First Impressions?

[etkuo]

Use Big Sur in Dark mode, much better

Is it normal that the menu bar is still white in dark mode?

 

[macdos]

Is it normal that the menu bar is still white in dark mode?

Eh, no.

 

[Arcade]

I like it.

To me it feels like I am using a 21.5" iPad with a keyboard & mouse.

 

[myrtlebee]

I have to get used to this new design language. Everything is so ... round.

 

[etkuo]

Eh, no.

Hm... Might have been my deskop background picture (which has a sky background)

 

[myrtlebee]

Did they reduce the size of the menubar / toolbar? It seems the text and icons in mine looks smaller. Is there a way to just increase the size of the text in the menu / toolbar without increasing text across the entire UI?

 

[63W]

Look at this BS!

There is wasted space above and bellow, red/yellow/red button. While at the same time, the text got smaller in the address bar by 30-40%.

And why do we need rounded edges?? Rounded edges are far smaller in Finder window/folder than in Safari.

Now I have to figure out how to make text larger in address bar. Waste of my time and waste of real-estate space on my 13" screen.

 

[63W]

One more thing. Do you see the icon to the left of the Bluetooth?? I sure as hell don't. Its an icon for my VPN, but I can no longer see it.

I know its there, because that's where it loads in Catalina, and in Catalina its well visible, but in Big Sur, all you see is a darkish dot, kind of.

 

[63W]

Text/font got smaller/thinner in the left hand side by 40% in the App Store.

Now I have to figure it out how to make text bigger again, if that's even an option.

Text in Finder for folders got smaller; Documents, Downloads, etc. Why is font smaller now?? WHY??

I don't use a 50" 4K monitor. What are people thinking over there at Apple??

 

[timelessbeing]

unremarkable... ugly...
I'm baffled how THIS deserves a major version number change. The first in 20 years.

 

[timelessbeing]

Now I have to figure it out how to make text bigger again, if that's even an option.

Display options > scaled > larger text

it's the first thing I changed when I got my 16" mbp because the text was like tiny insects.

 

[joe1946]

Looks great !

 

[joe1946]

It's 3AM in NJ

 

[Mike Slayer]

So far I am really liking it a lot.

 

[63W]

Display options > scaled > larger text

it's the first thing I changed when I got my 16" mbp because the text was like tiny insects.

I don't have an option for larger text.
Scaled, only allows me to change resolution of my screen.

 

[Prorege1]

Love it

 

[63W]

All texts and fonts are smaller now.

This is frustrating.

 

[63W]

Wasted space in address bar. Thus making text/font smaller.

 

[63W]

More wasted space, while font/text is now smaller.

 

[Paul Cordingley]

Looks and feels great on a 27" iMac. Nice synergy with iPadOS and iOS. I like it a lot. Carry on.

 

[63W]

Torrents are crawling in Big Sur. In Catalina, I would have connected to +30 seeds and finished the download in 15min.
Its been an hour and I just lost a connection to one seed that I was connected to.

Downloading Ubuntu torrent, from Ubuntu website, has also been slowish.


edit;

Downloading same torrent on Win 8.1 at 9 MB/s and connected to +60 seeds after 30 seconds. On a 10 year Dell Inspiron.

Qbittorent 4.3 on both Mac and pc.

 

[timelessbeing]

The alert sounds and system sounds are overly complex and STUPID.
I used to have Funk which was a nice short non-annoying sound, but they replaced it with Funky which is super annoying.

empty trash, volume unmount, screenshot .... they're all retarded.

 

[shafez]

VMware fusion 12 still flicker like hell in full screen, and it is not the VM problem as it runs without fluckers on Catalina, I also noticed the flicker with the Drift Screensaver.

 

[ParaShot]

So far... I liked it?? Design looks better than photos and ofc it feels snappier than ever haha! I guess I'm not disappointed.

 

[SoYoung]

Honestly I don't feel much different than previous versions to me. The only reason I upgraded already is because I had tons of little problems with Catalina and so far it seems better than Catalina in that department.