<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
(	O
;	O
version	O
10.14	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
fifteenth	O
major	O
release	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
Apple	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
desktop	O
operating	O
system	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Apple	O
's	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
September	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	O
system	O
's	O
name	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
Mojave	B-Device
Desert	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
California-themed	O
names	O
that	O
began	O
with	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mavericks	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
succeeded	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
High	I-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
macOS	B-Device
Catalina	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
brings	O
several	O
iOS	B-Application
apps	I-Application
to	O
the	O
desktop	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
including	O
Apple	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
Voice	O
Memos	O
,	O
and	O
Home	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
more	O
comprehensive	O
"	O
dark	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
final	O
version	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
to	O
support	O
32-bit	O
application	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
is	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
macOS	B-Application
capable	O
of	O
being	O
booted	O
from	O
an	O
HFS+	B-Application
partition	O
without	O
third-party	O
patching	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
to	O
support	O
the	O
iPhoto	B-Operating_System
app	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
superseded	O
in	O
OS	B-Device
X	I-Device
Yosemite	I-Device
(	O
10.10	O
)	O
by	O
the	O
newer	O
Photos	B-Application
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
was	O
well	O
received	O
and	O
was	O
supplemented	O
by	O
point	O
releases	O
after	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
was	O
announced	O
on	O
June	O
4	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
at	O
Apple	O
's	O
annual	O
Worldwide	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
in	O
San	O
Jose	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
pitched	O
Mojave	B-Device
,	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
California	O
desert	O
,	O
as	O
adding	O
"	O
pro	O
"	O
features	O
that	O
would	O
benefit	O
all	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
requires	O
a	O
GPU	B-Architecture
that	O
supports	O
Metal	B-Library
,	O
and	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
compatible	O
systems	O
is	O
more	O
restrictive	O
than	O
the	O
previous	O
version	O
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
High	I-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
drops	O
support	O
for	O
various	O
Macs	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
to	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatible	O
models	O
are	O
the	O
following	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
running	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mountain	I-Operating_System
Lion	I-Operating_System
or	O
later	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
requires	O
at	O
least	O
2GB	O
of	O
RAM	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
12.5GB	O
of	O
available	O
disk	O
space	O
to	O
upgrade	O
from	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
El	I-Operating_System
Capitan	I-Operating_System
,	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
High	I-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
,	O
or	O
18.5GB	O
of	O
disk	O
space	O
to	O
upgrade	O
from	O
OS	B-Device
X	I-Device
Yosemite	I-Device
and	O
earlier	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
installations	O
convert	O
the	O
installation	O
volume	O
to	O
Apple	B-Application
File	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
APFS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
volume	O
had	O
not	O
previously	O
been	O
converted	O
from	O
HFS+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
install	O
Mojave	B-Device
on	O
many	O
older	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
that	O
are	O
not	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
deprecates	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
legacy	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
frameworks	O
OpenGL	B-Application
and	O
OpenCL	B-Application
are	O
still	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
no	O
longer	O
be	O
maintained	O
;	O
developers	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
use	O
Apple	O
's	O
Metal	B-Library
library	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenGL	B-Application
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
graphics	O
framework	O
designed	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
chose	O
OpenGL	B-Application
in	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
to	O
build	O
support	O
for	O
software	O
graphics	O
rendering	O
into	O
the	O
Mac	O
,	O
after	O
abandoning	O
QuickDraw	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
moving	O
to	O
OpenGL	B-Application
allowed	O
Apple	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
existing	O
libraries	O
that	O
enabled	O
hardware	O
acceleration	O
on	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
different	O
GPUs	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Library
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
homogenized	O
hardware	O
by	O
abandoning	O
the	O
abstraction	O
layer	O
