THE BEST FEATURES OF macOS CATALINA

The Mac is very much in a state of transition.

A new, thoroughly redesigned version of the immensely powerful Mac Pro has been penciled in for a fall release, while a refreshed MacBook Pro is rumored for arrival at around the same time. However, it’s hard to deny that today’s computing world is largely a mobile-first one – and so, ironically with a software update named after an island, Apple is working to further bridge the traditional gaps between the Mac and Apple’s mobile devices.

That software update is macOS Catalina, which takes its name from Santa Catalina Island, a rocky island located off the coast of southern California. However, the update itself marks a decisive break from the last few years of iterative refinements that have done little to remove the shackles from the usually isolating feel of the Mac experience.

Now, the question isn’t whether you should use a Mac, iPad or iPhone so much