macOS Sequoia 15.2 Arrives With Image Playground and More

At the moment, Apple launched the macOS Sequoia replace, bringing the second wave of Apple Intelligence options and some non-AI enhancements to suitable Mac computer systems.

In case your Mac is powered by Apple silicon as a substitute of Intel chips, it will probably run Apple Intelligence. macOS Sequoia 15.2 expands upon the preliminary Apple Intelligence options that dropped in September alongside macOS Sequoia 15.0. Although nonetheless restricted to English, Apple Intelligence in macOS Sequoia 15.2 brings English language assist to Mac homeowners in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, and the UK. In 2025, Apple Intelligence will assist Chinese language, French, Japanese, Spanish, and different languages.

The Writing Instruments now allow you to create writings from scratch with a brand new Compose function that may faucet into ChatGPT from OpenAI. As a matter of reality, the Siri assistant in macOS Sequoia 15.2 additionally permits you to entry ChatGTP for advanced requests which can’t be resolved on-device and require the facility of the cloud.

As a part of Apple’s deal with consumer privateness, you will need to manually approve everytime you wish to hand off your Siri request to ChatGPT. An OpenAI account is not required to make use of this performance. Nonetheless, you may sign up with a ChatGPT account if in case you have one, so as to entry paid options from inside Siri.

In relation to AI picture creation, macOS Sequoia 15.12 brings a brand new Picture Playground app for creating visuals from temporary descriptions. You can too choose a contact picture as a foundation for Picture Playground, use strategies to rapidly generate photographs, swipe by way of fast previews, entry a historical past of your requests, and extra. Furthermore, Picture Playground capabilities might be accessed from different inventory apps, together with Messages.

The Notes app brings a reasonably attention-grabbing function, Picture Wand. Simply circle a tough sketch in Notes to offer it some Picture Playground magic and switch it into a correct drawing. You can too circle an empty space in your notice, which can trigger Picture Wand to create a picture from scratch utilizing nothing however the surrounding context. Nonetheless, macOS Sequoia 15.2 lacks one Apple Intelligence functionality from iOS 18.2: Visible Intelligence, a Google Lens-like function which solely works on the newest iPhone 16 household.

macOS Sequoia 15.2 features a few non-AI tweaks and modifications as effectively. The Discover My app, for instance, allows you to briefly share the location of your AirTag (or a suitable third-party merchandise) with one other particular person (and shortly your airline) utilizing hyperlinks. The Voice Memos app positive factors the power to layer recordings and edit layer mixes. The iPhone Mirroring function works even whereas your Mac makes use of your iPhone’s Private Hotspot function.

When you’re an Apple Information+ subscriber, now you can play day by day sudoku puzzles within the Information app. You possibly can set the climate forecast from Apple’s built-in Weather app to show in the macOS menu bar. When AirPlaying to your Apple TV or AirPlay-enabled tv, you may limit your AirPlay session to a selected window or app as a substitute of sharing the whole lot on the display screen (helpful when presenting one thing).

You can now customize the TV app’s navigation bar by dragging sidebar choices like Not too long ago Added, Current Purchases, Films, TV Exhibits, and extra. Sadly, Mac homeowners who aren’t into soccer can’t take away the built-in MLS shortcut from the sidebar.

Then again, sports activities followers will admire that the SharePlay co-watching expertise within the TV app now consists of sports activities programming to take pleasure in reside sports activities with family and friends over FaceTime. You can too swipe by way of a number of trailers for a similar present or film and add the title to your watchlist by hitting the + (plus) button on trailers.

To obtain and set up an over-the-air macOS Sequoia 15.2 replace, click on the Apple menu and select the System Settings possibility. Choose the Normal possibility within the sidebar, then click on the Software program Replace ooption on the righthand aspect and comply with the onscreen directions.

You possibly can peruse the official macOS Sequoia 15.2 launch notes on Apple’s website. For an inventory of important safety patches and bug fixes included within the replace, visit this Apple page.

Supply: Apple