and	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
bare	O
metal	B-Library
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metal	B-Library
reduces	O
CPU	O
load	O
,	O
shifting	O
more	O
tasks	O
to	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reduces	O
driver	O
overhead	O
and	O
improves	O
multithreading	O
,	O
allowing	O
every	O
CPU	O
thread	O
to	O
send	O
commands	O
to	O
the	O
GPU	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
does	O
not	O
natively	O
support	O
Vulkan	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Khronos	O
group	O
's	O
official	O
successor	O
to	O
OpenGL	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MoltenVK	B-Operating_System
library	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
bridge	O
,	O
translating	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Vulkan	B-Application
1.0	O
API	B-Application
into	O
the	O
Metal	B-Library
API	I-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Continuing	O
the	O
process	O
started	O
in	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
High	I-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
(	O
10.13	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
issued	O
warnings	O
about	O
compatibility	O
with	O
32-bit	O
applications	O
,	O
Mojave	B-Device
issues	O
warnings	O
when	O
opening	O
32-bit	O
apps	O
that	O
they	O
will	O
not	O
be	O
supported	O
in	O
future	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
10.14	O
,	O
this	O
alert	O
appears	O
once	O
every	O
30	O
days	O
when	O
launching	O
the	O
app	O
,	O
as	O
macOS	B-Device
10.15	I-Device
will	O
not	O
support	O
32-bit	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Mojave	B-Device
is	O
installed	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
convert	O
solid-state	B-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
SSDs	B-Device
)	O
,	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drives	I-Device
(	O
HDDs	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Fusion	B-Device
Drives	I-Device
,	O
from	O
HFS	B-Application
Plus	I-Application
to	O
APFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
Fusion	B-Device
Drives	I-Device
using	O
APFS	B-Application
,	O
files	O
will	O
be	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
SSD	B-Device
based	O
on	O
the	O
file	O
's	O
frequency	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
its	O
SSD	B-Device
performance	O
profile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
APFS	B-Application
will	O
also	O
store	O
all	O
metadata	O
for	O
a	O
Fusion	B-Device
Drive	I-Device
's	O
file	O
system	O
on	O
the	O
SSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
data	O
protections	O
require	O
applications	O
to	O
get	O
permission	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
before	O
using	O
the	O
Mac	O
camera	O
and	O
microphone	O
or	O
accessing	O
system	O
data	O
like	O
user	O
Mail	B-Operating_System
history	O
and	O
Messages	B-Protocol
database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
removes	O
integration	O
with	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Vimeo	O
,	O
and	O
Flickr	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
was	O
added	O
in	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mountain	I-Operating_System
Lion	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
also	O
removes	O
support	O
for	O
sub-pixel	O
rendering	O
of	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
features	O
changes	O
to	O
existing	O
applications	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
new	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finder	B-Application
now	O
has	O
metadata	O
preview	O
accessed	O
via	O
View	O
>	O
Show	O
Preview	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
updates	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
Gallery	O
View	O
(	O
replacing	O
Cover	O
Flow	O
)	O
that	O
lets	O
users	O
browse	O
through	O
files	O
visually	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
screenshot	B-Application
is	O
taken	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
image	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
screenshot	B-Application
software	I-Application
can	O
now	O
record	O
video	O
,	O
choose	O
where	O
to	O
save	O
files	O
,	O
and	O
be	O
opened	O
via	O
+	O
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Safari	B-Application
's	O
Tracking	O
Prevention	O
features	O
now	O
prevent	O
social	O
media	O
"	O
Like	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Share	O
"	O
buttons	O
and	O
comment	O
widgets	O
from	O
tracking	O
users	O
without	O
permission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Screenshot	B-Application
app	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
to	O
replace	O
the	O
Grab	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenshot	B-Application
can	O
capture	O
a	O
selected	O
area	O
,	O
window	O
or	O
the	O
entire	O
screen	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
screen	O
record	O
a	O
selected	O
area	O
or	O
the	O
entire	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Screenshot	B-Application
app	O
is	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
/Applications/Utilities/	O
folder	O
,	O
as	O
was	O
the	O
Grab	O
app	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenshot	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
pressing	O
++	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	O
10.14.1	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
30	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
adds	O
Group	O
FaceTime	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
lets	O
users	O
chat	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
32	O
people	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
using	O
video	O
or	O
