Joining your Patreon 2 years ago was the best investment I have made since switching to MacOS and iPhones. Thanks for all your insight, tutorials and tips.
I’m loving new macOS features. They are substantive, genuinely useful (for me at least), and very well executed by Apple’s engineers. The keyword for me is “integration”, bringing all my Apple products together into a cohesive system in a way that is useful DAILY. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about OS changes. Sonoma was such a joy of an update, I ignored Sequoia until just now. Thanks to your reviews I know what to expect and can best use the changes. Sonoma, and even earlier OSs, introduced a lot of AI power at the same time as iPadOS so my devices finally actually like each other. I see no reason to be afraid of them, yet. Great work, Gary!
CAUTION: Sequoia 15.1 is known to cause Bluetooth devices to periodically malfunction or to not work at all. So far, no one seems to know why or how to fix the problem. For some people their wireless mouse periodically stops functioning. For others it's bluetooth headphones. For me it's my brand new Bose speaker (which worked perfectly until I upgraded to Sequoia.
Important AND fun tip. My fave - "Clean Up" in photos - I took a picture with my iPhone and accidentally framed it with trash bins. Clean Up removed them, like they were never there. Thanks Gary ! ! !
I just updated to Sequoia 15.1 on my 15" MAcBook Air M2 and after it updated, it states to get Apple intelligence I have to join their wait list. This is getting ridiculous. First we didn't have it at the launch of MacOS Sequoia, then it's to be released with the 15.1 update, and now you have to join a waitlist to get it. Come on Apple, this is not the way to get people on board.
Remember that some of Apple Intelligence uses Apple's servers. Same with other AI companies. Just allowing server use to go up 10x or 100x on one day isn't something that will work. That's why Apple needs to let people in gradually. All of the other AI services did the same. New social media networks too. It is just what online services need to do to ramp up.
I feel you, however as an EU-based citizen, I will not be getting most of the features... iPhone mirroring? Forget it. That's the feature I was most hyped about...
I had to contact apple care for my M1 after the Sequoia upgrade to be able to use a hotspot. Having done that and waiting for 15.1 I haven't had any problems other than having to get rid of VPN.
Yay! I hadn’t seen Jack in a long time!! Hey, I just watched M4 iMac and I was intrigued with Apple Intelligence features for Keynote! Let us know what you can find out at one point!
I feel like you're either actually reviewing a pre-release version or there's something wrong with my computer because I just updated my M1 Mac Studio to 15.1, requested and activated "Apple Intelligence" and what I'm seeing is a lot different than what you're showing. The icon next to highlighted text for Summarize, etc features isn't there (but it is in the context menu), I had to set up "Reduce "interruptions", it didn't appear on it's own in Focus, etc.
I was using the release candidate, so same as today's release. That icon was appearing sometimes and sometimes not for me too, depending on the app too.
Hi Gary. Thanks for keep me updated about apple operating system news and functionalities. I'm wondering why i movie and keynote stuck and crash easier since i swop to sequoia. I can’t make anymore videos by iMovie because it crashes every time I try to export them. Moreover I can’t stop and restart keynote presentations otherwise it won’t record anything. I formatted my HD and reinstalled Sonoma but I fixed just keynote and iMovie is still not working. Sorry, I’m just a little confused about this issue. Hope a Sequoia stable version will be released as soon as possible. Thanks again ☺️
#macmost I'm in the UK and there's nothing new for us in MacOS 15.1 accept the ability to add the battery low power mode to the menu! Just that one thing. I'm on the right computer running 15.1 an M3 MacBook Air 24/2tb Just found out why: In December, Apple Intelligence will be available for localised English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K., and in April (5 months away!), a software update will deliver expanded language support, with more coming throughout the year.
16'' M1 MacBook Pro 2021 - updated yesterday to Sequoia 15.1. and the built-in camera image is really grainy - so annoying! There's a thread on MacOS subreddit on Sequoia 15.1. issues, lol.
I don't see a lot of the AI tools yet. I do have 15.1 Public Beta, but I am in Australia, so maybe it's not available yet? Great videos as always Gary. I should add I'm running an M3. Clean up in photos is very impressive.
1:44 argh! I paid like $10 for an App that does this a few months ago. Glad it’s been added but wish I hadn’t wasted my money lol. Edit: and it changes the battery icon to yellow like iOS! Great update.
Hi Gary, while this is off topic a little. The question is still very relevant to Mac owners. How can I use the powerful Smart Folders tool to find empty folders on my iMac? I have deleted many manually, but have more. Help!
