Big Sur Release Mac Grants The

Youll also be able to direct a response in a group chat to an individual and silence distracting group conversations.

In preparation we list Big Sur pros and cons so you know what youre getting before you install.

So, in preparation for its arrival, we have taken a look at how macOS Big Sur is shaping up.

These are the Big Sur features we are most excited about, and the ones we think might not be such a big deal.

Everything looks whiter and brighter (unless of course you are in Dark Mode, in which case things look darker).

The menu bars in app windows blend with the controls pleasingly for a simplified look, and most notably there is no more grey.

Previously there was a lot of grey, which at one point in the history of macOS we probably thought looked modern and stylish, but it just looks drab now.

Prior to Big Sur the Dock was a real mishmash of squares and circles and other shapes, now every icon has a square base with curved edges like in iOS.

Beyond this most apps retain their usual logo except for a notable few including the Mail app (no longer the ugly eagle stamp, now the usual envelope), the Messages app (now the same green icon with speech bubble as on iOS), and the Music icon has adopted the same white note on a red background that is now on iOS).

We expect to see Apple apps such as Pages, Numbers and Keynote, and other third-party apps to adopt new icons to complement this tidier look.

One of the biggest interface changes in macOS Big Sur is the arrival of Control Centre, which is accessed by clicking on the new switch icon in the menu bar beside the clock.

Big Sur Release Mac Grants The

As on the iPhone Control Centre on the Mac grants the user access to the functions you need most often, such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, brightness and sound.

As on the iPhone you can also add additional shortcuts to Control Centre.

You can also drag them out of Control Centre to place them back on the Menu Bar (which is good news if you find that using Control Centre actually means you have more steps to make the adjustments you used to make via the menu bar).

Its not as if there isnt room for them there so tidying them away into a separate window doesnt really make a lot of sense to us.

Control Centre is the closest we get to a standout feature, but it is no equivalent to Desktop Stacks or Dark Mode (introduced in Mojave) or Handoff (introduced in Yosemite).

If you find Notification Centre useful fear not - Notification Centre now appears when you click on the clock.

Notifications will be grouped together by app rather than being chronological, so that you dont have to wade through heaps of notifications in search of the one you are looking for.

Widgets arent new to the Mac - in Catalina and earlier you could find then in the Today section of Notification Centre and a long time ago they were part of Dashboard - but in Big Sur widgets will appear alongside your notifications.

The unification of widgets on Mac, iPhone and iPad should mean that there are many more widgets to choose from.

The idea is probably that you might want to sit at your desk and plan a trip somewhere, maybe pinpointing the restaurants you want to eat at and the properties you want to visit.

We just dont believe people use the Maps app on their Mac and we dont imagine these new features will really make a big difference to our experience of Big Sur.

The Mac and iOS Messages apps are pretty much joined at the hip, so you might think that when new features arrive in Messages on iOS they will also appear on macOS.

Actually, that isnt always the case, prior to Big Sur Mac users were unable to create Memoji, they couldnt attach fun animations to messages (such as balloons or lasers), and they didnt have access to the Gif and Image library.

Mac Os Big Sur Release