audio	O
from	O
an	O
iPhone	O
,	O
iPad	O
or	O
Mac	O
,	O
or	O
audio	O
from	O
Apple	O
Watch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
was	O
rewritten	O
from	O
the	O
ground	O
up	O
and	O
features	O
a	O
new	O
interface	O
and	O
editorial	O
content	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Four	O
new	O
apps	O
(	O
News	B-Application
,	O
Stocks	O
,	O
Voice	O
Memos	O
and	O
Home	B-Operating_System
)	O
are	O
ported	O
to	O
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
from	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Apple	O
implementing	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
UIKit	B-Operating_System
on	O
the	O
desktop	O
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Third-party	O
developers	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
port	O
iOS	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
macOS	B-Application
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Home	B-Operating_System
,	O
Mac	O
users	O
can	O
control	O
their	O
HomeKit-enabled	O
accessories	O
to	O
do	O
things	O
like	O
turn	O
lights	O
off	O
and	O
on	O
or	O
adjust	O
thermostat	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stocks	O
delivers	O
curated	O
market	O
news	B-Application
alongside	O
a	O
personalized	O
watchlist	O
,	O
with	O
quotes	O
and	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
introduces	O
"	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
Mode	I-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
a	O
Light-on-dark	B-General_Concept
color	I-General_Concept
scheme	I-General_Concept
that	O
darkens	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
to	O
make	O
content	O
stand	O
out	O
while	O
the	O
interface	O
recedes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
can	O
choose	O
dark	O
or	O
light	O
mode	O
when	O
installing	O
Mojave	B-Device
,	O
or	O
any	O
time	O
thereafter	O
from	O
System	B-Operating_System
Preferences	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
's	O
built-in	O
apps	O
support	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
Mode	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
App	O
developers	O
can	O
implement	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
in	O
their	O
apps	O
via	O
a	O
public	O
API	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
limited	O
dark	B-General_Concept
mode	I-General_Concept
that	O
affected	O
only	O
the	O
Dock	O
,	O
menu	O
bar	O
,	O
and	O
drop-down	O
menus	O
was	O
previously	O
introduced	O
in	O
OS	B-Device
X	I-Device
Yosemite	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stacks	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
introduced	O
in	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
Leopard	I-Application
,	O
now	O
lets	O
users	O
group	O
desktop	O
files	O
into	O
groups	O
based	O
on	O
file	O
attributes	O
such	O
as	O
file	O
kind	O
,	O
date	O
last	O
opened	O
,	O
date	O
modified	O
,	O
date	O
created	O
,	O
name	O
and	O
tags	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Device
Mojave	I-Device
features	O
a	O
new	O
Dynamic	O
Desktop	O
that	O
automatically	O
changes	O
specially	O
made	O
desktop	O
backgrounds	O
(	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
are	O
included	O
)	O
to	O
match	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
macOS	B-Application
update	O
functionality	O
has	O
been	O
moved	O
back	O
to	O
System	B-Operating_System
Preferences	I-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
Mountain	I-Operating_System
Lion	I-Operating_System
(	O
10.8	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
system	O
and	O
app	O
updates	O
moved	O
to	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
from	O
Software	O
Update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
technology	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Verges	O
Jacob	O
Kastrenakes	O
considered	O
Mojave	B-Device
a	O
relatively	O
minor	O
update	O
and	O
typical	O
of	O
2010s	O
macOS	B-Application
releases	O
,	O
but	O
Kastrenakes	O
and	O
Jason	O
Snell	O
thought	O
the	O
release	O
hinted	O
at	O
the	O
future	O
direction	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Ars	O
Technicas	O
Andrew	O
Cunningham	O
felt	O
that	O
"	O
Mojave	B-Device
feels	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
totally	O
transformative	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
more	O
consequential	O
than	O
the	O
last	O
few	O
macOS	B-Application
releases	O
have	O
felt.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Cunningham	O
highlighted	O
productivity	O
improvements	O
and	O
continued	O
work	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
's	O
foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechCrunch	O
's	O
Brian	O
Heater	O
dubbed	O
Mojave	B-Device
"	O
arguably	O
the	O
most	O
focused	O
macOS	B-Application
release	O
in	O
recent	O
memory	O
"	O
,	O
playing	O
an	O
important	O
role	O
in	O
reassuring	O
professional	O
users	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
committed	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mojave	B-Device
's	O
new	O
features	O
were	O
generally	O
praised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
welcomed	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
Mode	I-General_Concept
,	O
although	O
some	O
noted	O
that	O
its	O
effect	O
was	O
inconsistent	O
;	O
MacWorlds	O
Karen	O
Haslam	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
affect	O
the	O
bright	O
white	O
background	O
in	O
Pages	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Others	O
noted	O
that	O
Dark	B-General_Concept
Mode	I-General_Concept
's	O
utility	O
was	O
curtailed	O
by	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
third-party	O
developer	O
support	O
at	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
