macOS Catalina features a new Apple Music App, Podcasts app and Apple TV app that comes in as a replacement for iTunes. iTunes is being slowly phased out in favour of new, separate services.

So, iTunes is as good as dead. What’s new in Apple Music for macOS? Not much, really. The app is very similar to the one found on iOS and iPadOS, however, it now supports syncing music progress across your devices, something iTunes did not.

The second app is Podcasts, which is, once again, a “Marzipan app” which makes it very similar to the iOS version as that’s where it initially comes from. These apps are all powered by Apple’s effort to support UIKit on macOS, essentially running iOS apps on macOS.

Apple TV will allow you to watch Apple TV+ shows and even TV channels right from your mac. The app features a similar UI to the iPadOS version.

More exciting may be the news that the iPad now acts as a secondary screen that you can bring with you on the go. This is thanks to the new “Sidecar” feature which works both wirelessly and tethered. For artists, it may be exciting news that thanks to this, Apple Pencil support comes to macOS via input trough Sidecar. This is already supported in Adobe’s latest software offerings.

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