Apple Finally Releases macOS Big Sur with These 8 Exciting New Features
Today Apple officially rounded out its complete family of operating systems with the release of macOS Big Sur, marking the company’s last major software update for 2020.
Following on the heels of iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, and tvOS 14 — all of which have moved well into point releases already — macOS Big Sur made its original debut back in June at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, followed by a public beta program that began in August.
So while there aren’t a lot of huge surprises in Big Sur, if you’ve been waiting for the public release, it’s now here, bringing with it a brand new design that nudges it closer to iOS, support for Apple’s new M1-equipped Apple Silicon Macs, and much more. Read on for 8 cool new things in macOS Big Sur.