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Apple’s official public release of macOS Monterey arrives on Monday, October 25, and users should be aware that there are several features in macOS 12 that are only available to machines powered by Apple silicon chips. In other words, they won’t work on Intel-powered Macs.
Differentiating the user experience like this this isn’t anything new to iOS users, since each year the latest iPhone models boast features that aren’t available on iPhones that Apple released the previous year.
Mac users on the other hand aren’t so used to such fast-paced changes, and the latest software-based depreciations could come as a shock to some. With the possible exception of Object Capture, the following macOS Monterey features won’t be available to anyone running the new software on an Intel Mac, even if it was purchased from Apple only last year.
Portrait Mode in FaceTime
With Portrait mode in macOS Monterey, you can blur your background during a FaceTime call, so that the focus is on you rather than what’s behind you. The feature is commonly used by other video conferencing apps like Zoom and Teams to obscure untidy domestic scenes and other sources of distraction or embarrassment. If you’re using an Intel-powered Mac though, it won’t be an option.
Maps Interactive Globe
On Macs powered by M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Pro Max chips, Apple has enhanced the Maps app to include a new globe view that allows you to spin the world around and zoom into different regions on Earth. In previous versions of macOS, zooming out maximally in Maps would present you with a flat world map, but the n
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