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Time Machine Ī number of under-the-hood changes were made to Time Machine, the backup software. The Game Controller framework adds support for two major console game controllers: the PlayStation 4's DualShock 4 and the Xbox One controller. Sidecar requires a Mac with Intel Skylake CPUs and newer (such as the fourth-generation MacBook Pro), and an iPad that supports Apple Pencil.

With Apple Pencil, the device can also be used as a graphics tablet for software running on the computer. Sidecar allows a Mac to use an iPad (running iPadOS) as a wireless external display. On-device machine processing is used to offer better navigation. Users can give detailed voice commands to applications. The system runs on its own read-only volume, separate from all other data on the Mac. Activation Lock Īctivation Lock helps prevent the unauthorized use and drive erasure of devices with an Apple T2 security chip (2018, 2019, and 2020 MacBook Pro 2020 5K iMac 2018 MacBook Air, iMac Pro 2018 Mac Mini 2019 Mac Pro). Mac apps, installer packages, and kernel extensions that are signed with a Developer ID must be notarized by Apple to run on macOS Catalina. It is designed for building device drivers in userspace, outside of the kernel. DriverKit is a new SDK with all-new frameworks based on IOKit, but updated and modernized. DriverKit Ī replacement for IOKit device drivers, driver extensions are built using DriverKit. Catalina will be the last version of macOS to support legacy system extensions.

System extensions run in userspace, outside of the kernel. There are 3 kinds of System extensions: Network Extensions, Endpoint Security Extensions, and Driver Extensions. System extensions avoid the problems of Kexts. Apple demonstrated several ported apps, including Jira and Twitter (after the latter discontinued its macOS app in February 2018).