Mac OS Sierra Public Beta Release, Download and Features : Auto Unlock Feature Included in Update; Top 3 Things to Try and How to Get It

Mac OS Sierra is now in public beta two days after developers released it for testing.

By Dan Tabifranca, CP Contributor Saturday, July 09, 2016

Apple's new Mac OS Sierra Beta is now available and you download it here. Mac users should be careful in installing beta codes on primary devices due to the fact that a beta version can still cause crashes, drains, slow performances, or any issues that can be very inconvenient for your computers.

Here are some of the things that excite fans about the Mac's new OS.

Top 3 things to expect and to try:

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Siri. You can now talk to you Mac since Cupertino decided to put Siri on your computer. The main reasons to use the feature Siri is that it's easier than the 2004 announced Spotlight Search feature that enables a full-on desktop search. Now you can ask Siri to search for files you need for work, files you need to search for with detailed choices of commands by filtering their format. You can also check your emails and your daily schedule by simply asking Siri to do so. You can also have access to your social media network by simply using the said feature. Examples of which is that you can now send a tweet (even with hashtags), or you can post a Facebook status by easily telling Siri what to tweet or what to post.

Picture-in-picture mode (PiP). The new PiP feature displays a small video window that is 'always on top' , and is always open at all times while using your desktop. Whenever you switch in between desktops, the video window will be untouched because everything that's happening else on you screen stays below the window. The good thing about this feature is that you can watch anything you want while doing another thing, like work, simultaneously. You can also use this new feature in Safari. For the in-web videos, a small PiP icon will appear on the control bar--from there, you can click it and a smaller video window will come up. You can also change the positioning of the PiP by simply dragging it to where you want to place it. Unfortunately you can only place it in the corners and not anywhere in the middle of the screen. You can resize the PiP and you can control the videos that are playing because the PiP window contains a panel of basic video controls (forward, rewind, pause, and play).

Auto Unlock Feature. The Auto Unlock feature is the biggest and most expected feature of Apple's new OS. It was announced last June 13 during the Apple's Worldwide Developer's Conference. It enables you to unlock your Mac using an Apple Watch running a watchOS 3. You must have initially enabled Two-Factor Authentication for you to be able to use the new Auto Unlock feature. If you, for example, activated the feature and you go away wearing your Apple Watch, when you return, your Mac will unlock Automatically.

The beta version of the OS Sierra is of course an unfinished OS. After the announcement of the new Sierra OS at the WWDC 2016 event, fans are now more eager than ever to get their hands on Cupertino's new and promising operating system upgrade.