macOS Catalina: the MacStories review

macOS Catalina has been reviewed, and taking over from John Siracusa's legendary Mac OS X reviews at Ars Technica is MacStories. The Mac isn't in crisis, but it isn't healthy either. Waiting until the Mac is on life support isn't viable. Instead, Apple has opted to reimagine the Mac in the context of today's computing landscape before its survival is threatened. The solution is to tie macOS more closely to iOS and iPadOS, making it an integrated point on the continuum of Apple's devices that respects the hardware differences of the platform but isn't different simply for the sake of difference. Transitions are inherently messy, and so is Catalina in places. It's a work in process that represents the first steps down a new path, not the destination itself. The destination isn't clear yet, but Catalina's purpose is: it's a bridge, not an island. You know where to get Catalina, but it might be a good idea to wait a few point releases before diving in.