTime, and other apps in addition to existing protections against children viewing or sharing photos or videos that contain nudity.
A new screen time schedule in Settings allows parents to set time limits across app categories like entertainment, games, and social media.
Macbook touch screen idea?
One curious element leads me to believe that Apple will release a touchscreen MacBook within the next 12 months — before the next macOS update. If you hesitate OLED touch screen for MacBook Pro Being released on the MacOS Golden Gate timeline, Apple can’t wait until the next version to add some user-friendly features.
At the bottom of Apple MacOS 27 Golden Gate page, There’s a new feature called “Swipe down to refresh” with a little icon that definitely reminds of a finger touching the screen. This feature describes an iPhone or iPad-like ability to swipe down in an app like Safari, Mail, News, Podcasts, or Calendar to refresh it.
Could you soon swipe down on your touch-enabled MacBook to update an app?
We have finally reached the day Mac and iPad convergence The one our Scott Stein always dreamed of?
MacOS Golden Gate: Device Support
Macs with Apple’s M-series chips will be able to update to MacOS 27 Golden Gate, from M1 onward, including the A18 Pro-based version. MacBook Neo. Which Macs can’t move to Golden Gate? Old Macs with Intel processors that Apple used before it started making its own chips.
The following Macs that can currently run MacOS 26 Tahoe will do so no MacOS 27 Golden Gate support:
- 13-inch MacBook Pro (2020, four Thunderbolt 3 ports)
- MacBook Pro 16-inch (2019)
- iMac 27-inch (2020)
- Mac Pro (2019)
It’s not all bad news if you want to extend another year or two for your Intel Mac: Apple will continue to issue security updates for Intel-based Macs for another three years.
If you have a Mac with an Apple processor and use Rosetta 2 to run x86 applications designed for Intel chips, you should know that support for Rosetta 2 will end soon. It’s not going away this year, but MacOS Golden Gate will be the last version to support Rosetta 2.
The developer beta of macOS Golden Gate is now available. A public beta is expected to be released in July before the official release of MacOS 27 Golden Gate in September.
