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Other applications found in macOS 11 Big Sur macOSBigSur FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch 17thmajorversionofthemacOSoperatingsystem "macOS11"redirectshere.Forthe10.11releaseofmacOS,seeOSXElCapitan. macOSBigSurAversionofthemacOSoperatingsystemmacOSBigSur'sdesktopin"lightappearance"DeveloperAppleInc.OSfamily Macintosh Unix,basedonDarwin(BSD) SourcemodelClosed,withopensourcecomponentsGeneralavailabilityNovember 12,2020;19monthsago (2020-11-12)[1]Latestrelease11.6.7(20G630)[2](June 9,2022;26daysago (2022-06-09))[±]UpdatemethodSoftwareUpdatePlatformsx86-64,ARM64[3]KerneltypeHybrid(XNU)LicenseProprietarysoftwarewithopen-sourcecomponentsPrecededbymacOSCatalinaSucceededbymacOSMontereyOfficialwebsitewww.apple.com/macos/big-surattheWaybackMachine(archived2021-10-18)SupportstatusSupported PartofaseriesonmacOS Features History TransitiontoIntelprocessors TransitiontoApplesilicon Architecture Listofapplications Listofgames Components Versions Rhapsody(DeveloperRelease) Hera(Server1.0) Kodiak(PublicBeta) Cheetah(10.0) Puma(10.1) Jaguar(10.2) Panther(10.3) Tiger(10.4) Leopard(10.5) SnowLeopard(10.6) Lion(10.7) MountainLion(10.8) Mavericks(10.9) Yosemite(10.10) ElCapitan(10.11) Sierra(10.12) HighSierra(10.13) Mojave(10.14) Catalina(10.15) BigSur(11) Monterey(12) Ventura(13) Applications AppStore Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts Dashboard Dictionary DVDPlayer FaceTime Finder GameCenter Grapher iTunes (history) Launchpad Mail Messages Music Notes NotificationCenter PhotoBooth Podcasts Photos Preview QuickTime Reminders Safari (versionhistory) Sherlock Stickies TextEdit TimeMachine Utilities ActivityMonitor AirPortUtility ArchiveUtility AudioMIDISetup BluetoothFileExchange ColorSync Console CrashReporter DigitalColorMeter DirectoryUtility DiskImageMounter DiskUtility FontBook Grab HelpViewer ImageCapture Installer KeychainAccess MigrationAssistant NetworkUtility ODBCAdministrator RemoteInstallMacOSX SystemPreferences SystemInformation Terminal UniversalAccess VoiceOver Related ClassicMacOS Copland NeXTSTEP Rhapsody Darwin vte macOSBigSur(version11)istheseventeenthmajorreleaseofmacOS,AppleInc.'soperatingsystemforMacintoshcomputers.ItwasannouncedatApple'sWorldwideDevelopersConference(WWDC)onJune22,2020,[4]andwasreleasedtothepubliconNovember12,2020.[5][4][6] BigSuristhesuccessortomacOSCatalina,andwassucceededbymacOSMonterey,whichwasreleasedonOctober25,2021. Mostnotably,macOSBigSurfeaturesauserinterfaceredesignthatfeaturesnewblurstoestablishavisualhierarchyandalsoincludesarevampoftheTimeMachinebackupmechanism,amongotherchanges.ItisalsothefirstmacOSversiontosupportMacswithARM-basedprocessors.Tomarkthetransition,theoperatingsystem'smajorversionnumberwasincremented,forthefirsttimesince2000,from10to11.