Empty folders? How did you end up with empty folders though? I'd first try to investigate why that is happening as I can't think of a good reason to have a large number of those. Then try to eliminate the problem, or whatever is happening. As for how to find them, I would imagine a Terminal command is the best way.
@@SerotoninBoii That is up to you. Either option is "OK." Turning on "Optimized Battery Charging" like I have works for me because I rarely get close to 0% before it is back on the charger at night. But if you need more time away from power during the day it may not work for you. Everyone uses their MacBook differently. That's why there are these options to choose from.
@@SerotoninBoii Yes. Don't you? If not, why not? At night is the perfect time for on-the-go MacBook users to charge it, since you aren't on-the-go while you are sleeping.
@@jinraigami3349 Change the language to U.S. English under General » Language & Region. If that doesn’t work, also change the Region to the United States.
Some of the suggestion features reminded me of one of the new Doctor Who episodes. People wore a holographic bubble that actually gave them the instructions to walk. When the scene came for the character to turn off their bubble, they were incapable of walking in a straight line in, ehum, "manual human mode". I fear that some of our writing skills will be lost over time when people aren't actually taught to do things from first principles. I use AI coding assistance a lot, but it's far from perfect and makes quite a few contextual mistakes.
I just upgraded tonight, but I don't see any of the features you noted. Why does yours show a switch to turn Apple AI on and off? I don't see that option on my M2 MacBook Air.
I recently bought a new mini Mac and set it up via Time Machine. I also run the latest sequoia version. Preview thumbnails are generally working (jpeg, Png, etc.) but I have a huge embroidery file collection - here I don't have the preview anymore. before no problem . Only in my embroidery program I can see the files / motifs. they are .jef files, for example. Can u help me? TIA
Sorry, I don't know if it is possible to get previews of .jef files like that. I don't have any, so I can't try anything. Maybe ask in a forum where people talk about these kinds of files and the apps that use them? Others there may know.
In some ways its a bit of a shame that I will have to wait until December before Apple inteligence will be avaliable to me, but there again i am not likely to use it (if it is able to come up with character names, then that might persuade me to try it when it becomes avaliable in my region) I currently have a 13" M2 MacBook Pro, and i am planning on purchasing an M4 Mac Mini in the next few months A few weeks ago i was talking with someone about getting them a new phone (within probably the next 2 years or so), I gave them the choice of iPhone or Andrioid, and when they saw the mention of AI features on the product page for an Android phone, they weren't too impressed (i don't know how much of this is down to autocorrect being a pain)
Should be. I certainly have had no issues with Photoshop, for instance. But the place to check would be Adobe's site. Weird if it wasn't though, since developers have had the beta of Sequoia since June.
@@carlosquijano2827 That's kinda crazy, as they have had so long to test and should have been more than ready back when 15 came out. As I said, I'm using Photoshop here and there and didn't notice any issues.
@@qwertyqart But an iPhone backup wouldn't be 1TB. It wouldn't include the apps themselves (those are restored from the App Store) or caches or things like that. So don't assume an iCloud backup wouldn't work.
I was able to enable Apple Intelligence on my Mac, but only a very small amount of features became available. Writing tools you show in this video are not :-(. Any idea why? I am in EU, so iPhone mirroring does not work, but I thought the writing tools would.
I noticed that nobody mentions and more importantly do not complain about the fact that with Sequoia iphone mirroring you can not control the iphone camera!
7:10 Hmm, the new sentence in “friendly” doesn’t really make sense (“no worries if there are any issues”), and this isn’t what the original sentence tried to say either.
@@nabsiegel Just because you live in the US doesn't mean your region and language settings are set to that. Check. Also, are you sure you are on 15.1, not 15.0.1? Also, maybe you didn't turn on Apple Intelligence in System Settings? Also, check in multiple apps as maybe the app you are using doesn't support it?
@@macmost Sorry for not being clear. I am asking about the apple watch (I have a series 9) and updated to 11.0.1 a couple of days ago. AFTER the update now the battery discharges to 0 within 1 day ... which it didn't before. I also tried a bunch of turning stuff off.. Maybe others are alerting to this as well. Thanks for your time.. pat
@@davidpatrick1813 I do some Apple Watch tutorials, but I try to keep the focus on Mac. Needing to charge your Apple Watch every night is pretty normal.
@@SlothHuntOnYou So is the problem that you can't find the Edit button, or that once you click Edit you don't see the Clean Up button. If the latter, then perhaps your Mac doesn't meet the requirements for it.
@@SlothHuntOnYou OK. Sorry, I don't know why you aren't seeing it. If you look in the Image menu, do you see "Show Edit Tools?" It does the same thing.
