Apple reserved a hearty portion of its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote back in June to showcase its weighty new Mac update, macOS 13: Ventura, named after the city on the Central Coast of California. When booting up in Ventura for the first time, you may think little has changed beyond the bright new wallpaper, but head to ‘System Settings’ (‘Preferences’ are a thing of the past) and you’ll notice that things have shifted a lot closer to iOS for a more unified system across Apple’s eco-system. This is especially apt because Ventura allows you to connect and utilise your other Apple devices in cunning ways – as you will discover with this hands-on beta test – and traverses new terrain in helping you stay focused on a particular app. So let’s see exactly what Ventura is capable of.
Your big Ventura questions answered!
WILL VENTURA RUN ON MY MAC?
The following Macs will be able to run Ventura when it’s released: iMac 2017 and later, iMac Pro 2017, MacBook Air 2018 and later, MacBook Pro 2017 and later, Mac Pro 2019 and later, Mac Studio 2022, Mac mini 2018 and later, MacBook 2017 and later.
WHAT VENTURA FEATURES WILL WORK ON MY MAC?
Some Ventura features are exclusive to M1 or M2-powered Macs, such as dictating emojis, Live Captions in FaceTime and Reference Mode using Sidecar. The latter is for professionals to check colour accuracy using their iPad Pro screen.
WHEN WILL VENTURA BE RELEASED?
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