[7][8]TheoperatingsystemisnamedafterthecoastalregionofBigSurintheCentralCoastofCalifornia,continuingthenamingtrendofCalifornialocationsthatbeganwithOSXMavericks. Contents 1Developmenthistory 2Systemrequirements 3Changes 3.1Design 3.2Interface 3.2.1ControlCenter 3.2.2NotificationCenter 3.3System 3.3.1SupportforApplesilicon 3.3.2SupportforiOSandiPadOSapplications 3.3.3TimeMachine 3.3.4Spotlight 3.3.5Signedsystemvolume 3.3.6Softwareupdates 3.3.7Encryption 3.4Otherchanges 4Applicationfeatures 4.1Safari 4.2Messages 4.3AppStore 4.4Notes 4.5Photos 4.6Maps 4.7VoiceMemos 4.8OtherapplicationsfoundinmacOS11BigSur 5Removedfunctionality 6Criticism 7Vulnerability 8Releasehistory 9References 10Externallinks Developmenthistory[edit] Providingsomeindicationastohowthepre-releaseoperatingsystemmayhavebeenviewedinternallyatAppleduringitsdevelopmentcycle,documentationaccompanyingtheinitialbetareleaseofmacOSBigSurreferredtoitsversionas"10.16",andwhenupgradingfrompriorversionsofmacOSusingtheSoftwareUpdatemechanismtoearlybetareleases,theversionreferredtowas"10.16".[9]AnexceptiontothiswastheDeveloperTransitionKit,whichalwaysreportedthesystemversionas"11.0".[9]macOSBigSurstartedreportingthesystemversionas"11.0"onallMacsasofthethirdbetarelease. Tomaintainbackwardscompatibility,macOSBigSuridentifieditselfas10.16tosoftwareandinthebrowseruseragent.[10] Systemrequirements[edit] UnlikemacOSCatalina,whichsupportedeverystandardconfigurationMacthatMojavesupported,BigSurdropssupportforvariousMacsreleasedin2012and2013.BigSurrunsonthefollowingMacs:[11] iMac:Mid2014andnewer iMacPro MacBook:Early2015andnewer MacBookAir:Mid2013andnewer MacBookPro:Late2013andnewer MacMini:Late2014andnewer MacPro:Late2013andnewer DeveloperTransitionKit(onlyuptoBigSur11.3beta2[12]) Changes[edit] Design[edit] macOSBigSurrefreshesthedesignoftheuserinterface,describedbyAppleasthebiggestchangesincetheintroductionofMacOSX.[5]Itschangesincludetranslucencyinvariousplaces,anewabstractwallpaperforthefirsttimeandanewcolorpalette.Allstandardapps,aswellastheDockandtheMenuBar,areredesignedandstreamlined,andtheiriconsnowhaverounded-squareshapeslikeiOSandiPadOSapps.[13]ComparedtoiOS,BigSur'siconsincludemoreshadingandhighlightstogiveathree-dimensionalappearance.Itsaesthetichasbeendescribedas"neumorphism",aportmanteauofnewandskeuomorphism.[14][15]Systemsoundsareredoneaswell. ThenewOSalsobringsfurtherintegrationwithApple'sSFSymbols,enablingeasierusebythird-partydevelopersasUIelementsfortheirapplicationsthroughAppKit,SwiftUI,andCatalyst,whichmakesitpossibletounifythirdpartyapplicationswiththeexistingApple-madedesignlanguage.[16] Interface[edit] ControlCenter[edit] AninterfacewithquicktogglesforWi-Fi,Bluetooth,screenbrightnessandsystemvolumehasbeenaddedtothemenubar.[13]ThisinterfaceisfunctionallyandvisuallysimilartoControlCenteroniOSandiPadOS. NotificationCenter[edit] TheNotificationCenterisredesigned,featuringinteractivenotificationsandatransparentuserinterface.NotificationCenteralsofeaturesanewwidgetsystemsimilartothatiniOS14,displayingmoreinformationwithmorecustomizationthanpreviouslyavailable.[5] System[edit] SupportforApplesilicon[edit] macOSBigSuristhefirstreleaseofmacOSforMacspoweredbyApple-designedARM64-basedprocessors,akeypartofthetransitionfromIntelx86-64-basedprocessors.[17]Thechipmentionedindemovideos,andusedintheDeveloperTransitionKit,istheA12ZBionic.OnNovember10,2020,AppleannouncedthefirstMacApplesiliconchip,theAppleM1,intheLate2020MacMini,MacBookAir,andMacBookPro.