Apple’s public release of macOS Ventura is expected sometime in October, but given the amount of MacOS Monterey features that were limited to Apple’s silicon Macs, Mac Intel owners will hear again. are you on the sidelines this fall?
Fortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case this time around, with many of the main features of macOS 13 offering full functionality on both Intel and Apple silicon machines.
In fact, as long as your Intel Mac model meets the minimum requirements for macOS Ventura, there is relatively little in the way of new features that will be out of range. That said, here are three exceptions that we’ve been able to identify as exclusive to Apple’s silicon.
Live subtitles
MacOS Ventura includes live subtitle support for all audio content, and this includes FaceTime, which allows you to view the automatically transcribed dialogue during calls. Live subtitles will be available in English and will be limited to iPhone 11 and later, iPad with A12 Bionic and later, and, of course, Mac with Apple Silicon.
Reference mode with Sidecar
Sidecar reference mode allows you to use a 12.9-inch iPad Pro with Liquid Retina XDR display as a secondary display with your Mac. “Reference” refers to the accurate and consistent representation of colors in professional workflows involving review and approval, color classification, and composition.
In the example of Apple, the main interface of Da Vinci Resolve is displayed on a connected studio screen, with color gradation areas on a MacBook Pro screen and the full-screen output image on an M1 iPad Pro in idSidecar mode.
Emoji support in dictation mode
In macOS Ventura, dictation automatically punctuates the text with commas, periods, and question marks as you speak. You can also insert emoji only with your voice, although Apple says that this particular feature only works on Macs with M1 and later processors.
Dictation is available in Cantonese (Hong Kong), English (Australia, Canada, India, UK, USA), French (France), German (Germany), Japanese (Japan), Mandarin Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan) and Spanish (Mexico). , Spain, USA).
summing up
As this short list shows, there are far fewer restrictions on macOS Ventura so that Intel users can cope with those on macOS Monterey. That said, macOS 13 is no longer compatible with some Intel Macs sold between 2013 and 2016, so you may find that your model just didn’t make the cut for official compatibility.
Apple has almost completed its two-year transition from Intel processors to its custom silicon chips from Apple on the Mac, and the change will be completed when the Mac Pro receives Apple’s silicon treatment sometime this year. Expect Apple to reduce software support for Intel machines at a faster rate from 2023 onwards.
macOS 13 Ventura is available for developers starting this week, and Apple plans to release a public beta in July.