macOS Big Sur: updated iOS-style design, new control center, widgets and notification grouping

In addition to iOS 14, iPadOS 14, watchOS 7, the loud announcement of yesterday's WWDC presentation was the release of the new macOS, which was named

honor of the park in California - Big Sur.

What's new

This is one of the largest system updates in history.Lately. macOS Big Sur receives a redesign that closely resembles iOS. Engineers redrew all windows and added transparency to them. Also, all interface elements will now be highlighted when the cursor is hovered over. By the way, a similar function previously appeared in iPadOS.


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Apple developers also unified shortcutsapplications, installed new widgets, like in iOS 14, changed the control center and added notification grouping. In addition, macOS Big Sur received an updated Safari browser and a new proprietary Maps application.


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When to expect

The new version of the system is already available for developers. The Public Beta release will take place in July, and stable software will be released in the fall, as usual.

Let's remember that Apple yesterday announced the abandonment of Intel chips and the transition of all Mac computers to its own Silicon processors.

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