The great leap of intelligence in Apple's Mac computers
The new era of Siri on Mac and the exciting future around the corner
The Mac operating system has gone through many incarnations, but 2024 and early 2025 mark a technological and philosophical watershed in Apple's history. If in the past we were accustomed to software updates that focused on performance improvements, user interface design, or adding built-in applications, now we are witnessing a profound conceptual change: transforming the Mac into a nerve center of local and smart artificial intelligence. While other companies have rushed to launch external chatbots that are disconnected from the operating system, Apple has chosen a different path, a deep, rooted, and integral integration of artificial intelligence (Apple Intelligence) into the core of our daily activities. The central star of this change is, of course, Siri, the veteran virtual assistant, who is receiving a real "brain transplant." In this article, we will take an in-depth look at the capabilities that have already landed on our Mac computers, look ahead to future updates that have already been announced and are expected to change the way we work, and provide you with four practical tips that will help you maximize the professional potential of the new tools.
Siri's Transformation: From Robotic Functionality to Natural Conversation
For many years, Siri suffered from the image of a basic assistant, one that can mainly set a timer, add an item to a reminder list, or provide superficial information about the weather. Now, thanks to the integration of Apple Intelligence's Large Language Models (LLMs), Siri's mechanism has been rewritten to understand natural, flowing, and human language. Communicating with her no longer requires memorizing predefined commands. Users can speak to their Mac freely, get confused mid-sentence, correct themselves, and move on. Siri can now filter out "stutters" and understand the true intention behind the words. In addition to understanding language, Siri has been given the critical ability to maintain context over time. If you asked Siri to add a work meeting to your calendar for tomorrow morning in Tel Aviv, and then you complete the request with the question: "And how long will it take me to get there?", the system will know that the word "there" refers to the location of the meeting you just created, and will calculate the relevant time for tomorrow morning. This conversational sequence transforms Siri from a limited voice search engine into a true personal assistant that follows your train of thought, without requiring repeated explanations.
The new writing tools: a personal content editor
One of the immediate benefits that artificial intelligence brings to Mac computers is the integration of writing and drafting tools in:
(Writing Tools) Wherever text is typed. Whether you're writing a critical email in Mail, editing a long document in Pages, preparing slides in Keynote, or even corresponding in third-party apps, Apple's intelligent engine is available at the touch of a button. This tool is capable of performing several actions that change the rules of content creation. First, the Rewrite function allows you to change the tone of the text you've written from professional and formal to friendly and light, or vice versa, depending on the recipient. Second, proofreading and editing (Proofread) not only corrects simple spelling errors, but also suggests more correct syntax, coherent sentence structure, and even explains why the change is being propos
