MacOS 27 Golden Gate: Top New Features

MacOS 27 Golden Gate：主要新功能

During the keynote presentation at Monday’s WWDC, Apple previewed the next version of macOS. The official name of the Mac’s operating system is macOS 27 Golden Gate, keeping the California naming scheme around. 在周一的 WWDC 主题演讲中，苹果预览了下一代 macOS。这款 Mac 操作系统的正式名称为 macOS 27 Golden Gate，延续了以加州地名命名的传统。

This year’s update is focused on the relaunched Siri (now known as Siri AI), which really strives to transform into a proper AI chatbot along the lines of ChatGPT or Google Gemini—with a unique Apple twist. 今年的更新重点在于重新推出的 Siri（现称为 Siri AI），它致力于转型为一款真正的 AI 聊天机器人，对标 ChatGPT 或 Google Gemini，并融入了独特的苹果风格。

Is Your Mac Compatible With macOS Golden Gate?

你的 Mac 支持 macOS Golden Gate 吗？

Last year, Apple announced that macOS 26 Tahoe would be the last update to support Intel-powered Macs. The new update, macOS 27 Golden Gate, is only compatible with Apple Silicon Macs. Here’s the full list of supported devices: 去年，苹果宣布 macOS 26 Tahoe 将是最后一个支持 Intel 芯片 Mac 的版本。新的 macOS 27 Golden Gate 仅兼容 Apple Silicon（苹果自研芯片）Mac。以下是支持设备的完整列表：

MacBook Neo (2026)
MacBook Pro (2020 and later)
MacBook Air (2020 and later)
Mac mini (2020 and later)
iMac (2021 and later)
Mac Studio (2022 and later)
Mac Pro (2023 and later)

Some of the more advanced Apple Intelligence features, such as the improved Voice Mode, are exclusive to newer Macs. Those more advanced modes require an M3 Mac or newer with at least 12 GB of RAM. That rules out the MacBook Neo and lots of MacBook Airs from before 2024. 一些更高级的 Apple Intelligence 功能（例如改进后的语音模式）仅限于较新的 Mac。这些高级模式需要 M3 或更新芯片的 Mac，且至少配备 12 GB 内存。这意味着 MacBook Neo 以及 2024 年之前的许多 MacBook Air 将无法使用这些功能。

One more caveat: Siri AI will not be immediately available in the EU or China due to regulatory concerns. 另外需要注意：由于监管原因，Siri AI 将不会在欧盟或中国地区立即上线。

When Is the macOS 27 Golden Gate Beta Releasing?

macOS 27 Golden Gate 测试版何时发布？

MacOS Golden Gate beta is available to install for developers today, while the official public beta will roll out in July. We don’t typically recommend using the developer beta on your main computer, as they are prone to serious bugs and won’t necessarily function well with all your software and accessories. MacOS Golden Gate 测试版现已向开发者开放安装，官方公测版将于 7 月推出。我们通常不建议在主力电脑上安装开发者测试版，因为它们容易出现严重漏洞，且未必能与你所有的软件和配件完美兼容。

However, if you want to take the plunge to try these new features, you can sign up for a developer account and enable Developer Mode. After backing up your system, you should see it as an available update in System Settings under General > Software Update. 不过，如果你想尝鲜体验这些新功能，可以注册开发者账号并开启“开发者模式”。在备份系统后，你应该能在“系统设置”的“通用”>“软件更新”中看到该更新。

Meet the New Siri

认识全新的 Siri

Siri on Mac never made a lot of sense, and I can’t imagine it has ever been used much. But this new version of the chatbot, known as Siri AI, looks a bit more tailored for this new version of macOS Golden Gate. It carries over a lot of the new features that the iOS and iPadOS versions have, including a dedicated app, screen awareness, automatic proofreading, personal context, and the improved, customizable voice experience. Most importantly, the new Apple Foundation Models that Siri runs on is based on Google Gemini, giving it highly improved natural language processing as well as the latest computer vision and image-generation models. Mac 上的 Siri 过去一直存在感很低，我很难想象它被频繁使用过。但这次名为 Siri AI 的新版聊天机器人，看起来更贴合 macOS Golden Gate。它继承了 iOS 和 iPadOS 版本中的许多新功能，包括独立应用、屏幕感知、自动校对、个人语境以及改进后的可定制语音体验。最重要的是，Siri 运行所依托的全新苹果基础模型（Apple Foundation Models）基于 Google Gemini，使其具备了大幅提升的自然语言处理能力，以及最新的计算机视觉和图像生成模型。

