The photo application in macOS Sierra integrates the photo intelligent recognition function for the first time, which can help users find the picture content they need faster. For example, if a user enters "cat" in the search field, all photos marked as "cat" will be displayed.
Apple has added the "recall" function to the photo application of macOS Sierra system, and can automatically generate an album with some selected pictures by scanning the gallery. Moreover, these pictures will automatically generate a video according to the shooting location and people, and users can even choose the style and length of the video themselves. More importantly, Apple followed the example of Google Pictures, and only recognized images on users' devices without uploading data to the server.
In order to make more storage space for the limited physical hard disk on the Mac, the new macOS Sierra has added the deeply optimized storage function. Through this service, photos, videos and files rarely used on users' Mac computers can be stored in the cloud, and users can download these contents at any time when needed. In terms of optimizing storage, macOSSierr will display files that occupy more space in the left sidebar, and users can selectively delete them. In addition, the system will automatically delete files in the wastebasket that are more than 30 days old, and automatically clean up the safe-deleted cache, old logs, temporary database files, interrupted downloads and Safair website data, so as to maximize the hard disk space.
MacOS Sierra has added the video picture-in-picture function to Safari and iTunes, that is, users can now continue to browse videos in small windows while working on other documents on the desktop. In addition, like the iPad, users can zoom and move the video window. However, Chrome or Firefox browsers do not currently support this picture-in-picture function.
On the previous version of macOS, only Safari and Finder can use tab, but the new macOS Sierra opens the tab function to more applications built in the system, including maps, emails, TextEdit, Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and even many third-party applications based on documents can automatically use the tab function. For example, users can now open a page in the map window to browse the details of multiple places, and they can also copy and paste related content between multiple Pages documents in full screen. In tab settings, macOSSierra also supports more personalized customization. For example, users can choose to always open a new window in the tab, or just open a new window in the full-screen tab.
Like iOS 10, the built-in iMessage of macOS Sierra has also ushered in a huge upgrade. For example, the new version of iMessage can support three times the size of emoticons and characters, and users can reply to messages through more sticker effects. At the same time, Apple has established a rich emoticon store for it.
Apple completely designed the appearance and layout of Apple Music in the macOS Sierra system, and also added the lyrics display function and personalized recommendation.
MacOS Sierra's notification center ushered in a brand-new design. Now all plug-ins will be displayed in the "Today" tab, and users can customize many plug-ins.
The addition of Siri can be said to be the most important improvement of macOSSierra. Users can now command Siri to complete many tedious operations through normal chat, such as "Show me the photos taken last week", "I want to see the manuscript written last week", "How much storage space is left on the hard disk", "What sports events are there tomorrow", "Help me mute" and "Adjust the brightness of the screen", including file search, information query and simple system. More importantly, users can also directly drag and drop Siri search results into emails or manuscripts to share with friends, or directly fix them in the notification center for viewing at any time.
In this generation of macOS Sierra, Apple finally put ApplePay mobile payment in the webpage. Now, when users see their favorite products on the e-commerce website, they just need to click the Apple Pay button on the payment page, and a verification window will pop up on the mobile phone, and the user can complete the payment through touch ID fingerprint verification. It is reported that the current shopping platforms supporting the web version of Apple Pay include Wayfair, BigCommerce, Shopify and Stripe, and more shopping platforms will join in the future.