![]() If you’re a Mac user who also has an Apple Watch, you can quickly log in to your Mac with your Apple Watch by doing nothing but wearing it and waking the Mac from sleep. The Utility is kind of like a simpler version of OmniDiskSweeper or DaisyDisk, but it’s built into macOS and doesn’t require any downloads. You’ll also find options to store stuff in iCloud (highly recommend having a very fast and very stable internet connection if you use this feature), reduce clutter, empty trash automatically, and to optimize storage by ditching old iTunes crud. Next to your primary Macintosh HD, you’ll see a “Manage” button, which is how you access the new storage optimization screen. Go to the Apple menu and choose “About This Mac” and then visit the “Storage” tab. You’ll see how much space Applications, Documents, iTunes, Mail, Photos, Trash, other users, System, and other items found in the file system take up. MacOS now includes a feature which can help to discover where your disk space has vanished too. 4: Storage Recommendations & Optimization Meeting those basic requirements is essential to use the great clipboard feature. In order to use the cross Mac-to-iOS clipboard, you’ll need to be sure the devices you wish to use it with are using the same Apple ID with iCloud enabled, have Bluetooth enabled, have Handoff enabled, and they will need iOS 10 (or later) on the iPhone or iPad, and you’ll need macOS 10.12 (or later). The copying/pasting is done seamlessly through iCloud and works quite well, just copy on one location, paste in another, it just works. The new Mac-to-iOS and iOS-to-Mac clipboard is incredibly useful, it allows you to copy and paste between a Mac and an iPhone, or an iPhone and an iPad, and then back to a Mac, and any other combination you can imagine. 3: Cross iOS-to-Mac (and Vice Versa) Clipboard This feature is also available on the iPad, and older versions of Mac OS can get Picture in Picture with an app called Helium. To access Picture in Picture (PIP) web video, simply right-click on a playing web video and choose “Enter Picture in Picture” (for YouTube, right-click twice) and the video will pop-up in a little PiP window that you can drag around on screen. Picture in Picture mode allows you to have a floating video playing on the screen, offering a more minimalist viewing window for watching a web video or movie without having to have an entire Safari or Netflix window open. Most of the Siri commands work the same as what’s available on iPhone and iPad, so view this giant list of Siri commands to get some ideas if you’re new to the virtual assistant, and many of the type of queries you’d enter into Spotlight you can also ask of Siri. You can ask Siri on the Mac to get the weather, who directed a movie, send a message, get playtimes for sports events, find recently worked on documents, and so much more. ![]() Siri is now on the Mac, which is perhaps the most obvious new feature in Sierra, and it’s pretty useful too! You can access Siri from the menu bar item by clicking the colorful icon in the corner in the top-right corner of the screen, or by clicking on the big Siri button in the Dock. Obviously you’ll need to have installed macOS Sierra to have access to these features.
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