ONe thing very different for me is that when I go to Applie Intelligence I only get an option to be on the waitlist for the Beta. Anyone else get this?
@@SFGiantsBweezy Remember that some of Apple Intelligence uses Apple's servers. Same with other AI companies. Just allowing server use to go up 10x or 100x on one day isn't something that will work. That's why Apple needs to let people in gradually. All of the other AI services did the same. New social media networks too. It is just how online services need to ramp up.
Giving you a thumbs up because its a great video. But you forgot to include Apple's new "screw your external monitors" feature..ever since I "upgraded" I haven't been able to successfully utilize a second monitor without both monitors freaking out. Maybe this is part of Apple's Intelligence smh
I haven't heard about that. I use two screens myself. I would start troubleshooting it. Look at what else you have going on: cables, docks/hubs, etc. Call Apple Support.
@ I guess it’s been happening. Saw a couple of Reddit threads. It’s happening across different machines too (since the update). I’m going to call them tomorrow if I have time! I’ve been using one screen in the meanwhile and it blows haha
@@silent_spitfire There are millions of Mac users. A couple of people complaining on Reddit is something that happens all the time with every update. Don't assume it is a problem with the update. It could be something you have in common with those other people like an extension or set of settings that you all have. Or it could be specific to a cable, hub, or combination of screens. Don't ignore the fact that you have probably hundreds of thousands of others who have upgraded to 15.1 and are using multiple screens without a problem (like me). So work to figure it out.
@@macmost it's definitely a perspective to take, I'm hoping to get an answer from Apple support. The cables I'm using are standard cables directly plugged into my M2 Mac Mini..I don't see how it would be an issue with the hardware. The issues with the extended monitor only started after I updated to 15.1 and happened immediately upon startup after the update.
In writing, AI as a content creation tool is awful. You know, at the very least, that you did not put any original thought into it. For organizing, summarizing, and creating outlines however, AI is dope! I've only used Chat GPT (and hove never had the need to upgrade), and that experience has been excellent. We'll see how Apple does.
To "get the most from your Mac" it is always best to use built-in functionality when available, only going to third-party apps when there is no other way. This is a good example, as many people complain of that app using a lot of system resources compared to what you get in return.
As a low viz watcher, I find the screen recordings’ resolution too high and everything too small. Is such a high resolution really necessary? Also, Dark Mode would also be nice.
I actually do the opposite. I'm using lower resolution than almost anyone else on RUclips. It is the lowest you can go and still expect most apps on macOS to work. If you still can't see the elements clearly enough, you'll need to use RUclips's theater mode or full screen to make the video larger.
@@macmost what if I sign out of Apple ID and sign in US? Does that give me the iPhone mirroring and apple intelligence features. ? After I cancel my subscriptions
@@BrianGreenstone Maybe. But people seem to say that about every advance in technology. I'm optimistic that AI will be a new tool to help unleash our creativity.
The first example that hit me was sending two emails to others about meetings tomorrow. Immediately AI then popped up to “remind me” that I appear to have two meetings tomorrow. Such help I do not need. I also found similar problems in searching through mail. First Apple puts “Top hits” at the top. That is not part of AI. In this case, the thing I am searching for are a routine meeting reminder, then a slightly older email sent by a friend. In each case the “Top hits” are years old. Not just useless. Damagingly useless. Next, in each case AI tried helping and suggesting things that were equally useless. I tried using the AI features to make text more friendly, or more professional. Etc. In each case its suggestions were wrong, ranging from subtly wrong to wildly wrong. At that point I gave up and disabled it. I have the same problems with Siri. It routinely either is not able to understand what I want or gives useless answers, or worse - bad answers. So I have turned it off as well. My use case is different. I speak many technical jargons. Those are far beyond Siri or Apple Intelligences capabilities. Claude AI handles them generally well, but requires correcting and coaching. ChatGPT is uniformly bad at them. Pi is decent though overly conversational and technically incapable. It requires excessive coaching to get to reasonable uses. For my use cases AI’s other than Claude are much more trouble than they are worth.
Just to mention that the ai features are available on mac in Europe if you choose English us both for the system and siri. Not available yet on ipad and iphone. Rgds. Réginald
Joining your Patreon 2 years ago was the best investment I have made since switching to MacOS and iPhones. Thanks for all your insight, tutorials and tips.
Thanks for your support!
Your videos are always very informative Gary!
I’m loving new macOS features. They are substantive, genuinely useful (for me at least), and very well executed by Apple’s engineers. The keyword for me is “integration”, bringing all my Apple products together into a cohesive system in a way that is useful DAILY. I can’t remember the last time I was this excited about OS changes. Sonoma was such a joy of an update, I ignored Sequoia until just now. Thanks to your reviews I know what to expect and can best use the changes. Sonoma, and even earlier OSs, introduced a lot of AI power at the same time as iPadOS so my devices finally actually like each other. I see no reason to be afraid of them, yet. Great work, Gary!