But in macOS Golden Gate, Siri is now fully systemwide. It can be pulled up from anywhere on the desktop, where it’s accessible from a simple right click in the context window. One example of how this might work is with documents. In Finder, you can select a few files and then right click, then click on Siri AI to start prompting right in the Siri AI app. It’s also being built into Spotlight. Right now, Spotlight is primarily just for finding things on your computer. But now Apple says that if you ask it a question that’s more suited for Siri, it’ll automatically answer using Siri AI and open a chat window so you can continue the Siri conversation. 在 macOS Golden Gate 中，Siri 现在实现了全系统集成。你可以在桌面的任何位置调出它，只需在右键菜单中点击即可访问。以文档处理为例：在访达（Finder）中，你可以选中几个文件并右键点击，然后选择 Siri AI，直接在 Siri AI 应用中进行指令操作。它还被整合进了 Spotlight。目前，Spotlight 主要用于查找电脑上的内容，但苹果表示，如果你问的问题更适合 Siri 处理，它会自动调用 Siri AI 进行回答，并打开聊天窗口，让你继续与 Siri 对话。

Siri also has Visual Intelligence on the Mac. If you take a screenshot, Siri can be immediately pulled up and prompted to answer questions about or take action on what’s in that image. Siri 在 Mac 上还具备了“视觉智能”。如果你截了一张图，可以立即调出 Siri，让它回答关于图片内容的问题或执行相关操作。

Apple Intelligence Apps

Apple Intelligence 应用

The broader rollout of this new version of Siri is also happening across a variety of first-party Apple apps. Safari is getting the biggest update. It’s had tab groups since 2021, but browser tabs have always had to be organized and managed manually. Now, there’s something called Topics in Safari, which feels like a smarter way to organize tabs. Using AI, Safari will automatically combine tabs together into topics, which can then be closed out or saved for later as a tab group. 新版 Siri 的广泛应用也扩展到了苹果的各类原生应用中。Safari 迎来了最大的更新。自 2021 年以来，Safari 虽然有了标签页组功能，但标签页一直需要手动整理。现在，Safari 推出了“主题（Topics）”功能，这是一种更智能的标签页管理方式。利用 AI，Safari 会自动将标签页归类为不同主题，你可以一键关闭或将其保存为标签页组。

One of the most interesting new features is Custom Extensions, which lets you create an extension for Safari in natural language. Lastly, the new version of Safari will work the Passwords app to automatically fix website login passwords that are deemed no longer safe to use. 最有趣的新功能之一是“自定义扩展”，它允许你通过自然语言为 Safari 创建扩展程序。最后，新版 Safari 将与“密码”应用联动，自动修复那些被认为不再安全的网站登录密码。

The other exciting implementation of Apple Intelligence is within the Shortcuts app. The app received some artificial intelligence upgrades last year, but this new update takes things much further. You can now use natural language to design an automated shortcut, no longer requiring the manual work of connecting functions within apps together. Apple’s example was that you could type, “Whenever I’m leaving work, calculate the ETA, and send it to Pedro,” which would use a combination of Maps and Messages. Apple Intelligence 另一个令人兴奋的应用是在“快捷指令”中。该应用去年获得了一些 AI 升级，但这次更新更进一步。你现在可以使用自然语言来设计自动化快捷指令，无需再手动连接应用内的各项功能。苹果举例说，你可以输入：“每当我下班离开时，计算预计到达时间并发送给 Pedro”，系统会自动结合地图和信息应用来完成此操作。

Other updates include using natural language when creating an event in Calendar, which will then fill in the details with contacts or locations. Image Playground also received a major update, which is now based on Google’s Gemini image-generation tech. It can now cook up photorealistic imagery and looks far less limited in what it can do. Like other image-generation apps, Image Playground will be subject to daily limits, but paid iCloud+ subscriptions can buy you more image generation. 其他更新还包括在日历中创建事件时使用自然语言，系统会自动填充联系人或地点等详细信息。Image Playground 也进行了重大更新，现基于 Google 的 Gemini 图像生成技术。它现在可以生成照片级的逼真图像，功能限制也大幅减少。与其他图像生成应用一样，Image Playground 会有每日使用限额，但付费订阅 iCloud+ 可以获得更多的生成额度。

Tweaks to Liquid Glass

Liquid Glass 的微调

While AI is the focus of the update, Golden Gate is also a follow-up to last year’s macOS Tahoe. Liquid Glass represented a major change to the way all the user interface elements of the appear, and in macOS Golden Gate, those UI elements are being refined. Answering complaints about indecipherability and messy menus, macOS now has a refraction effect in its transparency, which more strongly obscures background content and makes the text in the foreground easier to read. 虽然 AI 是本次更新的重点，但 Golden Gate 也是对去年 macOS Tahoe 的延续。Liquid Glass 代表了用户界面元素呈现方式的重大变革，而在 macOS Golden Gate 中，这些 UI 元素得到了进一步优化。针对用户关于界面难以辨认和菜单混乱的抱怨，macOS 现在在透明度中加入了折射效果，能更有效地遮蔽背景内容，使前景文字更易于阅读。