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macOS 11: All the little things!
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No idea, but you can use cmd+D to directly open the Dictionary entry.
Give it more time? Lots of stuff going on under the hood after install.
Seems like it's the same for me, but I've removed the delay. If you're interested, run this in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.Dock autohide-delay -float 0 && killall Dock
Does this also work with the original AirPods 1? I don't get the AirPods menu bar icon. I don't get the two dots in the bluetooth icon either when my AirPods are connected.
Thanks
Wait, why did they make it so the bluetooth menu bar icon no longer shows when devices are connected at a glance?
Are my headphones connected right now? Who knows?
Are my headphones connected right now? Who knows?
Windows Boot Camp partition now says "EFI Boot" with the Windows logo on the boot select screen. Not sure if this is intended or just a bug.
I just tried with some small text files and some multi-gigabyte video files and it seems pretty instantaneous. Are you copying from/to an external source, or just to elsewhere on your local disk?
I’ve always found widgets to be useless with the exception of calculator. But if you use calculator a lot it’s probably just better to keep the calculator app open anyways.
Today I did not observe the problem. Let's see.
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A rather silly question, but tell me,
the fact that an older mac can have officially big sur installed,
does this mean that it will be capable of taking all the new forthcoming yearly updates?
I mean 11.1, 11.2, the next year, and so on.
Did a fresh install of Big Sur, after I transferred all my files back from the backup, I noticed that file and folder names look inconsistent while browsing in Finder using list view, some look smaller than others, and some look bigger.
Turns out, Big Sur has increased the default text size for list view and column view in Finder from 12 to 13. (Command-J to Show View Options) However, icon view stays the same as before.
I'm surprised how small touch like this does make a noticeable difference, and at the same time frustrated because "Use as Defaults" in the User folder won't apply to old subfolders which are copied from the earlier backup, so I have to check every single folder manually. (I don't dare use the command line nuke option to wipe out all the .DS_Store files)
As a side note, there's no more font smoothing checkbox in the System Preferences, I'm guessing it's completely gone. So they increased the default text size in Finder to compensate the de-smoothing, otherwise the text would be too thin and small to read for many people.
Turns out, Big Sur has increased the default text size for list view and column view in Finder from 12 to 13. (Command-J to Show View Options) However, icon view stays the same as before.
I'm surprised how small touch like this does make a noticeable difference, and at the same time frustrated because "Use as Defaults" in the User folder won't apply to old subfolders which are copied from the earlier backup, so I have to check every single folder manually. (I don't dare use the command line nuke option to wipe out all the .DS_Store files)
As a side note, there's no more font smoothing checkbox in the System Preferences, I'm guessing it's completely gone. So they increased the default text size in Finder to compensate the de-smoothing, otherwise the text would be too thin and small to read for many people.
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Is there a way to get the New Tab + icon back next to the right most tab?
Not that I have seen.... but you can hit command-t to get a new tab. Faster than using the mouse to click the plus for me anyway.
What do you mean? If your Mac is on the older side of support devices it may not. My 2012 MBP just got cut off with Big Sur. If it’s a newer Mac you can be sure to get the next couple updates, really just depends how old it is.
I've been using Macs since OS 9. I think Cupertino hit this release out of the park. I've encountered zero installation issues on a 2020 13" MacBook Pro 4 port. Total installation time from prompt was around 2 or so hours.
Overall Impressions
The UI / UX are definitely more refined and a lot of attention has gone into the GUI. Performance has been great, all my apps from Catalina worked with the exception of maybe 1-2 that simply needed and update.
The system fonts, icon spacing, and finder windows for me, are the immediate differences. Spacing / alignment seems better tuned and the interface easier to read / glance.
Dark mode really looks like a nice pro environment. Finder shortcut icons are finally unified simple line design. Lots of visual noise has been minimized. See screenshot.
The system icons refresh is definitely welcome and seems to finally be maturing into a more cohesive and unified theme.
System wide transparencies are a welcome change in most cases. The dock transparency provides a nice refresh as well.
Performance
Overall performance has been terrific, no complaints so far. I work as a creative professional so I had the opportunity to put the OS in a real world production environment for 48hrs - no hiccups. Adobe Creative Suite has worked with no issues (Illustrator and Photoshop CC - newest releases). Xcode, Adobe CC, Transmit, BB Edit, Safari, Snippets Lab are my primary tools and all are working normal.
I also use iStat menus for hardware monitoring. All temperatures are within normal operating range and I haven't noticed anything unusual. Performance is snappy and the system is running within normal temperature.
Hope this helps =) Enjoy.
Overall Impressions
The UI / UX are definitely more refined and a lot of attention has gone into the GUI. Performance has been great, all my apps from Catalina worked with the exception of maybe 1-2 that simply needed and update.
The system fonts, icon spacing, and finder windows for me, are the immediate differences. Spacing / alignment seems better tuned and the interface easier to read / glance.
Dark mode really looks like a nice pro environment. Finder shortcut icons are finally unified simple line design. Lots of visual noise has been minimized. See screenshot.
The system icons refresh is definitely welcome and seems to finally be maturing into a more cohesive and unified theme.
System wide transparencies are a welcome change in most cases. The dock transparency provides a nice refresh as well.
Performance
Overall performance has been terrific, no complaints so far. I work as a creative professional so I had the opportunity to put the OS in a real world production environment for 48hrs - no hiccups. Adobe Creative Suite has worked with no issues (Illustrator and Photoshop CC - newest releases). Xcode, Adobe CC, Transmit, BB Edit, Safari, Snippets Lab are my primary tools and all are working normal.
I also use iStat menus for hardware monitoring. All temperatures are within normal operating range and I haven't noticed anything unusual. Performance is snappy and the system is running within normal temperature.
Hope this helps =) Enjoy.