[18]ApplehassaidthatitwillsupportIntelMacs"foryearstocome",[17][19]andmostsoftwarethathasnotbeenportedtorunonARMMacscanuseRosetta2,anupdateofacompatibilitymechanismoriginallydevelopedforthePowerPC-to-Intelx86transition.Likewise,Applealsointroducedanupdateduniversalbinaryformat,Universal2,whichallowsdeveloperstopackagetheirapplicationssothattheycanrunnativelyonbothARM64andx86-64processors.[20] SupportforiOSandiPadOSapplications[edit] OnMacsbasedonApplesilicon,macOSBigSurcanruniOSandiPadOSapplicationsnativelyandwithoutanymodificationsneededfromdevelopers,asidefromallowingtheapptobeavailableontheMacAppStore.[17]ThefirstMacswiththiscapabilityarethosethatusetheAppleM1SoC(systemonachip). TimeMachine[edit] TimeMachine,thebackupmechanismintroducedinMacOSX10.5Leopard,hasbeenoverhauledtoutilizetheAPFSfilesysteminsteadofHFS+.Specifically,thenewversionofTimeMachinemakesuseofAPFS'ssnapshottechnology.[21][22][23]AccordingtoApple,thisenables"faster,morecompact,andmorereliablebackups"thanwerepossiblepreviouslywithHFS+-formattedbackupdestinations.[21][24]AnindependentevaluationofthisclaimfoundthatTimeMachineonmacOS11inconjunctionwithAPFSwas2.75-foldfasteruponinitiallocalbackupand4-foldfasteruponsubsequentbackupsrelativetomacOS10.15'sTimeMachineimplementationusingHFS+.[24]Amoremodestyetneverthelesssignificantadvantagewasnotedaswellforbackupstonetwork-attacheddisks.[24] Newlocal(i.e.USB-orThunderbolt-connected)andnetwork-connectedTimeMachinebackupdestinationsareformattedasAPFSbydefault,thoughTimeMachinecancontinuebackinguptoexistingHFS+backupvolumes.[21]Thereisnooptiontoconvertexisting,HFS+-basedbackupstoAPFS;instead,userswhowanttobenefitfromtheadvantagesofthenew,APFS-basedimplementationofTimeMachineneedtostartwithafreshvolume.[24] InthenewversionofTimeMachine,encryptionappearstoberequired(insteadofmerelyoptional)forlocaldisks,butitremainselectivefornetworkedvolumes.[24] ItisnolongerpossibletorestorethewholesystemusingaTimeMachinebackup,asthesignedsystemvolumeisnotbackedup.Non-coreapplicationsanduserdatacanberestoredinfullusingMigrationAssistant,precededbyasystemreinstallifnecessary. Spotlight[edit] Spotlight,thefilesystemindexing-and-searchmechanismintroducedinMacOSX10.4Tiger,isfasterandtheinterfacehasbeenrefined.SpotlightisnowthedefaultsearchmechanisminSafari,Pages,andKeynote.[25][26] Signedsystemvolume[edit] Thesystemvolumecontainingthecoreoperatingsystemiscryptographicallysigned.Appleindicatesthisisasecuritymeasuretopreventmalicioustampering.[27]ThisincludesaddinganSHA-256hashforeveryfileonthesystemvolume,preventingchangesfromthird-partyentitiesandtheenduser.[28] Softwareupdates[edit] Softwareupdatescanbegininthebackgroundbeforearestart,thusrequiringlessdowntimetocomplete.Becausesystemfilesarecryptographicallysigned,theupdatesoftwarecanrelyonthembeinginpreciselocations,thuspermittingthemtobeeffectivelyupdatedinplace.[26] Encryption[edit] macOSBigSursupportsencryptionatthefilelevel.EarlierversionsofmacOS(10.15Catalinaandolder)supportedencryptiononlyatthelevelofentirevolumes.[23]AsofJune2020,thiscapabilityisknowntobecompatiblewithMacsbasedonApplesilicon;itisunclearwhetheritiscompatiblewithIntel-basedMacs.