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Font chaos in macOS Catalina and how to deal with it by Jay J.

macOS Catalina Patcher (for unsupported Macs) by Collin Mistr.

macOS Catalina 10.15 hardware requirements at Apple Support ().

What's new in the updates for macOS Catalina ().

Safari has minor improvements, including new privacy features, Messages integration and Siri Suggestions integration.

The new Reminders handles attachments, has new Siri Suggestions, has a Quick Edit mode, Messages integration, and new organization modes, including Tags. It is not backwards-compatible with older Reminders databases on-disk or in iCloud.

Reminders has been replaced with a new app of the same name.

Notes now has a gallery view, better checklist handling, and improved collaboration tools.

Apple Photos has been updated with improved visualization and sorting features.

Authentication handling can now be done from an Apple Watch as well as the fingerprint reader or FaceID where available.You can now track the location of all devices registered to your Apple ID, as well as devices whose location information is shared with you. Find My.app has replaced Find My iPhone and Find My Friends in iCloud and on iOS devices, and is now available on macOS as well.Additionally, applications must now get permission to read/write data from the Documents and Desktop folders, iCloud Drive, and external volumes as well as to directly interact with external interface devices like keyboard input, screen capture, or video capture.

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Catalina also moves the System software to its own separate APFS partition that is locked for writing, replacing the System Integrity Protection mechanism used on previous versions of macOS.

This requires secure authentication to be able to erase and re-activate your Mac.

Activation Lock has been added for all hardware using the T2 security chip.

It exposes control of communication limits, combined limits, and time extensions. It also provides more control over how local users spend their time, as well as on other Apple devices via Family Sharing.

Screen Time has been ported from iOS to macOS System Preferences, to summarize how you are using your macOS software.

It supports the use of Apple Pencil on the iPad display during Sidecar sessions. Sidecar is a new feature that lets you use a device running iPadOS 13 or later as a wireless secondary extended or mirroring monitor.Apple Arcade is a new subscription-based section of the App Store that provides access to the same games and game data across macOS, iOS, iPadOS and tvOS.Catalyst is a new API that allows software originally designed for iPad OS to also function on macOS.The Finder is now used for syncing iOS devices, including software and ringtone management, music is managed through Apple Music, TV and Movies are provided through Apple TV, audio podcasts are provided through Apple Podcasts. iTunes is broken up into multiple other products.

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MacOS Catalina supports all computers supported by macOS Mojave, with the exception of 2010-2012 Mac Pro computers.