Great news for people who didn’t have the chance to download and try OS X Yosemite on their Macs. Mac software chief Craig Federighi has just announced that OS X Yosemite will be available to the public today, as a free update in the Mac app store..
Announced in June, Yosemite is a significant update for Apple’s Mac operating system that brings about a fresh new design, and hundreds of new features including Notification Center Widgets, Handoff, Continuity, text message forwarding and more.
- Redesigned user interface, including a cleaner dock
- Redesigned stock apps, including Safari, Mail and Messages
- Translucent menu bar, toolbars and windows
- Initiate a text message by clicking a phone number in Safari, Contacts, or Calendar
- Photos in OS X coming early next year — see Photos in iOS 8
- Widgets in Notification Center
- Today view in Notification Center
- Share menu extensions — including app-specific share sheets
- Smarter controls and buttons
- Custom actions
- New systemwide fonts
- Redesigned Spotlight, front and center with interactive previews and search results
- Family Sharing