[23] Otherchanges[edit] BilingualdictionariesinFrench–German,Indonesian–English,Japanese–SimplifiedChineseandPolish–English BetterpredictiveinputforChineseandJapaneseusers NewfontsforIndianusers The"NowPlaying"widgethasbeenmovedfromtheNotificationCentertotheMenuBar Podcasts"ListenNow"feature FaceTimesignlanguageprominence NetworkUtilityhasbeendeprecated macOSstartupsoundisenabledbydefault(ithadbeendisabledbydefaultonsomemachinesin2016),andanoptioninSystemPreferenceswasaddedtoenableordisablethisfunctionality.[29] Applicationfeatures[edit] Thissectionisinlistformatbutmayreadbetterasprose.Youcanhelpbyconvertingthissection,ifappropriate.Editinghelpisavailable.(November2021) TheSafari14startpagewithWikipediaonthereadinglist Safari[edit] BigSurincludesSafari14,whichwasalsoreleasedformacOSCatalinaandmacOSMojaveonSeptember16,2020.Safari14includesfeaturessuchasanewhomepageinwhichuserscancustomizewhatfeaturesarevisibleinadditiontobeingabletosetacustomwallpaper.Italsoallowstheviewertopreviewapageandfaviconbeforevisitingit.[30] Safari14alsoincludesbuilt-inwebpagetranslationsinEnglish,Spanish,German,French,Russian,ChineseandPortugueseaswellassupportfor4KHDRcontentfromNetflixonMacswithanAppleT2chip,althoughnoneoftheseweremadeavailableformacOSCatalinaandMojave.[30][31] PrivacyfeaturessuchasiCloudKeychain(whichnotifiesusersofcompromisedpasswords),extensionprivacymanagementandPrivacyReport(whichmonitorsprivacytrackersandfurtherincreasesSafari'ssecurity)wereaddedforSafari14.[32]UserswerenowalsoabletoimportpasswordfromGoogle'sChromebrowserinadditiontobeingnotifiedofcompromisedpasswords. Safari14alsosupportsWebExtensionsAPI,theWebPimageformataswellasVP9decoding,thelatterofwhichallowsfortheplaybackof4KandHDRcontentfromYouTube.Inaddition,itallowedforbetterperformanceandpowerefficiency. Safari14endedsupportforAdobeFlashPlayerinSeptember,3monthspriortoitsend-of-lifeonDecember31,2020.[32] Messages[edit] TheMessagesappwasrewrittentobebaseduponApple'sCatalysttechnology[33]toenableittohavefeatureparitywithitsiOScounterpart.ThenewversionoftheappincludedarefineddesignaswellastheabilitytopinuptonineconversationsthatcansyncacrossiOS,iPadOSandmacOS.Userswerealsonowallowedtosearchformessagesandsharetheirnamesandphotos.Photothumbnailscouldnowalsobeusedforgroupchatsontheapp. Inaddition,userscouldmentioncontactsbyputtingthe@symbolinfrontoftheirname.Theywerealsoabletoreplytospecificmessages.Memojis,3davatarswerealsomadeavailableonMessages.[34]OnMessages,userscouldnowselectphotosbasedonparameters.[35] InIndia,textmessageeffectswereaddedwhenuserssentcertaintexts(e.g.,texting"HappyHoli"willresultinusersseeingeffects). AppStore[edit] TheMacAppStoreshowingtheSafariExtensionscategory RefinementsandnewfeaturesoftheMacAppStoreinclude: Anew"nutritionlabel"sectiondedicatedtothedataandinformationanappcollects,alsofeaturedintheiOSAppStore AnewSafariextensionscategory ThirdpartyNotificationCenterwidgets,similartothoseiniOSandiPadOS14 Theabilitytosharein-apppurchasesandsubscriptionsontheMacviaiCloudFamilySharing Notes[edit] Collapsiblepinnedsection Quicktextstyleandformattingoptions Scanningenhancements Photos[edit] Neweditingcapabilities ImprovedRetouchtool Newzoomingfeatureinviews