macOS 11: All the little things!

[Galaxas0]

Post about the little things that have changed in Mac OS XI here. Note that this is a wiki post, which means that you can add directly to this post.

NOTE: As always this is NOT a thread for bugs, questions, or troubleshooting the betas. All posts must present a new feature or function, or new behaviour not mentioned in the keynote. Please screenshot where necessary. Comments on features are welcome, but stay on topic. This is also not a thread for whining about missing features, complaining, in-fighting, or personal agendas. Keep this informative and to the topic at hand.

 

[WhackyNinja]

I didn’t expect the new UI to come for the Mac

but holy cow macOS is hot

 

[snow755]

I did not think we get Mac OS 11


buy the way any one no wish MacBook and iMac will get Mac OS 11?

 

[Natya Sadella]

I did not think we get Mac OS 11


buy the way any one no wish MacBook and iMac will get Mac OS 11?

Uhm... what..?

 

[snow755]

Uhm... what..?

did you watch today event ? the new Mac OS is now Mac OS 11 and not 10.16 rip Mac OS 10

 

[tomtad]

While I like the Big Sur name, I kind of wish this one was marketed Mac OS 11. It's a big change.

 

[bitsstrongbrands]

macOS 11!

 

[snow755]

While I like the Big Sur name, I kind of wish it was marketed Mac OS 11. It's a big change.

this is Mac OS 11

 

[tomtad]

this is Mac OS 11

It is if you look in About this Mac, most will just know this as Big Sur

 

[cambookpro]

macOS 11!

Well, someone didn't get the memo...

 

[darkmatter343]

So... is Big Sur the actual name of the OS, I couldn't tell from Craig if they were masking the name from competitors, or it's actually going to be called "big sur"...

 

[adamfishercox]

It's the name - what advantage would it give them to hide the name?

 

[darkmatter343]

It's the name - what advantage would it give them to hide the name?

I heard Craig talk about the competitors stealing their OS names, something along those lines, and I guess I missed what was said completely. So when Craig mentioned it's being called Big Sur, I thought that was a place holder, made up name.

 

[cambookpro]

I heard Craig talk about the competitors stealing their OS names, something along those longs, and I guess I missed what was said completely. So when Craig mentioned it's being called Big Sur, I thought that was a place holder, made up name.

It was just a joke. A variant of the long-running 'crack marketing team', 'macOS Weed', etc.

 

[KoolAid-Drink]

My traditional question: Does "About Finder" (click Finder, then About on the menu bar) still say "The Macintosh Desktop Experience"?

 

[redheeler]

My traditional question: Does "About Finder" (click Finder, then About on the menu bar) still say "The Macintosh Desktop Experience"?

Yep. Has version 11.0 there now.

 

[tomtad]

My traditional question: Does "About Finder" (click Finder, then About on the menu bar) still say "The Macintosh Desktop Experience"?

That better still be there!!

 

[musika]

Could somebody let me know if you can still customize app toolbars in Big Sur? I like to hide all the crap.

 

[redheeler]

Sound effects are different. Pretty sure those hadn't been touched since 10.3 or somewhere way back there. Even the Sosumi one is different.

 

[zorinlynx]

Just a tip:

If you create INSTALL MEDIA for a fresh install, TURN WIFI OFF right after you boot from it, or it will try to download the installer all over again over WiFi! Your WiFi network details must be cached in EFI somewhere for the installer happily joins your network without asking you.

I was wondering why the install was taking a million years, then noticed on my router it was downloading a ton of data. I restarted and turned off WiFi after booting from the install media, and now it's installing correctly from the USB drive.

 

[Kylo83]

can you now use stereo HomePods with airplay 2 as main audio output

 

[Saturnine]

My traditional question: Does "About Finder" (click Finder, then About on the menu bar) still say "The Macintosh Desktop Experience"?

Yup it does.

 

[cambookpro]

There is a dynamic 'Big Sur' wallpaper, as well as the default one (light and dark variants) showed in the keynote:

 

[tomtad]

The boot chime...........is back !!!

 

[KALLT]

How does the dark mode look? Apple hasn’t shown much.