Essential Things You Need to Know About Apple’s macOS Big Sur Release

The new macOS is a visual overhaul of the Mac UI

Essential Things You Need to Know About Apple’s macOS Big Sur Release
Apple’ Big Sur in a MacBook Pro

Apple has officially released the macOS Big Sur which is the latest version of macOS. It is also known as macOS 11.0 and will be available for download now if your device is compatible.

 

This release is not just huge for the existing Mac users, it will also be an operating system which runs on the M1-powered Mac mini, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro that will be released in Australia on November 17. Apple said that the company has customized Big Sur to ensure that it runs smoothly on the new ARM-based systems that will allow users to run iPad and iOS apps, a feature that was missing in Intel versions.

 

Big Sur is a useful update as it has initiated many substantial changes. The changes include a top to bottom redesign of the interface, menu bar, icons, and new control centre. It also has a new UI and several widgets that are borrowed from iOS.

The release of Big Sur is such a big deal because Apple is moving on from OS 10 / OS X branding that has been associated with Macs for around 20 years.

 

If you want to know whether Big Sur will run on your Mac or not then you should know that it will run on MacBook (released 2015 and later), MacBook Pro (released late 2013 and later), MacBook Air (released 2013 and later), Mac mini (released 2014 and later), iMac Pro (released 2017 and later), Mac Pro (released 2013 and later) and iMac (released 2014 and later).

The Macs that cannot expect the Big Sur update are 2012 and 2013 Mac minis, 2012 MacBook Airs, 2012 and 2013 iMacs and the mid-2012 and early-2013 MacBook Pros.

 

The Highlight of Big Sur

Though the Big Sur has added many things to the Mac experience, we are impressed by the new levels of transparency it has offered to the users. The users will now have more control over their data. Soon, the Mac App Store will have a new section that will be visible on every product page. It will show a reported summary of privacy practices used by an app like what data an app will collect, will it be shared with third parties, etc. We think this change is something all online app stores should adopt in the future.