Excellent - thanks Gary for all you hard work!
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
CAUTION: Sequoia 15.1 is known to cause Bluetooth devices to periodically malfunction or to not work at all. So far, no one seems to know why or how to fix the problem. For some people their wireless mouse periodically stops functioning. For others it's bluetooth headphones. For me it's my brand new Bose speaker (which worked perfectly until I upgraded to Sequoia.
Thank you for the heads up!
Excellent! Thank you again!!!
Just in time Gary. Great work as always.
Macmost Never Disappoints
Thanks Gary. Prioritising and summarising e-mails is a brilliant idea!
Good vid. To the point. No fluff. No waste of time.
Important AND fun tip.
My fave - "Clean Up" in photos - I took a picture with my iPhone and accidentally framed it with trash bins. Clean Up removed them, like they were never there.
Thanks Gary ! ! !
I just updated to Sequoia 15.1 on my 15" MAcBook Air M2 and after it updated, it states to get Apple intelligence I have to join their wait list. This is getting ridiculous. First we didn't have it at the launch of MacOS Sequoia, then it's to be released with the 15.1 update, and now you have to join a waitlist to get it. Come on Apple, this is not the way to get people on board.
That is a way to lose customers.
Remember that some of Apple Intelligence uses Apple's servers. Same with other AI companies. Just allowing server use to go up 10x or 100x on one day isn't something that will work. That's why Apple needs to let people in gradually. All of the other AI services did the same. New social media networks too. It is just what online services need to do to ramp up.
I still don’t understand why these initial AI feature set is still under a "beta". Wasn't this the official release?
Same for my phone on 18.1
Oh well, hopefully it won’t take long
I feel you, however as an EU-based citizen, I will not be getting most of the features... iPhone mirroring? Forget it. That's the feature I was most hyped about...
Very concise. Thanks for the video !
Excellent help! I just upgraded to 15.1 about an hour ago....
As always, Thank you for the information.
I had to contact apple care for my M1 after the Sequoia upgrade to be able to use a hotspot. Having done that and waiting for 15.1 I haven't had any problems other than having to get rid of VPN.
Would you recommended it for a MacBook Pro with Apple M2 chip 2022
Yay! I hadn’t seen Jack in a long time!! Hey, I just watched M4 iMac and I was intrigued with Apple Intelligence features for Keynote! Let us know what you can find out at one point!
Thanks for this info! Would you know the system requirement for Sequoia 15.1? I have a 2018 MacBook Pro with a 6 core i7 with 16GB Ram.
It is only the model and year that you need to know. See macmost.com/macos-system-requirements-list.html
Great video Gary. Are you planning a video for iPad OS 18.1?
No, sorry. Some similar things to what I show here though.
Damn that was a quick upload.
The beta test has been going on for months. I was about to make this video with the release candidate in advance.
I had to join a waiting list to get Apple intelligence on MacOS 15.1
I did too. However, I am in now. Shouldn't be long hopefully for you.
@@dwightbroemanphotosandart Awesome! I made it in.
I feel like you're either actually reviewing a pre-release version or there's something wrong with my computer because I just updated my M1 Mac Studio to 15.1, requested and activated "Apple Intelligence" and what I'm seeing is a lot different than what you're showing. The icon next to highlighted text for Summarize, etc features isn't there (but it is in the context menu), I had to set up "Reduce "interruptions", it didn't appear on it's own in Focus, etc.
I was using the release candidate, so same as today's release. That icon was appearing sometimes and sometimes not for me too, depending on the app too.
same here
Hi Gary.
Thanks for keep me updated about apple operating system news and functionalities.
I'm wondering why i movie and keynote stuck and crash easier since i swop to sequoia.
I can’t make anymore videos by iMovie because it crashes every time I try to export them.
Moreover I can’t stop and restart keynote presentations otherwise it won’t record anything.
I formatted my HD and reinstalled Sonoma but I fixed just keynote and iMovie is still not working.
Sorry, I’m just a little confused about this issue.
Hope a Sequoia stable version will be released as soon as possible.
Thanks again ☺️
Call Apple Support. Updating to Sequoia shouldn't cause any problems like that.
Will image playground and genmoji be coming to Mac? If so it will be weird that my Mac can have those features but my phone is too out of date haha
Yes, in 15.2.
Thank you Sir! 😀
Cool. be glad when it rolls out to me.
