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With Safari, tap the Apple Pay button on a supporting e-commerce site and authorize your purchase on your iPhone or Apple Watch. Unlock with Apple Watch: With an authenticated Apple Watch on your wrist and Auto Unlock, you can wake up a locked Mac and log in to it from up to three feet away.Īpple Pay for Sierra: Apple Pay, the company's mobile payment and digital wallet service, is now available in Sierra. Likewise, you can store seldom-used files and iTunes movies and TV shows on iCloud. You can also have iCloud take on some of your storage needs by moving photos and documents off your local Mac and into the cloud. The digital assistant works on Sierra much as it does on iOS, responding to your queries and helping you perform tasks.Ĭloser ties to iCloud: With iCloud Desktop and Documents, iCloud will sync the files and folders you've stored on your desktop and in your Documents folder across your Mac and iOS devices. Unfortunately, saying 'Hey, Siri,' does not work. Calling on Siri brings up a window with a waveform and a query asking what you need help with. Ask for help by clicking Siri's icon in the Mac menu bar, tapping its Dock icon, or using a keyboard shortcut. ProsĪpple's digital assistant moves in: Siri, the iOS personal digital assistant, is available in Sierra. MacOS Sierra version 10.12 moves Apple's desktop OS closer to its mobile counterpart, gaining Siri, Apple Pay, and more. The new Mac operating system offers more than a name change.