The same applies to the 2017 MacBook Air.
If your MacBook Pro or MacBook Air dates back to 2015, and uses the old MagSafe connector, it won’t run Ventura. Ventura runs on almost any Mac released in the past five years, and runs on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs. With almost all earlier macOS versions, I had to make changes in these apps before most of them would run correctly. I develop AppleScript-based apps for users interested in ancient versions of the Mac and other operating systems, and all these apps started up without problems under Ventura. One thing that impresses me about the public beta is that, as far as I can tell, all my existing software works with it. Apple releases a public beta only after developers get a chance to find bugs in earlier developer-beta versions.
(I'll explain how to do that later in this piece.) If you have an account with the Apple Developer program, you may have installed the developer version of the beta already.
If you’re an IT manager or if you need to test whether your apps work with the new version, install the public beta on a spare machine or create a separate disk volume for the Ventura beta on your working machine. Will Your Macs and Apps Work With macOS Ventura? As with most earlier versions of macOS, Apple has slotted in new features and enhancements in ways that that won’t make you climb a learning curve, but advanced users will have to learn to navigate a brand-new Systems Settings app, replacing the old System Preferences app that’s been part of macOS for two decades.
Instead, heed the same warnings that everyone makes each year about macOS beta versions: Don’t update your daily-driver system to any beta version, in case an app that you use every day won’t work smoothly with it, and in case you get bitten by one of the usual beta-version bugs. Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. ( Read our editorial mission (Opens in a new window) & see how we test everything we review (Opens in a new window).)
How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.You can share your thoughts at the TDS Facebook page, where I'll post this story for discussion. provides you with the latest tips, techniques, and workflows for Apple's photo management and editing application. Updated for macOS High Sierra, the The Apple Photos Book for Photographers, 2nd Ed. The Apple Photos Book for Photographers, 2nd Edition But for those of us who use Photos regularly, we really appreciate (finally) having filenames appear with our images.
Like I said, this isn't a headline feature.
You can see examples of both in the illustration above.Īnd for those situations where I want the filename to appear, but I do want some additional information in the metadata, I enter that in the Add a Description field, which has no effect on the metadata displayed with the thumbnail. On the other hand, if you do add a title, then that is displayed instead. If the Add a Title field is left blank, then Photos will display the filename when viewing thumbnails. Just make sure that you have titles turned on so that either of these bits of information shows up (View > Metadata > Titles).
(This used to be your only choice.) Either approach is controlled by the "Add a Title" field in the Info box (Window > Info). Read on to learn how to control this.Īlternatively, you can have a title appear with your thumbnail instead of a filename. They're helpful in many ways, including knowing which camera the image was captured with when shooting RAW.īoth original filenames and edited titles are displayed here in Photos. Many excellent headline features for photographers appeared in macOS Mojave, but a small one that's truly helpful is the debut of filenames with our thumbnails.