Maps[edit] "LookAround"interactivestreet-level360°panoramas,firstimplementedintheiOS13versionofMaps,havebeenincorporatedintothemacOSversionofMaps. Availabilityofdirectionsforcyclists. Electricvehiclerouting,basedonproximitytochargingstationsandmonitoringofbatterylevels(onselectedcarmodels). Guidesforexploringnewplaces. VoiceMemos[edit] afilestructurehasbeenimplementedtoalloworganizationofrecordingsinfolders[36] recordingscanbemarkedasFavoritesforeasiersubsequentaccess SmartFoldersautomaticallygroupAppleWatchrecordings,recentlydeletedrecordings,andFavorites audiocanbeenhancedtoreducebackgroundnoiseandroomreverb OtherapplicationsfoundinmacOS11BigSur[edit] AboutThisMac ActivityMonitor AirPortUtility ArchiveUtility AudioMIDISetup Automator BluetoothFileExchange Books BootCampAssistant Calculator Calendar Chess ColorSyncUtility Console Contacts Dictionary DigitalColorMeter DirectoryUtility DiskUtility DVDPlayer ExpansionSlotUtility FaceTime FeedbackAssistant FindMy Finder FolderActionsSetup FontBook Grapher Home ImageCapture iOSAppInstaller KeychainAccess Mail Launchpad MigrationAssistant MissionControl Music NetworkUtility News(onlyavailableforAustralia,Canada,UnitedKingdom,andUnitedStates) PhotoBooth Podcasts Preview QuickTimePlayer Reminders Screenshot(succeededGrabsincemacOS10.14Mojave) ScriptEditor Siri Stickies Stocks StorageManagement SystemInformation Terminal TextEdit TicketViewer TimeMachine TV VoiceOverUtility WirelessDiagnostics Removedfunctionality[edit] CalculatorNotificationCenterWidget[37] OptiontotoggleFontSmoothinginSystemPreferences[38] SupportinSafariforAdBlockpluginslikeuBlockOrigin[39] Removedtheoptiontonothaveaclockinthemenubar.[citationneeded] Criticism[edit] TherolloutofBigSurcamewithseveralproblems.[40]UpgradingtotheinitialpublicreleaseofBigSur(version11.0.1)brickedsomecomputers,renderingthemunusable.Manyofthesewere2013and2014MacBookPros,thoughproblemswerealsoobservedona2019MacBookProandaniMacfromthesameyear.[41][42][43]TheinitialrolloutalsodisruptedApple'sappnotarizationprocess,causingslowdownsevenondevicesnotrunningBigSur.[44]Usersalsoreportedthattheupdatewassloworevenmightfailtoinstall.[45]macOSCatalinaandBigSurappsweretakingalongtimetoloadbecauseofGatekeeperissues.[46] TheongoingissueswiththeCOVID-19pandemicmeantitwashardforuserstovisitanAppleStoretogettheirmachinesfixed.[47]Shortlyafterwards,ApplereleasedaseriesofstepsexplaininghowtheseMacscouldberecovered.[48] CertainAppleapplicationsrunningonearlyversionsofBigSurwerereportedtobypassfirewalls,raisingprivacyandsecurityconcerns.[49][50]ThiswasaddressedwiththereleaseofmacOSBigSur11.2,whichremovedthewhitelistforbuilt-inprograms.[51][52]Conversely,securityexpertshavereportedthatBigSurwillcheckanapplication'scertificateeverytimeitisrun,degradingsystemperformance.TherehavebeenreportsthattheoperatingsystemsendsahashbacktoAppleofeveryprogramrunandwhenitwasexecuted.[53]ApplerespondedthattheprocessispartofeffortstoprotectusersfrommalwareembeddedinapplicationsdownloadedoutsideoftheMacAppStore.[53] SomeusershavereportedproblemsconnectingexternaldisplaystoMacsrunningBigSur11.1and11.2.