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Here’s how macOS is changing for touchscreens

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Touchscreen laptops are nothing new in the Windows world, but Apple has only just announced its first MacBook with a touchscreen. Apple isn’t rushing to change a bunch of things in macOS to optimize for touch, though; most of the touch action will be in the apps themselves, it seems.

As far as major macOS changes go, iOS’s Dynamic Island will be debuting on the new MacBook Pro, and Apple touts the added touch controls as particularly useful for interacting with the interface to accept AirDrops and pause music playback.

Otherwise, Apple gives some pretty predictable ways that the touch input will work with the new MacBook Pro. You’ll be able to pinch and zoom in on photos, drag and drop slides between two different presentations, and swipe to scroll through web pages. Which, yeah. That’s how touchscreens work.

The Dynamic Island is coming to the new MacBook Pro.

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