The events and notifications bar slides out, like iOS 8's, with customizable, drop-down widgets, revealing the native Weather, Calendar, and Calculator apps. It's the same Mac experience, only sleeker.īetter notifications and search: The once disdained notification bar has become incredibly useful.

Prosīeautiful but familiar design: Launch Yosemite and you'll appreciate the familiar, easy-to-navigate interface, modernized with flatter, iOS-style icons.

The new Continuity helps you hand off tasks from iPhone to iPad to Mac, but that feature and Yosemite's updated hardware requirements, such as Bluetooth 4.0, push you deeper into Apple's ecosystem. OS X 10.10, aka Yosemite, sports a more modern look and bridges the gap between Apple's desktop and mobile devices.