[54] WhenupgradingMacsfrom10.13,10.14and10.15toBigSurtheupgradeprocesscouldbecomestuckforseeminglyunclearreasons.Onlyafullsystemrestorefrombackupwouldsolvethisproblem.On21October2021asolutionbecameknownthatrequiredremovalofuptoseveralhundredsofthousandsexcesstemporaryfilesinthesystemfolders.[55] Vulnerability[edit] In2021,therewerereportsoftwomalwarecodesthatinfectedmacOSandincludebothx86-64andARM64code.Thefirstonewasdetectedinearly2021.[56]Thesecondone,SilverSparrow,wasdetectedonnearly30,000MacsinFebruary2021.[57][58][59] Releasehistory[edit] ThepublicreleaseofmacOS11BigSurbeganwith11.0.1forIntelMacs.Version11.0waspreinstalledonApplesiliconMacs,andAppleadvisedthosewiththatversiontobeupdatedto11.0.1.[60] Previousrelease Currentrelease Version Build Date Darwinversion Releasenotes Notes 11.0 20A2411 November17,2020 20.1.0xnu-7195.41.8~9 N/A PreinstalledonMacBookAir(M1,2020),MacBookPro(13-inch,M1,2020),andMacmini(M1,2020) 11.0.1 20B29 November12,2020 20.1.0xnu-7195.50.7~2 Securitycontent Initialpublicrelease 20B50 November19,2020 AvailableforallMacsexceptLate2013andMid201413"MacBookPros 11.1 20C69 December14,2020 20.2.0xnu-7195.60.75~1 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.2 20D64 February1,2021 20.3.0xnu-7195.81.3~1 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.2.1 20D74 February9,2021 Securitycontent 20D75 February15,2021 Fixesbugwhereinstallationwithinsufficientfreespacecouldcausedataloss-exclusivetothefullinstaller[61] 11.2.2 20D80 February25,2021 N/A 11.2.3 20D91 March8,2021 Securitycontent 11.3 20E232 April26,2021 20.4.0xnu-7195.101.1~3 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.3.1 20E241 May3,2021 20.4.0xnu-7195.101.2~1 Securitycontent 11.4 20F71 May24,2021 20.5.0xnu-7195.121.3~9 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.5 20G71 July21,2021 20.6.0xnu-7195.141.2~5WedJun2300:26:31PDT2021 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.5.1 20G80 July26,2021 Releasenotes Securitycontent 11.5.2 20G95 August11,2021 Releasenotes 11.6 20G165 September13,2021 20.6.0xnu-7195.141.6~3MonAug3006:12:21PDT2021 Releasenotes 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Externallinks[edit] macOSBigSurattheWaybackMachine(archivedOctober18,2021)–officialsite Preceded bymacOS10.15(Catalina) macOS11(BigSur)2020 Succeeded bymacOS12(Monterey) vtemacOS History Architecture Components Server Software Versions Server1.0 PublicBeta 10.0Cheetah 10.1Puma 10.2Jaguar 10.3Panther 10.4Tiger 10.5Leopard 10.6SnowLeopard 10.7Lion 10.8MountainLion 10.9Mavericks 10.10Yosemite 10.11ElCapitan 10.12Sierra 10.13HighSierra 10.14Mojave 10.15Catalina 11BigSur 12Monterey 13Ventura Applications AppStore Automator Calculator Calendar Chess Contacts ControlCenter Dictionary DVDPlayer FaceTime Finder GameCenter Grapher Home Launchpad Mail Messages News Music Notes NotificationCenter Podcasts PhotoBooth Photos Preview QuicktimePlayer Reminders Safari (versionhistory) Shortcuts Siri Stickies TextEdit TimeMachine Discontinued Dashboard FrontRow iChat iPhoto iSync iTunes (history) Sherlock Utilities ActivityMonitor AirPortUtility ArchiveUtility AudioMIDISetup BluetoothFileExchange 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