{"id":63931,"date":"2020-07-20T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=63931"},"modified":"2020-09-09T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T18:31:18","slug":"6-features-of-macos-11-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/63931-6-features-of-macos-11-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Impressive Features of macOS 11 Big Sur Beta [FIRST LOOK]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-284x323.jpg\" alt=\"macOS Big Sur\" class=\"wp-image-63698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-284x323.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-106x120.jpg 106w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-167x190.jpg 167w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-106x120@2x.jpg 212w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BigSur_568x646-167x190@2x.jpg 334w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Rocket Yard recently featured <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"an article in which I described some of the issues I ran into while installing Developer Beta 1 of macOS 11 Big Sur (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/63580-adventures-in-installing-macos-11-big-sur-developer-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\">an article in which I described some of the issues I ran into while installing Developer Beta 1 of macOS 11 Big Sur<\/a>. When I was unsuccessful in installing the beta onto an external hard drive, I decided to use a MacBook Air I had on hand to run the beta software. In today\u2019s article, I\u2019ll describe some of the new features of Big Sur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The public beta is now open, so if you have an \u201cextra Mac\u201d that you would like to test Big Sur on, <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.apple.com\/sp\/betaprogram\/\">join the Apple Beta Software program<\/a> and you can start right away. If not, now might be the time to pick one up. OWC has unbeatable deals on <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/Apple_Systems\/Used\/Macs_and_Tablets\">new and refurbished Macs<\/a> \u2013 all with free shipping and backed by OWC&#8217;s world-class US-based support team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.&nbsp;<strong>New App Layout<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the more significant changes to macOS 11 is the look of the default Apple apps. There are sidebars that run the full height of the window (even in full-screen view) and toolbars that are more graphically consistent and \u201ccleaner\u201d than they are in earlier versions of macOS. Below are some side-by-side comparisons of the Photos and Calendars apps from macOS 10.15 Catalina and macOS 11 Big Sur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison.jpg\" alt=\"Differences in the design of default apps\" class=\"wp-image-64027\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-171x120.jpg 171w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-284x200.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-190x134.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-171x120@2x.jpg 342w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-284x200@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/AppComparison-190x134@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Differences in the design of default apps<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. New Menubar Layout<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Big Sur Mac menubar has more spacing between each item. For example, here&#8217;s the Finder&#8217;s File menu on both Big Sur and Catalina:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar.jpg\" alt=\"The Mac menubar now has more spacing between items\" class=\"wp-image-64018\" width=\"640\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-231x120.jpg 231w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-284x147.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-190x99.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-231x120@2x.jpg 462w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-284x147@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Menubar-190x99@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The Mac menubar now has more spacing between items<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>One developer I talked to speculated that this could be in preparation for a <strong>touchscreen Mac<\/strong> or <strong>Mac\/iPad Pro hybrid<\/strong> in the future, as the extra spacing makes touch selection of menu items a lot easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. <strong>Dock<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dock has always been a feature of macOS that made it stand out from other operating systems. It has been redesigned in Big Sur; while retaining the opacity of the Dock that existed in Catalina, all of the Apple app icons are now a consistent shape \u2014 a rounded rectangle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina.jpg\" alt=\"Dock icons are much more consistent (at least for Apple apps) in Big Sur\" class=\"wp-image-64019\" width=\"640\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina-284x74.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina-190x50.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina-284x74@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/DockBigSurCatalina-190x50@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Dock icons are much more consistent (at least for Apple apps) in Big Sur<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This doesn\u2019t apply to third-party apps; one app I\u2019m using has a circular icon that really seems out of place. In Catalina, some of the Dock icons were circular, some were rectangular, others featured a small facsimile of the app\u2019s feature (i.e., Calendar, Contacts) set at a slight angle from the vertical.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. <strong>Control Center<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The new Control Center for Mac has already become one of my favorite features of Big Sur. With a click on Control Center menu button on the menubar of the Mac screen, the Control Center appears:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter.jpg\" alt=\"Big Sur's new Control Center puts many settings just a click away\" class=\"wp-image-64021\" width=\"320\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter.jpg 1053w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-243x323.jpg 243w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-143x190.jpg 143w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-1155x1536.jpg 1155w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-90x120@2x.jpg 180w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-243x323@2x.jpg 486w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ControlCenter-143x190@2x.