Do you have a video on how to record screen on Mac (including camera and microphone)?
ruclips.net/video/8qBX2_ASer0/видео.html
When are we gettin a deep dive into Automator?
That's the most powerful tool on macOS.
Automator is old. Shortcuts has taken over most of what Automator does. I have courses on both though: courses.macmost.com
Is there mor RAM usage on models with 8gb of memory?
How about overall performance?
Thank you.
Seems the same as 15.0. But I don't do extensive testing for things like that.
I see you can now move the dock between external screens again
#macmost
I'm in the UK and there's nothing new for us in MacOS 15.1 accept the ability to add the battery low power mode to the menu! Just that one thing. I'm on the right computer running 15.1 an M3 MacBook Air 24/2tb
Just found out why:
In December, Apple Intelligence will be available for localised English in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa, and the U.K., and in April (5 months away!), a software update will deliver expanded language support, with more coming throughout the year.
16'' M1 MacBook Pro 2021 - updated yesterday to Sequoia 15.1. and the built-in camera image is really grainy - so annoying! There's a thread on MacOS subreddit on Sequoia 15.1. issues, lol.
Try a restart. If that doesn't fix it, contact Apple Support.
Another super duper video! Thanks...
I don't see a lot of the AI tools yet. I do have 15.1 Public Beta, but I am in Australia, so maybe it's not available yet? Great videos as always Gary. I should add I'm running an M3. Clean up in photos is very impressive.
Change the language to U.S. English under General » Language & Region. If that doesn’t work, also change the Region to the United States.
@@zoltanzana Thanks, I'll give that a go
Thanks Gary for the review.
Is it possible to schedule a time say 3PM on Mondays etc to program Mac to automatically update all apps?
No, you can't do that. Instead, just let it do its updates overnight while it sleeps. That's the best time anyway.
@@macmost Thank you Gary.
Drag and drop finally in iPhone mirroring!
You can do the same by copying the photo on your iPhone and pasting it onto your Mac (Universal Clipboard)
@ yeah but it’s not as convenient
1:44 argh! I paid like $10 for an App that does this a few months ago. Glad it’s been added but wish I hadn’t wasted my money lol.
Edit: and it changes the battery icon to yellow like iOS! Great update.
@@thesisko3715 unfortunately, I seem to be able to manage to waste more money than that every single day on shopping
🙋♂️🤗THANKS GARY 💚💚💚
Hi Gary, while this is off topic a little. The question is still very relevant to Mac owners. How can I use the powerful Smart Folders tool to find empty folders on my iMac? I have deleted many manually, but have more. Help!
Empty folders? How did you end up with empty folders though? I'd first try to investigate why that is happening as I can't think of a good reason to have a large number of those. Then try to eliminate the problem, or whatever is happening.
As for how to find them, I would imagine a Terminal command is the best way.
hi gary, im new in macos, i see your battery on hold on 80%, do use any application to hold it at 80% or just optimize battery charging?
System Settings, Battery, Battery Health, Optimized Battery Charging. I would avoid any third-party apps that claim to do a better job.
@ so its okay to charge it to 100%? because so many articles that said better keep battery at 80%
@@SerotoninBoii That is up to you. Either option is "OK." Turning on "Optimized Battery Charging" like I have works for me because I rarely get close to 0% before it is back on the charger at night. But if you need more time away from power during the day it may not work for you. Everyone uses their MacBook differently. That's why there are these options to choose from.
@ so you let your mac charge overnight?
@@SerotoninBoii Yes. Don't you? If not, why not? At night is the perfect time for on-the-go MacBook users to charge it, since you aren't on-the-go while you are sleeping.
Suck that it's not available yet despite after updating. F.
Did you join the waitlist in settings?
@@TORIFS80 I did, but still nothing happened. Could be because my country is not supported yet.
@@jinraigami3349 Change the language to U.S. English under General » Language & Region. If that doesn’t work, also change the Region to the United States.
I’m not in the US so I don’t need to watch this one. Really appreciate you letting me know Gary.
Change the language to U.S. English under General » Language & Region. If that doesn’t work, also change the Region to the United States.
ty g
I get errors with the summarize function. Sadly this doesn't work on my M1.
Quick question, do you get access to all the mail tools if you are connecting your Gmail account through Mail or is it only for your iCloud email?
Do you mean the new AI tools in mail? Those work with any email account.
@@macmost Yes that is exactly what i meant. Good to know. Thank you. I would've have thought it would only be for iCloud. Glad to see it's not.
