lpetrich
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Alongside iOS, and now iPadOS, tvOS, and watchOS, Apple is continuing to update macOS. Its latest version is now numbered 11, after nearly 20 years of using 10. Apple started out with big-cat names, and after exhausting those, then switched to California-landmark names:
Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina - version 10.15
Maps, Directions, and Transportation to Big Sur California - a stretch of coast a little south of Monterey Bay.
Its splash-screen picture and default background is a stylized landscape done in bright colors, unlike the picture of Santa Catalina Island that Catalina uses.
It should be released in the fall, but preview versions are already available.
Apple introduces macOS Big Sur with a beautiful new design - Apple
macOS Big Sur Preview - Apple
macOS 11 Big Sur: Everything We Know | MacRumors
Hands-on: 85+ macOS Big Sur changes and features [Video] - 9to5Mac
MacOS Big Sur Hands-On Preview: Best MacOS Update in Years? | Digital Trends
Apple has been introducing some iOS-like features into macOS, and that trend continues.
Safari, Apple's default browser, is getting the ability to port extensions written for other browsers, like Chrome and Firefox. That should make it much more useful. There are some extensions that I use on a very regular basis, like "Copy Link Text" -- it copies the URL and text of a link in any of a variety of formats, like HTML, Reddit markdown, BBCode, MediaWiki (for Wikipedia), etc.
Safari will also be getting a built-in autotranslator, like what Chrome and iOS Safari have. Safari will have the ability to monitor page trackers and to block them for improved privacy.
Two apps were built with Apple's Catalyst iOS-macOS combined framework, Maps and Messages, and they are close to their iOS versions in features.
Messages will be getting an iOS feature: "Memojis" - custom face icons. One can choose a variety of skin colors, hair colors, hairstyles, etc.
It will work on hardware a little more than 5 years old -- Apple gradually drops support for its older models.
Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra, High Sierra, Mojave, Catalina - version 10.15
Maps, Directions, and Transportation to Big Sur California - a stretch of coast a little south of Monterey Bay.
Its splash-screen picture and default background is a stylized landscape done in bright colors, unlike the picture of Santa Catalina Island that Catalina uses.
It should be released in the fall, but preview versions are already available.
Apple introduces macOS Big Sur with a beautiful new design - Apple
macOS Big Sur Preview - Apple
macOS 11 Big Sur: Everything We Know | MacRumors
Hands-on: 85+ macOS Big Sur changes and features [Video] - 9to5Mac
MacOS Big Sur Hands-On Preview: Best MacOS Update in Years? | Digital Trends
Apple has been introducing some iOS-like features into macOS, and that trend continues.
Safari, Apple's default browser, is getting the ability to port extensions written for other browsers, like Chrome and Firefox. That should make it much more useful. There are some extensions that I use on a very regular basis, like "Copy Link Text" -- it copies the URL and text of a link in any of a variety of formats, like HTML, Reddit markdown, BBCode, MediaWiki (for Wikipedia), etc.
Safari will also be getting a built-in autotranslator, like what Chrome and iOS Safari have. Safari will have the ability to monitor page trackers and to block them for improved privacy.
Two apps were built with Apple's Catalyst iOS-macOS combined framework, Maps and Messages, and they are close to their iOS versions in features.
Messages will be getting an iOS feature: "Memojis" - custom face icons. One can choose a variety of skin colors, hair colors, hairstyles, etc.
It will work on hardware a little more than 5 years old -- Apple gradually drops support for its older models.
