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Mac os10 Yosemite is finally here and it's got some cool new features we'll take a look at today i'm jason parker for cnet and this is a first look at Mac os10 Yosemite the latest version of Apple's desktop and laptop operating system comes with a whole new look sporting flatter icons a new font and new design elements across all the major apps you'll notice right away for example that Safari has a much thinner menu bar but all the apps try to keep the interface to a minimum so the focus is on the content as far as features are concerned spotlight gets a major overhaul in Yosemite with more info at your fingertips when you do a search as well as web results right within the spotlight window now you'll be able to search for locations and restaurants and get results near you along with directions from Apple maps and even the ability to call directly from your mac via handoff features speaking of hand off apple's new continuity features make your mobile and desktop devices work together along with being able to work on one device then switch to another to keep working you'll also be able to answer calls on your Mac as long as your iphone and mac are on the same Wi-Fi and logged in with the same Apple ID you'll get a notification for an incoming call in the upper right and you can answer right from your Mac next notifications just like in Mavericks you can do a two-finger swipe from the right edge of your trackpad to open up the notifications sidebar here you'll see the new today view that gives you a quick rundown of what's next on your schedule but you also can add widgets click the edit button at the bottom you'll be able to add default widgets such as stocks weather and a world clock there's not much offered now but expect to see tons of third-party options as more people are using and developing for Yosemite the mail app also got some useful upgrades in Yosemite new markup features let you quickly make notes or Corrections on a document or you can call out something in a photo use arrows and other graphics to mark up the attachment mail also gets mail drop letting you send files up to 5 gigabytes for free bypassing ISP file size limits by using iCloud to temporarily store the file next msgs new features in the main Mac chat app make it easy to manage group conversations you can give a title to a group chat so it's easy to remember and you can add new members to your conversations on the fly probably the best feature is that you can remove yourself from a group chat when you get busy or the replies are starting to pile up there's a lot more that's new in Yosemite there's not enough time to show it all here check out my review of Mac OS 10 Yosemite at cnet for the full rundown of all the major new features i'm jason parker for cnet and this has been a first look at Mac os10 Yosemite thanks for watching