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Make the most of Sierra’s built-in tools

The latest operating system comes with an ever-evolving collection of apps that greatly add to your Mac’s total value. Many of them have gained helpful enhancements in Sierra, and new features, such as Siri, offer you fresh ways to work.

Though the bundled apps and built-in features can each be used in isolation, some interact to save you time. Sierra detects new people and events in more apps than just Mail, and adds them to Calendar and Contacts if that behavior is enabled in the latter two apps’ General prefs. Let’s look at other fun and practical things it offers.

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