![]() ![]() ![]() This should avoid a scenario where the laptop doesn’t get fully charged before being unplugged again, meaning that it doesn’t get a full cycle.Ĭons: Yet more security and privacy features Apple says it’s Optimized Battery Charging feature will learn your daily charging routine so it will be able to predict when your Mac will be connected to a charger for long enough to fully charge. Those omissions have been addressed in Big Sur.īattery usage by app data – but theoretically this information can be gleaned from Activity Monitor so we would expect it to be made available eventually.Īnother battery related change in Big Sur is a new optimized charging feature that is designed to extend battery life. Actually, that isn’t always the case, prior to Big Sur Mac users were unable to create Memoji, they couldn’t attach fun animations to messages (such as balloons or lasers), and they didn’t have access to the Gif and #Image library. ![]() 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. Pro: Messages is catching up with MessagesĪs with Maps, Messages is an app that came to the Mac from the iPhone (although you could argue that Messages began life as iChat on the Mac). We just don’t believe people use the Maps app on their Mac and we don’t imagine these new features will really make a big difference to our experience of Big Sur. 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. Maps are indoor maps of airports and shopping centres, and a new Look Around feature with 360-degree views of locations. Maps is one Mac app that feels out of place on a device that tends to be left on your desk or folded up in your bag, but Maps has been on the Mac since Mavericks launched in 2013 and in Big Sur Apple has given it some attention. Widgets aren’t 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.Ĭon: Maps doesn’t have a natural location on the Mac Perhaps the best thing about the new Notification Centre is the rejuvenation of widgets. Notifications will be grouped together by app rather than being chronological, so that you don’t have to wade through heaps of notifications in search of the one you are looking for. The good news is Apple’s given Notification Centre a bit of an overhaul the result of which should be a more useful tool. We say if you find Notification Centre useful because up until now it’s been debatable whether it was useful at all to have a long list of things badgering you and demanding your attention (just me?) If you find Notification Centre useful fear not – Notification Centre now appears when you click on the clock. With the arrival of the icon for Control Centre we say goodbye to the Notification Centre icon. Pro: Notification Centre’s been overhauled 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. 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.Ĭon: Control Centre is nice, but do we really need it?Īpple’s borrowed from iOS for this redesign, but it hasn’t stopped there. 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). 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. Speaking of design changes – the Dock has been tidied up, with a more uniform look to the icons that appear there.
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