macOS Ventura Review: Small Improvements and Some Cool New Tricks

macOS Ventura comes with both new features and refinements, and a further shift towards unifying the Mac/iPhone/iPad experience. We have Stage Manager, an improved Spotlight, Freeform, the mobile Weather and Clock apps, better accessibility, updates to other built-in apps, and quite a bit more.

As with Monterey before it, Ventura doesn’t change things too much, and it certainly doesn’t compare to Big Sur in terms of scope. However, it does introduce some welcome productivity features, general improvements, and the biggest visual overhaul of the System Settings app we’ve seen in a long time.

Window management via Stage Manager

Given how popular MacBooks are, a feature like this is badly needed to help you make the most of your limited screen space. It can be used together with Mission Control and Spaces or replace them completely, but it does take a bit of getting used to.

When active, previews of all your windows are shown on the left side of the screen, and you … (read more)