Explore Other App Improvements

The previous chapter, Discover Other System Improvements, reviewed changes in Monterey that affected the entire system or multiple apps. In this final chapter, I walk you through some of the most interesting changes to specific apps.

Once again, I cover these in alphabetical order, not in order of importance.

Books

The Monterey version of Books moves numerous elements around. The sidebar is simplified, with Reading Now replacing Featured as the default view; that view also shows items like Want to Read and Reading Goals, which previously appeared only in the iOS and iPadOS versions of Books.

In addition, when you type in the Search field, results appear immediately in the main portion of the window. (Apple says ...

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