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Apple reveals macOS Sonoma at WWDC 2023

Look for new personalization options in the upcoming macOS Sonoma update.

Ozzie Mejia

June 5, 2023 10:52 AM

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Monday's WWDC keynote from Apple continued with the reveal of the new MacOS. With the introduction of a slew of new features, Apple announced macOS Sonoma.

The latest edition of macOS contains new features, which includes widgets that can be placed anywhere on the user's screen. The widgets will automatically shift their colors and backgrounds to acclimate themselves to the user's wallpaper in order to maintain visual flair and legibility.

However, the more relevant feature for the gaming audience involves a new Game Mode, which will help ensure that video games running on Macbooks can utilize the device's CPU and GPU power to reduce display lag and improve overall performance. Apple is making a bigger push to court game creators, even going so far as to introduce Hideo Kojima, who revealed that Death Stranding Director's Cut was in development for Mac. As with other non-PlayStation versions of the game, it is being published by 505 Games.

The new macOS Sonoma makes a further push for user privacy. Safari will receive an update to its private browsing mode, which will lock the browser window, block trackers from loading, and remove any URL trackers. Multiple users can also set up profiles, just in case more than one person is on the same Mac or Macbook.

Look for macOS Sonoma to release at some point in the future. A developer beta is going out today, and a public beta is expected later this month. Apple will determine a release date from there. We're keeping up with the Apple WWDC 2023 keynote as it goes, so keep it on Shacknews for the latest updates and a full recap once it's over.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?