Some of the suggestion features reminded me of one of the new Doctor Who episodes. People wore a holographic bubble that actually gave them the instructions to walk. When the scene came for the character to turn off their bubble, they were incapable of walking in a straight line in, ehum, "manual human mode". I fear that some of our writing skills will be lost over time when people aren't actually taught to do things from first principles.
I use AI coding assistance a lot, but it's far from perfect and makes quite a few contextual mistakes.
"Dot and Bubble." Great episode with quite a twist at the end!
@@macmost indeed!
I just upgraded tonight, but I don't see any of the features you noted. Why does yours show a switch to turn Apple AI on and off? I don't see that option on my M2 MacBook Air.
Maybe your region?
@@macmost USA. AI finally downloaded.
I recently bought a new mini Mac and set it up via Time Machine. I also run the latest sequoia version. Preview thumbnails are generally working (jpeg, Png, etc.) but I have a huge embroidery file collection - here I don't have the preview anymore. before no problem . Only in my embroidery program I can see the files / motifs. they are .jef files, for example. Can u help me? TIA
Sorry, I don't know if it is possible to get previews of .jef files like that. I don't have any, so I can't try anything. Maybe ask in a forum where people talk about these kinds of files and the apps that use them? Others there may know.
In some ways its a bit of a shame that I will have to wait until December before Apple inteligence will be avaliable to me,
but there again i am not likely to use it (if it is able to come up with character names, then that might persuade me to try it when it becomes avaliable in my region)
I currently have a 13" M2 MacBook Pro, and i am planning on purchasing an M4 Mac Mini in the next few months
A few weeks ago i was talking with someone about getting them a new phone (within probably the next 2 years or so), I gave them the choice of iPhone or Andrioid, and when they saw the mention of AI features on the product page for an Android phone, they weren't too impressed (i don't know how much of this is down to autocorrect being a pain)
Is Sequoia compatible with Adobe products (Ps, Lr, Bridge, etc.)?
Should be. I certainly have had no issues with Photoshop, for instance. But the place to check would be Adobe's site. Weird if it wasn't though, since developers have had the beta of Sequoia since June.
@ Adobe says that they are testing it and recommends Sonoma…
@@carlosquijano2827 That's kinda crazy, as they have had so long to test and should have been more than ready back when 15 came out. As I said, I'm using Photoshop here and there and didn't notice any issues.
is it possible to backup ios or ipadOS device to external HD?
Not sure. Haven't done a to-a-local-drive backup in years. Why not backup to iCloud like most people do?
@ because I have a terabyte size phone but only 200gb iCloud
@@qwertyqart But an iPhone backup wouldn't be 1TB. It wouldn't include the apps themselves (those are restored from the App Store) or caches or things like that. So don't assume an iCloud backup wouldn't work.
I was able to enable Apple Intelligence on my Mac, but only a very small amount of features became available. Writing tools you show in this video are not :-(. Any idea why? I am in EU, so iPhone mirroring does not work, but I thought the writing tools would.
Did you check against the languages listed at www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/ ?
Change the language to U.S. English under General » Language & Region. If that doesn’t work, also change the Region to the United States.
I noticed that nobody mentions and more importantly do not complain about the fact that with Sequoia iphone mirroring you can not control the iphone camera!
7:10 Hmm, the new sentence in “friendly” doesn’t really make sense (“no worries if there are any issues”), and this isn’t what the original sentence tried to say either.
Never a good idea to use AI rewriting (or human rewriting for that matter) without checking it over.
I don't see writing tools in the right click menu when I highlight text in Notes. I'm using an M3 Air, and I updated to 15.1.
Perhaps due to your region or language?
I actually live in the U.S., so this is very weird. I can't figure out why I don't have access.
@@nabsiegel Just because you live in the US doesn't mean your region and language settings are set to that. Check. Also, are you sure you are on 15.1, not 15.0.1? Also, maybe you didn't turn on Apple Intelligence in System Settings? Also, check in multiple apps as maybe the app you are using doesn't support it?
@@macmost It wasn't turned on it settings. I didn't realize it needed to be. Thanks.
Siri still not working well... I see some things never change!
Did u try changing region to USA?
Thanks, you're the best instructor in all this .. thanx. Do you do the watch or recommend someone?
Not sure what you mean by "do the watch"
@@macmost Sorry for not being clear. I am asking about the apple watch (I have a series 9) and updated to 11.0.1 a couple of days ago. AFTER the update now the battery discharges to 0 within 1 day ... which it didn't before. I also tried a bunch of turning stuff off.. Maybe others are alerting to this as well. Thanks for your time.. pat
@@davidpatrick1813 I do some Apple Watch tutorials, but I try to keep the focus on Mac. Needing to charge your Apple Watch every night is pretty normal.
