Still, it’s nice that Sierra now makes it easier to distinguish Windows executables from other files on your system. Quite the contrary-in order to do that, you must use a virtualization solution like Parallels Desktop, which in its most recent update brought out the same Finder-friendly display of native Windows executables.

That doesn’t mean you can actually launch Windows. EXE files for native Windows resources such as icons. Aside from that feature and things like an updated PDF API, expanded Dictation support or the ability for Siri to look up cricket scores and rosters, macOS Sierra 10.12.4 includes better handling of Windows executable files in the Finder.Īs discovered by Microsoft’s Mac product designer Vaclav Vancura, rather than use a generic icon to represent Windows executables like before, macOS Sierra 10.12.4 now actually parses. Yesterday’s beta release of what would become the fourth major software update to macOS Sierra doesn’t just bring iOS’s Night Shift mode to your Mac.

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