Apple released macOS 27 Golden Gate this week, and despite the company's focus this year on refining its flagship operating system, improving performance, and nixing bugs, there are still plenty of new things to explore. There's an overhauled Siri experience, changes across Apple's apps, and much-needed updates across the system interface.

In macOS 27, Apple has turned Spotlight into the place to search your Mac or ask Siri AI a question. From the new "Search or Ask" bar, you can hold a conversation with Siri, find relevant information in apps such as Mail and Photos, and take actions in supported apps. System Settings now has a slider that lets users adjust Liquid Glass from ultra-clear to fully tinted.

Safari's Start Page has a new Recently Viewed section that brings back your recently closed browsing topics. Visual Intelligence is now available on the Mac via Shift-Command-Shortcut. The Photos app can now save a frame from a video as a separate photo, and Shared Albums finally support full-resolution photos and videos, though they now count against your iCloud storage limit.

macOS now has a dedicated Siri app where you can start new conversations or revisit past chats. Non-Apple users can join Shared Albums through iCloud.com. Photos also introduces a Reframe tool that changes a photo's apparent camera angle using captured metadata.