And then there’s Look Around, Apple’s version of Google Street View, also in Big Sur Maps. It also has cycling routes, charging points for electric vehicles, and indoor maps for some locations. Maps now allows you to create guides to locations, as well as access guides created by others. However, in Big Sur, that looks to have changed. Maps is another app that has lagged behind its iOS version. Early reports from Big Sur users suggest that searching in Big Sur is much faster than in Catalina and that Messages on the Mac is finally on a par with the iOS version, which is great news. Messages also allow you to search for and add GIFs and trending images, create and add Memoji on the Mac, and search messages more quickly. In Big Sur Messages, you can pin up to nine conversations to the top of the message list, reply directly to messages in group conversations and “mention” others, and add an image to identify a conversation. Messages in Big Sur gets lots of new features, many of them similar to those that have been in other messaging apps for years, but better late than never.
Safari can also translate pages between seven languages with one click, tell you if any of your saved passwords have been compromised, and show a report of all the cross-site trackers it is blocking to protect your privacy. Tabs have been re-designed to allow you to see more of them at once, and hovering over a tab brings up a preview of the page. Then you can add elements like your reading list, iCloud tabs, and even a Privacy Report. Big Sur Safari also allows you to customize your homepage by adding a background image. It boosts performance, reduces energy consumption, and adds features to improve privacy.
macOS Catalina: SafariĪpple says that the update to Safari in Big Sur is the biggest ever. Symbols for things like Share or Undo are now more consistent, all taken from one library of symbols. Sheets, the alerts that dropdown from the top of windows to request you take action, now scale to the center of the window, are accompanied by the rest of the screen dimming, but also are less obtrusive than previously. Some notifications are interactive, so, for example, you can play a podcast episode directly from Notification Center. The Notification Center in Big Sur now puts notifications and widgets in a single view and it groups notifications by app. You can drag your favorite items to the menu bar. Like on iOS, it allows you to control things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and AirDrop and volume and display brightness.
Icons also have enhanced shading and shadows that make them appear less flat than in Catalina.Ĭontrol Center appears on the Mac for the first time in Big Sur, accessible from a menu bar item. The corners of the Dock are more rounded, and app icons are all the same shape, giving it a tidier look. Finder windows now have more curved corners and plain white (or dark) backgrounds on title bars and toolbars.
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