According to Apple, Safari uses 'Intelligent Tracking Prevention to identify trackers and help prevent them from profiling or following you around the web.' It also has a new Privacy Report feature that you can access within Safari that will give you a better understanding of the websites that are tracking you. You can set a custom background image new sections (such as Favorites, Siri Suggestions or Reading List) to appear every time you boot up Safari.Īpple has also added a bunch of privacy features to Safari with Big Sur. And there are new 'website favicons' to help you spot the frequently visited tabs, which will no doubt be helpful if you have multiple tabs.īig Sur also gives you a new cool way of customizing your start page. Safari will now show more tabs at once and give you previews of webpages if you hold the mouse cursor over the tab. It's going to do the expected, such as load web pages faster (roughly twice as fast as with Chrome) and help your MacBook be way more efficient (to extend battery life), but it also adds a new tab management features that will benefit people who have leave lots of tabs open. If you use Safari as your default web browser, you're going to notice some big upgrades with Big Sur. (If you bought one of these new M1 Mac computers, they come with Big Sur already installed.) Safari is lighter weight and better than ever. Basically, apps are going to run way faster and smoother.

It's also the first MacOS that optimized to take full advantage of the M1 chip that's integrated directly into Apple's latest MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini. Anything that reduces annoyances while maintaining functionality is a big win.The iPhone 12 Mini Is As Terrific As It Is Tiny All in all, this might be the most important upgrade to the moment-by-moment experience of using macOS. And the improvements to “Do Not Disturb” are awesome. Individual segments of the notification center can be dragged into the menu bar, and it is much easier to interact with options on notifications. You’ll now find controls just like on your iPhone. In many ways, professional apps, like Final Cut Pro and Motion, set this as the standard, and the rest of the operating system is following suit.Īpple got serious about improving the notification center. The content of apps is allowed to come to the forefront, instead of the controls. Everything is much more refined and it feels superior in many ways to the “normal” mode. The end result really shines in dark mode.

Apple has worked hard to remove as much unnecessary “chrome” as possible. Apps now feature a more streamlined appearance. The most visible change to Apple’s operating system is the redesigned user interface.

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