Safari plays a key role in the life of most Mac users, and Apple has updated in it a major way with MacOS Big Sur. Safari steps up Kevin Parrish/Digital Trends You can’t put them on your desktop yet like on the iPad, but it’s a big change to how Notification Center functions. The widget library helps you discover new options, and they now come in various sizes. Notifications can now be grouped together. The Mac’s System Preferences app has always felt a bit disorganized, and it has never been as quick or as easy to find settings as we would like. That methodology applies to Notification Center as well. Need to dive a little deeper? Just click on a setting to get more options.Įven better, you can drag settings out of the Control Center and onto the menu bar, giving you an even faster way to adjust the Mac to your liking.

In the screen’s upper-right corner, you can access key controls at a glance. It may seem like a small change, but it brings the Mac in line with the iPhone, the iPad, the Apple Watch - even the Touch Bar. On-screen controls, from volume to display brightness, now use a similar horizontal slider. That way of thinking is now baked into MacOS. If you want to adjust the system volume, for example, you get a simple left-to-right slider at your fingertips. The MacBooks Pro’s Touch Bar has received more than its fair share of criticism, but one thing it does really well is quick access to controls. Easier on-screen controls Kevin Parrish/Digital Trends The Photos app borrowed the look of its iPadOS cousin, with a bigger focus on photos.

Apps like Finder (shown above) and Mail include new sidebars that enable you to quickly get where you need to go.

For example, many apps have condensed toolbars so they are no longer in the way and are organized more efficiently. Kevin Parrish/Digital TrendsĪpple redesigned many features to make them easier to use. The result is a subtle update, but one that looks utterly gorgeous. Meanwhile, the dock’s curvy figure is more iPad-like, bringing the two platforms closer together visually. The menu bar supports gradients that shift in colors to better blend in with the wallpaper. The most common Zoom problems and how to fix them Fitbit Versa 3Īpple could soon put an M3 chip in its worst laptopĪ new iMac and 15-inch MacBook Air are almost ready to launch

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