Apple has officially unveiled macOS 27 Golden Gate, bringing Siri AI, new Apple Intelligence features, design refinements, parental control improvements, and performance upgrades to the Mac. The update launches later this year and is compatible with Apple silicon Macs, including MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac mini, Mac Studio, and Mac Pro.
The biggest addition is Siri AI, a completely rebuilt version of Siri powered by Apple Intelligence. Siri can now hold natural conversations, understand personal context, answer questions using information from the web, and perform actions across apps. A new dedicated Siri app also lets users revisit previous conversations and continue chats across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other Apple devices.
Visual Intelligence is also coming to the Mac for the first time. Users can take a screenshot of an image, PDF, webpage, or document and ask Siri questions about the content, search for related information, or perform actions directly from the results.
Apple Intelligence is expanding across macOS. Safari can now automatically organize tabs into topics, monitor webpages for changes such as product restocks and price drops through a new Notify Me feature, and help users manage large numbers of open tabs more efficiently.
The Passwords app gains the ability to automatically update weak or compromised passwords on supported websites, helping users secure their accounts with a single click.
Photos receives the same advanced editing tools coming to iPhone, including Spatial Reframing for adjusting the perspective of an image after it has been taken, the new Extend tool for expanding photos, and an upgraded Clean Up feature for removing unwanted objects more realistically.
Image Playground is also receiving a major upgrade with support for photorealistic image generation and more advanced editing capabilities, allowing users to modify images simply by describing what they want to change.
The Shortcuts app becomes much easier to use thanks to Describe a Shortcut. Users can explain an automation in plain language, and Apple Intelligence will automatically build the shortcut and connect actions across multiple apps.
Parents are gaining a range of new child safety tools, including Ask to Browse for approving websites, Time Allowances for app categories, redesigned parental controls, expanded Communication Safety protections, and improved Screen Time management.
macOS 27 also refines Apple’s Liquid Glass design. Apple says the update improves contrast and readability while introducing more consistent toolbars, redesigned window shapes, updated menu bar icons, and a new slider that lets users choose how transparent or tinted the interface appears.
The Calendar app can now create and edit events from simple descriptions, while Messages and Mail gain contextual suggestions that can create reminders, find photos, and perform actions based on the contents of conversations. Apple is also introducing Call Context, which can surface useful information such as reservation numbers and confirmation codes when calling businesses.
Other additions include improved Mail search, better Spotlight suggestions, support for higher-resolution ultrawide displays, enhanced iCloud Shared Albums, richer VoiceOver image descriptions, automatic subtitle generation and translation, swipe-to-refresh support in more apps, an upgraded video podcast experience, and more detailed Flyover imagery in Apple Maps.
Apple says macOS 27 also delivers faster AirDrop transfers, quicker network file browsing, and improved Safari performance, alongside numerous under-the-hood enhancements designed to make the Mac feel more responsive throughout the system.