In this video, we show the upgrade done to our Mac Mini Late 2012.
The update from High Sierra to macOS Mojave took 37 minutes and 3 reboots.
The update from High Sierra to macOS Mojave took 37 minutes and 3 reboots.
What's new in the macOS Mojave?
Dark Mode and new Accent Colors
- Open System Preferences.
- Open General.
- At the Appearance section, choose between Light and Dark Themes.
- At the Account Color choose which accent you want for your buttons.
Dynamic Desktop Wallpapers / Backgrounds
- Open System Preferences.
- Open Desktop & Screen Saver.
- Select one of the Dynamic Desktop wallpapers which will change according to the time of day.
- Under the Mojave context menu, also select the Dynamic setting.
- If you scroll further down, you will see some new static wallpapers as well. Worth having a look.
Desktop Stacks
- On Desktop, open the View menu.
- Click Use Stacks. This will organize your Desktop Icons according to their file type.
- Open the View menu.
- Navigate to the Group Stacks by submenu to select different types of Stacks (by Date etc).
Show Recent Applications feature for Dock
- Open System Preferences.
- Open the Dock preferences pane.
- Enable the Show recent applications in Dock.
Screenshots app for Screen Capture and Screen Recording and Markup Tools in QuickLook
- On Spotlight, type Screenshots and press Enter.
- Here there are options to capture a snapshot of part of your screen or full screen, and you can also screen record (as a video) again the full screen or part of your screen.
- Other options include wait 5 or 10 seconds before taking the screenshot, and include the mouse clicks during recording.
- Quick Look now includes Markup tools to help you edit your screenshots or any other image.
- You can also now trim your videos through QuickLook and share them.
Favicons in Safari
- Open Safari.
- Open the Safari menu.
- Open Preferences.
- Navigate to the Tabs tab.
- Enable Show website icons in tabs.
Import a scanned document from your iPhone.
- From the apps (such as when creating a new email message in Mail app) or from the Desktop and right-click context menu, click on Import from iPhone.
- You have the option to Take Photo, or Scan Documents. This will automatically open the Camera app on your iPhone so you can take the photo.
- After you take the photo, it will automatically show on the open app, or your Desktop in macOS.
- Again you can edit the photo with new Markup Tools.
Improved Siri - Steps for Disabling Siri's Voice and enabling Type to Siri
- Open System Preferences.
- Open the Siri preference pane.
- Select Enable Ask Siri to be able to talk to Siri.
- On Voice Feedback, you can set it to Off to disable her voice.
- Go to System Preferences.
- Open the Accessibility preferences pane.
- From the list on the left, click on Siri.
- From the right, select Enable Type to Siri.
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