While Apple touted its supposedly non-invasive AI efforts at its annual developers conference, the iPhone maker didn’t reveal any major updates planned for macOS Sequoia, the next version of its Mac operating system.
Next to Overview of iPhone Mirroring and Safari AIEarly users of the macOS 15 beta say they’ve discovered the first upgrade to Apple’s chess game for Macs since 2012.
As 9to5Mac As first reported, the last time Apple updated its Chess app was 12 years ago, when Mac operating system releases were still named after big cats. In OS X Mountain Lion, Apple added Game Center support to Chess, as well as glossy backgrounds and other small additions. Older AppleInsider PostAccording to AppleInsider, the app’s 2012 upgrades included:
The following year, Apple The big cats are gone And they started naming their Mac updates after “inspirational” places in California. Since then, Apple has continued to maintain the built-in chess app but neglected to update it until now.
The latest version of Chess for Mac features shinier, more realistic pieces and textured, gradient backgrounds, but 9to5Mac reports that the revamped game has fewer themes. A very rough looking grass theme optionHowever, it’s technically possible that Apple could make other changes to the app before macOS Sequoia leaves beta and is released more widely.