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Big Sur&#8217;s new Control Center puts many settings just a click away<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Controls for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, AirDrop, Do Not Disturb, Keyboard Brightness, AirPlay, Display Settings (including brightness, Dark Mode, Night Shift, and True Tone), Sound Volume and choice of speaker, and controls for music playback are all just a few clicks away.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. <strong>Notification Center<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Notification Center is entirely different. Rather than just displaying a laundry list of notifications that have come in like it did in pre-Big Sur days, Notification Center now acts more like the iOS \/ iPadOS Today View. Similar notifications from a single app are now grouped, the weather app features forecasts from Apple\u2019s Dark Sky, and the widgets can be resized depending on your preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter.jpg\" alt=\"If you like the iOS \/ iPadOS Today View, you'll love Big Sur's Notification Center\" class=\"wp-image-64022\" width=\"320\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter.jpg 700w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-60x120.jpg 60w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-162x323.jpg 162w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-95x190.jpg 95w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-768x1536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-1024x2048.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-60x120@2x.jpg 120w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-162x323@2x.jpg 324w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/NotificationCenter-95x190@2x.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>If you like the iOS \/ iPadOS Today View, you&#8217;ll love Big Sur&#8217;s Notification Center<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m hopeful that many third-party developers decide to add Notification Center widgets to their apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. <strong>Safari<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Apple\u2019s browser has a new look and features in Big Sur. It starts with the Start Page, which can be customized with a background image and your choice of content. For example, the following screenshot of a Start Page shows a backdrop photo (Colorado National Monument), an updated privacy report showing how many trackers Safari has protected me from, and tabs that are currently open in Safari on my MacBook Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne.jpg\" alt=\"The new Safari Start Page showing a background image and settings\" class=\"wp-image-64023\" width=\"640\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-191x120.jpg 191w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-284x179.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-190x119.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-191x120@2x.jpg 382w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-284x179@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariOne-190x119@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>The new Safari Start Page showing a background image and settings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, the lower right corner of the screenshot, other Start Page items can be selected from a settings button in the corner of the Safari Start Page screen.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the other cool features? Hover your cursor over a tab in Safari and you\u2019ll see a preview of what the web page looks like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo.jpg\" alt=\"Hovering the cursor over a Safari tab now shows a preview of what the web page looks like\" class=\"wp-image-64024\" width=\"640\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo-284x67.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo-190x45.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo-284x67@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTwo-190x45@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Hovering the cursor over a Safari tab now shows a preview of what the web page looks like<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Safari translation feature is rather impressive. When Safari recognizes that a web page is in a different language than the one your Mac defaults to, a translation button appears in the address\/search bar. With a click, the page can be translated to English or one of six other languages):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator.jpg\" alt=\"With a click of the translation button (to the left of the refresh button in the search bar), Safari translates a complete web page\" class=\"wp-image-64025\" width=\"640\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-144x120.jpg 144w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-284x237.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-190x158.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-144x120@2x.jpg 288w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-284x237@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SafariTranslator-190x158@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>With a click of the translation button (to the left of the refresh button in the search bar), Safari translates a complete web page<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, Safari extensions are getting their own category on the App Store. There don\u2019t appear to be an overwhelming number of extensions at this time, but perhaps developers will find ways to add functionality to Safari and make some money at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>As Big Sur gets closer to release in September or October, we&#8217;ll take a look at some of the more subtle nuances of this redesign of macOS as well as any last-minute changes, additions, or deletions made by Apple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rocket Yard recently featured an article in which I described some of the issues I ran into while installing Developer Beta 1 of macOS 11 Big Sur. When I was unsuccessful in installing the beta onto an external hard drive, I decided to use a MacBook Air I had on hand to run the beta software. In today\u2019s article, I\u2019ll describe some of the new features of Big Sur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":63699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"class_list":["post-63931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fresh-from-apple"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2 (Yoast SEO v20.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>6 Impressive Features of macOS 11 Big Sur Beta [FIRST LOOK]<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Big Sur brings some significant changes to macOS. 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