Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Apple Updates Its Mac Chess App for the First Time Since 2012

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As Apple eulogized its dedication to purportedly non-invasive AI throughout its annual developer convention, the iPhone maker uncared for to reveal a important replace that’s coming to the subsequent evolution of its Mac working system — macOS Sequoia.

Alongside an iPhone mirroring characteristic and Safari AI summaries, early customers of macOS 15 beta say they’ve noticed the primary improve to Apple’s Mac Chess sport since 2012.

As 9to5Mac first reported, Apple final up to date the Chess app a dozen years in the past, again when it nonetheless named its Mac working system releases after massive cats. With OS X Mountain Lion, Apple added Sport Middle help to Chess, together with a shiny background and another small additions specified by an historic AppleInsider put up. The app’s 2012 improve seemed like this, per AppleInsider.

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The next yr, Apple mentioned it ran out of huge cats and began naming Mac updates after “inspiring” locations in California. Within the years since, Apple stored its built-in Chess app round however uncared for to replace it till now.

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The most recent model of Chess for Mac options shinier and extra realistic-looking items in addition to a textured, gradient background. Nonetheless, 9to5Mac experiences that the revamped sport consists of fewer themes. The replace particularly punts a relatively gritty-looking grass theme possibility, although it’s technically potential that Apple has different modifications coming to the app earlier than macOS Sequoia exits beta and sees a wider launch.

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