I have a confession to make, reader. Despite my enduring tenure as the News Editor of an Apple website, I use Windows. Not exclusively — I’ve had a Mac of some description for nearly a decade — but I’d say the split of my Windows vs. Mac usage is about 90:10. I’ll happily use macOS to do one thing in full screen (although my colleagues tell me that using full screen on macOS is questionable behavior) — but I simply refuse to rely on macOS to do anything that requires multiple windows, tabs, moving files, and any level of precision or speed.
Naturally, then, I am the perfect candidate for a hands-on first impressions write-up of the new macOS Sequoia update, the beta of which is now available to download. As with our iOS 18 hands-on, and our iPadOS 18 first impressions, macOS Sequoia suffers from the same glaring absence of Apple Intelligence, which isn’t coming out until the fall in beta form. My task is made easier (and more difficult) further still by the lack of two other standout macOS Sequoia features, iPhone Mirroring, and Safari Highlights. But what about the new features that actually are available? Nose held, I’ve taken a deep dive into the very first iteration of macOS Sequoia to give you my honest thoughts on all the new features this year.
