macOS Monterey - Apple (BY)

Shared with You

Now the links, images, and other content shared with you in Messages are featured in a new Shared with You section in the corresponding app. In Photos, Safari, Apple News, Apple Podcasts, and the Apple TV app, you can easily find shared content, see who recommended it, and reply right from the app you’re enjoying it from — without going back to Messages.

One way to work across your devices

A single keyboard and mouse or trackpad now work seamlessly between your Mac and iPad — they’ll even connect to more than one Mac or iPad. Move your cursor from your Mac to your iPad, type on your Mac and watch the words show up on your iPad, or even drag and drop content from one Mac to another. ⁵

Available this spring

No setup required

Just put your devices next to each other and move your cursor seamlessly between them.

Available this spring

iCloud Private Relay is a service that lets you connect to virtually any network and browse with Safari in an even more secure and private way. It ensures that the traffic leaving your device is encrypted and uses two separate internet relays so no one can use your IP address, location, and browsing activity to create a detailed profile about you. ¹¹

AirPods audio updates.

Spatial audio and dynamic head tracking help AirPods deliver theater-like sound to macOS. Spatial audio creates a surround sound experience when you connect AirPods Pro or AirPods Max to Mac models with the M1 chip. And with dynamic head tracking, sound stays fixed to the device even as you move your head. If you’re watching a movie, you’ll hear the engine roar right from the car, or hear dialogue straight from the actors’ mouths.

Users with non-Apple devices can join using the latest version of Chrome or Edge. Sending video requires H.264 video encoding support. Some shared content may require a subscription to view.

Available on Mac models (2020 or later) with the M1 chip using internal speakers, wired headphones, or AirPods, Intel-based Mac notebooks (2018 or later) using internal speakers or wired headphones, and Intel-based iMac (2018 or later) using wired headphones.

Available on Mac models (2018 and later).

Available on Mac computers with the M1 chip.

Available on MacBook Pro (2016 and later), MacBook (2016 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), iMac (2017 and later), iMac (5K Retina 27-inch, Late 2015), iMac Pro, Mac mini (2018 and later), and Mac Pro (2019); and iPad Pro, iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad (6th generation and later), and iPad mini (5th generation and later). Both devices must be signed in to iCloud with the same Apple ID using two-factor authentication. To use wirelessly, both devices must have Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and Handoff turned on and must be within 10 meters (30 feet) of each other. iPad and Mac must not be sharing a cellular and internet connection. To use over USB, you must trust your Mac on the iPad.

Available on MacBook Pro (2018 and later), MacBook Air (2018 and later), iMac (2019 and later), iMac Pro (2017), Mac mini (2020 and later), Mac Pro (2019), iPhone 7 and later, iPad Pro (2nd generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), iPad (6th generation and later), and iPad mini (5th generation and later). Older iPhone, iPad, and Mac models may share content at a lower resolution to supported Mac models when “Allow AirPlay for” is set to “Everyone” or “Anyone on the same network” in Sharing preferences.

Live Text is currently supported in English, Chinese, French, Italian, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Coming in a software update to macOS Monterey.

iCloud+ plans: 50GB with one HomeKit Secure Video camera ($1.19/mo.), 200GB with up to five HomeKit Secure Video cameras ($3.49/mo.), and 2TB with an unlimited number of HomeKit Secure Video cameras ($11.99/mo.).

Available with iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey.

When using iCloud Private Relay (Beta), some websites may have issues, like showing content for the wrong region or requiring extra steps to sign in.

Available Late 2021.

Available on MacBook Air (late 2018 and later) and MacBook Pro (Early 2016 and later).

Features are subject to change. Some features, applications, and services may not be available in all regions, in all languages, or on all Mac computers.