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A Review of MacOS Catalina

In the recent years, Apple mostly talked about iPads and iPhones mainly due to the fact that there is an always-upward trend of the use of mobile devices. This situation turned out to be a bit of worrisome for the Mac users who had to rely on MacOS for a number of reasons. Nevertheless, Apple announced in June 2019 the launch of next generation of Mac software, MacOS 10.15 Catalina, and a new Mac Pro which is equipped with quite amazing specs that make the computer a nice machine for the professionals.

The launch of an upgraded operating system along with the new Mac is nothing less than a breath of fresh air for the people who like to work on Mac computers for professional purposes. And the best thing is that the new operating system tends to make old Macs better in terms of performance.

MacOS Catalina is now available as a free download for the Mac users. The problem with the previous versions of MacOS was that they weren’t quite professional from the perspectives of looks as well as performance. MacOS Catalina, on the other hand, tends to make the Mac computers more ‘Pro’. This launch has surely eliminated some reservations from the minds of Mac users who started believing that Apple had started pushing people to rely on iOS-based iPhones and iPads instead of MacOS based machines.

While MacOS Catalina still stands to be an independent platform, a number of its biggest advancements are connected to iPads in a number of ways. But that is not something to worry about. In fact, it has only made things quite interesting in the Apple world.

Now, we are going to discuss some important features that make MacOS Catalina an amazing operating system.

IPad apps on Mac (Catalyst)

This feature is nothing less than a fear factor for the Mac users. The reason is that a bunch of low quality iPad apps had flooded the Mac App store. It made the native Mac apps to go into hiding. This was mainly because the iOS apps released by Apple were not good and, so, the Mac users didn’t admire those apps.

Now, things are quite improved with the help of Catalyst introduced by Apple. The best thing about this feature is that it makes the iPad apps look native to Mac. The best part is that this feature is making high quality iPad apps available for the Mac users.

IPad as a display for Mac (Sidecar)

In this scenario, it is worth mentioning that some, apps such as ‘Duet Display’, have allowed users to use their iPads as external monitors for Mac or windows. Now, Apple has decided to make this feature permanent by making it a permanent part of Catalina. This feature is going to work with the Apple devices only. This feature allows you to interact with your Mac using iPad.

IPad as a Mac drawing device

This feature is the continuation of the previous point. When you connect your iPad with the Mac computer, you can use iPad to draw anything on the Mac computer. This feature is specifically attractive for the people interesting in artistic drawings. You can use Apple Pencil to draw sketches and other stuff.

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