macOS High Sierra Now Available as a Free Update
September 25 2017 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
Newest OS Brings Advanced Technologies for Storage, Video
& Graphics to the Mac
Apple® today announced macOS® High Sierra, the latest release of
the world’s most advanced desktop operating system, is now
available as a free update.
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macOS High Sierra brings powerful, new
core storage, video and graphics technologies to the Mac. (Photo:
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With macOS High Sierra, Mac® users gain powerful new core
storage, video and graphics technologies. A new file system ensures
more efficient and reliable storage, and support for
High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) brings stunning 4K video at
lower file sizes. Metal® 2 powers virtual reality content creation,
faster performance and more. The Core ML developer framework makes
it easy to create apps with powerful machine learning that predict,
learn and become more intelligent. macOS High Sierra also includes
a number of refinements to the apps Mac users enjoy everyday,
including Photos and Safari®.
“macOS High Sierra is an important update that makes the Mac
more capable and responsive, while laying the foundation for future
innovations,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president
of Software Engineering. “High Sierra introduces new technologies
for VR, high-efficiency video streaming, advances in storage
technology and more, while apps such as Photos, Safari, Mail and
Notes are refined to give users even more reasons to love their
Mac.”
New features in macOS High Sierra:
Apple File System (APFS)
- APFS is a new, advanced storage
architecture providing an extensible foundation to support new
features and future storage technologies on the Mac.
- APFS brings support for the latest
high-capacity storage devices and delivers enhanced performance,
security and reliability.
- With APFS, common operations such as
copying files and directories are nearly instantaneous.
- Data is protected from power outages
and system crashes thanks to advanced data integrity features.
- APFS currently supports every Mac with
all-flash internal storage — support for Fusion and HDD Mac systems
will be available in a future update.
High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
- HEVC (H.265) is a new industry standard
that enables extremely efficient compression, streaming and
playback of video.
- HEVC enables users to watch 4K video
files at full quality, while requiring 40 percent less storage
space than the current H.264 standard.*
- With HEVC, Apple is enabling
high-quality 4K video streaming on networks where only HD streaming
was previously possible.**
- Hardware acceleration on the new iMac®
and MacBook Pro® delivers incredibly fast and power-efficient HEVC
encoding and playback.
- Developers like Adobe, Blackmagic
Design, GoPro and more are joining Apple in adopting HEVC.
Metal 2
- Metal is Apple’s advanced graphics
technology and the fastest, most efficient way to tap into GPU
power on the Mac.
- Metal 2 supports next-generation
experiences like machine learning used in speech recognition,
natural language processing and computer vision.
- Metal 2 features a refined API and
improved performance that’s helping developers, including Unity,
Epic, Valve, Pixelmator and more, accelerate their future
apps.
- With the combination of Thunderbolt 3
and Metal 2, the most demanding Mac users can now access powerful
external GPUs.
Core ML
- With Core ML™, Apple brings the power
of machine learning to all Apple developers, enabling the creation
of entirely new kinds of apps.
- Core ML takes full advantage of Metal
and Accelerate, delivering incredible power, speed and efficiency
to machine learning operations such as computer vision, natural
language, and support for convolutional and recurrent neural
networks.
- All of the computation and processing
driven through Core ML is done on-device in a way that respects
customers’ data and privacy.
- Developers are already using Core ML to
enhance apps like Pixelmator Pro, which uses machine learning to
detect and understand various features within images and create
intelligent editing solutions.
Virtual Reality Support
- macOS High Sierra adds support for VR
content creation for the first time, enabling developers to create
immersive gaming, 3D and VR content on the Mac.
- Leading VR companies are working with
Apple to drive VR innovation on the Mac with features coming later
this year.
- Valve is optimizing its SteamVR
platform for macOS and enabling connection of the HTC Vive headset,
while Unity and Epic are bringing their VR development tools to
macOS.
- Later this year, Final Cut Pro® X will
add support for professional 360-degree VR workflows with the
ability to import, edit and export 360-degree video on the
Mac.
Photos Update
- An updated, always-on sidebar and new
filtering and selection tools make photo organization quick and
easy.
- A refreshed editing UI includes
powerful new editing tools like Curves, for fine-tuning contrast,
and Selective Color, for making adjustments to a specific color
range.
- Live Photos™ can now be edited with fun
effects, like Loop, Bounce and Long Exposure, and users can also
choose a different key photo.
- Third-party editors like Photoshop,
Pixelmator and other apps can be launched from Photos, with edits
saved back to the Photos library.
- Support for third-party project
extensions provides access to printing and publishing services from
Shutterfly, WhiteWall, Wix, ifolor, Mimeo and Mpix from right
within the app.
Additional app refinements:
- Safari stops media with audio from
automatically playing in the browser, and Reader can automatically
open articles in a clean, uncluttered format.
- Intelligent Tracking Prevention in
Safari detects and eliminates cookies and other data used by
advertisers for cross-site tracking, to help keep a user’s browsing
private.
- Siri® on the Mac responds with a more
natural voice and learns music preferences, creates custom
playlists and answers music trivia when using Apple Music®.
- Touch Bar™ on MacBook Pro gets new
Control Strip options plus an improved color picker and more video
controls.
- Notes adds simple tables, allowing a
user to type in cells, make edits and move rows and columns.
- Spotlight® provides flight status
information, including departure and arrival times, delays, gates,
terminals and even a map of the flight path.
Pricing & Availability
macOS High Sierra is available as a free update starting today
from the Mac App Store®. macOS High Sierra supports all Macs
introduced in late 2009 or later. Some features may not be
available in all regions or languages. For more information, visit:
apple.com/macos/high-sierra/.
* Amount of disk space saved depends on specific video file and
hardware used. Actual results may vary.
** The playback of 4K HEVC content requires a Mac with a
sixth-generation Intel Core processor or newer.
Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction
of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in
innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV.
Apple’s four software platforms — iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS —
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