North East USA, apple intelligence is not available in my MacBook Pro M3 Max yet
It is available, you just need to wait on the waitlist for access. A few days, probably.
Cool！
8:12 I don't have this "edit" button - where I can find/enable it?
Are you looking at en individual photo, not an album or list of some kind? Is the photo a regular one in your library?
@@macmost yep - en individual picture, I have magic selection, but don't have "clean up" instruments. In "view options" I don't see it the same.
@@SlothHuntOnYou So is the problem that you can't find the Edit button, or that once you click Edit you don't see the Clean Up button. If the latter, then perhaps your Mac doesn't meet the requirements for it.
@@macmost I'm on m1 - and don't see "edit" button=(
@@SlothHuntOnYou OK. Sorry, I don't know why you aren't seeing it. If you look in the Image menu, do you see "Show Edit Tools?" It does the same thing.
Why can I only join a waitlist instead of turning on Apple Intelligence on M2 Macbook?
That's how they are rolling it out.
@@macmost Yup, I should have googled it. It was available to turn on after a couple hours of updating to 18.1.
ONe thing very different for me is that when I go to Applie Intelligence I only get an option to be on the waitlist for the Beta. Anyone else get this?
I meet all the specs and live in the US.
same for me
Yes, you have to get on the waitlist.
Yes, I got the same message. This is ridiculous. Come on Apple. This is not the way to get people excited and on board!
@@SFGiantsBweezy Remember that some of Apple Intelligence uses Apple's servers. Same with other AI companies. Just allowing server use to go up 10x or 100x on one day isn't something that will work. That's why Apple needs to let people in gradually. All of the other AI services did the same. New social media networks too. It is just how online services need to ramp up.
The „new“ iMacs are out too
Giving you a thumbs up because its a great video. But you forgot to include Apple's new "screw your external monitors" feature..ever since I "upgraded" I haven't been able to successfully utilize a second monitor without both monitors freaking out. Maybe this is part of Apple's Intelligence smh
I haven't heard about that. I use two screens myself. I would start troubleshooting it. Look at what else you have going on: cables, docks/hubs, etc. Call Apple Support.
@ I guess it’s been happening. Saw a couple of Reddit threads. It’s happening across different machines too (since the update). I’m going to call them tomorrow if I have time! I’ve been using one screen in the meanwhile and it blows haha
@@silent_spitfire There are millions of Mac users. A couple of people complaining on Reddit is something that happens all the time with every update. Don't assume it is a problem with the update. It could be something you have in common with those other people like an extension or set of settings that you all have. Or it could be specific to a cable, hub, or combination of screens. Don't ignore the fact that you have probably hundreds of thousands of others who have upgraded to 15.1 and are using multiple screens without a problem (like me). So work to figure it out.
@@macmost it's definitely a perspective to take, I'm hoping to get an answer from Apple support. The cables I'm using are standard cables directly plugged into my M2 Mac Mini..I don't see how it would be an issue with the hardware. The issues with the extended monitor only started after I updated to 15.1 and happened immediately upon startup after the update.
Most of these are not available for me just yet, I had to join the waitlist for Apple Intelligence. Such a disappointment.
It should be quick. A few days, maybe.
Well I just updated and there's no apple intelligence. It says "join the waitlist for apple intelligence beta" or something.
Right. You'll probably have it in a few days.
Sooooo, for European Users this update gives nothing, every feature is disabled! ahahaha
Works in Australia, you just need to set your language to English US version. Appreciate that might be frustrating for EU though
Change the language to US English at General » Language and Region. If it doesn't work, change the Region to USA as well.
In writing, AI as a content creation tool is awful. You know, at the very least, that you did not put any original thought into it. For organizing, summarizing, and creating outlines however, AI is dope! I've only used Chat GPT (and hove never had the need to upgrade), and that experience has been excellent. We'll see how Apple does.
If used correctly, it can be an excellent writing tool. For instance, brainstorming ideas, listing things to see if you forgot something, etc.
Gimmicky at its best
I'm in Germany and Summary etc doesn't work here on Notes, Mail, etc. Bummer. Even not in English content.
Right. Not in EU yet. Trouble with regulations.
Change the language to US English at General » Language and Region. If it doesn't work, change the Region to USA as well.
what's wrong in using Grammerly?
To "get the most from your Mac" it is always best to use built-in functionality when available, only going to third-party apps when there is no other way. This is a good example, as many people complain of that app using a lot of system resources compared to what you get in return.
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What about India
Check Apple's site to see.
Once again....Only in the US
I think in a lot of countries. But maybe not yours?
Change the language to US English at General » Language and Region. If it doesn't work, change the Region to USA as well.
