The day Apple announced M1 chip, everybody would guess about the phasing of Intel Macs. Apple M1 chip powered devices are the latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, iMac, and even the iPad Pro.
However, the 16-inch MacBook Pro, the 21 and 27-inch iMac like powerful models are still rely on Intel chips. But, various features of the lately maOs Monterey that won’t run on Intel Mac.
macOS Monterey will release to the public in fall 2021. Its developer’s beta is already available. The Public beta version will be available in July with enrolled in the Apple Public Beta Program.
macOs Monterey developer’s beta is already available. It is believed that its public beta will be released in July that the users get enrolled in Apple Public Beta program. The macOS Monterey will release to the public in fall 2021.
Some features of macOS Monterey will be coming for M1 Macs only and some with all compatible devices.
Mac Monterey features compatible with Intel and M1 Macs:
- Universal Control – this feature allows people to control the Mac and ipad using same mouse and keyboard,
- AirPlay to Mac: using this feature, users can cast their iPhone or iPad screen to Mac,
- Shortcuts: Same shortcuts from iOS 14,
- Shareplay: You can now share your screen during FaceTime video call with the macOS Monterey and also use this for group streaming for Apple TV+ and other supporting apps,
- Collaborative Notes: it allows you creating and sharing collaborative notes. Also, it supports the Quick Note of iOS and iPadOS,
- Focus: this helps you in customizing the notifications and automatic the Mac as per routine,
- Hide My Email: Useful in hiding email from apps on signing up using Apple ID,
- iCloud+ private Relay: This is same as light VPN baked into Safari.
- Redesigned Safari: Apple adds grouped tabs and a cleaner interface in practicing to redesign Safari for Mac.
Until now, we have discussed the macOS Monterey features that all Macs will get. Now, move on and know the features that are not coming to Intel Macs:
- Live text In Photos: to grab text from images, this feature is helpful,
- Portrait mode video calls: using this, you can blur your background during FaceTime video calls,
- Apple Maps Update: improvement in city maps for some selective cities,
- Continuous keyboard dictation: unlimited dictation,
- Natural Text-To-Speech: for the languages Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Norwegian languages,
- Global View: allowing users to see high-detailed global view on M1 Macs.
These new features cerate divide on Intel and M1 Mac devices. It is clearly seen that the Apple is now optimizing macOS Apple silicion, leaving the Intel-based Mac behind.
ArsTechnia tell about these features as M1-exclusive as the 16-core NPU on the Apple Silicon. This makes Apple chips superior than intel’s on looking the on-device processing and machine learning.
Furthermore, Apple secretly confirmed the M1X chip that makes difficult to recommend Intel Mac to the users. This could mean that the Intel based Mac will soon become obsolete.