As a low viz watcher, I find the screen recordings’ resolution too high and everything too small. Is such a high resolution really necessary? Also, Dark Mode would also be nice.
I actually do the opposite. I'm using lower resolution than almost anyone else on RUclips. It is the lowest you can go and still expect most apps on macOS to work. If you still can't see the elements clearly enough, you'll need to use RUclips's theater mode or full screen to make the video larger.
I think, Chat GPT works much better.
ChatGPT will be available in this starting with 15.2.
is it possible to do migration from old OS X EI Capitan (version10.11.6) to OS SEQUOIA 15.1 ?
Sure, it should work.
@@macmost Thank you, will try soon.
AI only in English.... No way. It will be Perplexity.
What is new and IRRITATING is you have to click 2 times and sometimes THRE times to wake up the screen.
Not seeing that. Try a restart, Apple Support.
@@macmost I have tried apple support. They explained it away. I updated my other iMac today and now IT requires two clicks to wake up.
You failed to explain that you have to deal with a "wait list." This is annoying as hell.
While having to deal with a waitlist to get AI is rather annoying you don’t have to wait too long.
You have the option of NOT joining. What wrong with you???.
Drag and drop images ? WTF are you kidding me
What do you mean? Do you like it, or do you have a problem with that feature?
@ seems as this feature is something that has been everywhere since the dawn of time why is drag and drop a new feature
You can do the same by copying the photo on your iPhone and pasting it onto your Mac (Universal Clipboard)
sick of being in europe. i have 0 new features for apple intelligence. iphone mirroring wont work at ALL
Right. Apple has commented on this extensively. EU regulations.
@@macmost what if I sign out of Apple ID and sign in US? Does that give me the iPhone mirroring and apple intelligence features. ? After I cancel my subscriptions
@@borklaser7291 that is strange, iPhone mirroring work for me on iOS 15
@@borklaser7291 Maybe. But you'd have a ton of other issues I'd imagine.
@@macmost so I’ll just have to wait a year then
Apple Intelligence... Not in damn Europe!
Change the language to US English at General » Language and Region. If it doesn't work, change the Region to USA as well.
Not in my region. This cluttered OS from a billion dollar company is just ridiculous.
What region?
After using each, windows for my business I much prefer the Mac OS. If your educated on its hierarchy it’s beautiful 🎉
Change the language to US English at General » Language and Region. If it doesn't work, change the Region to USA as well.
Wow, the AI features are terrible. None of that looked efficient or helpful. Great video tho... probably because it wasn't AI generated.
Maybe you are already a decent writer then. There are a lot of people that could use these proofreading and rewriting tools.
@@macmost You're probably right, and in 10 years nobody is going to know how to do anything on their own because of this stuff.
@@BrianGreenstone Maybe. But people seem to say that about every advance in technology. I'm optimistic that AI will be a new tool to help unleash our creativity.
It's so half baked. Pretty disappointing!
Apple Intelligence is terrible. Like so many things of this type, it tends to return wrong or more often irrelevant or useless answers.
Answers? It doesn't do that yet. The tools are for proofreading and rewriting. So I'm not sure what you are referring to here.
Things like suggesting what is coming up, what is important …
@@tunneloflight Where do you mean? In what app and what situation. Give me some examples, I'd love to see it.
The first example that hit me was sending two emails to others about meetings tomorrow. Immediately AI then popped up to “remind me” that
I appear to have two meetings tomorrow.
Such help I do not need.
I also found similar problems in searching through mail. First Apple puts “Top hits” at the top. That is not part of AI. In this case, the thing I am searching for are a routine meeting reminder, then a slightly older email sent by a friend. In each case the “Top hits” are years old. Not just useless. Damagingly useless.
Next, in each case AI tried helping and suggesting things that were equally useless.
I tried using the AI features to make text more friendly, or more professional. Etc.
In each case its suggestions were wrong, ranging from subtly wrong to wildly wrong.
At that point I gave up and disabled it.
I have the same problems with Siri. It routinely either is not able to understand what I want or gives useless answers, or worse - bad answers.
So I have turned it off as well.
My use case is different. I speak many technical jargons. Those are far beyond Siri or Apple Intelligences capabilities.
Claude AI handles them generally well, but requires correcting and coaching.
ChatGPT is uniformly bad at them.
Pi is decent though overly conversational and technically incapable. It requires excessive coaching to get to reasonable uses.
For my use cases AI’s other than Claude are much more trouble than they are worth.
Just to mention that the ai features are available on mac in Europe if you choose English us both for the system and siri. Not available yet on ipad and iphone. Rgds. Réginald