I have previously written about how Control Center is one of the best new features in MacOS Big Sur. Rather than having to work out where you go to turn on AirDrop or adjust your keyboard brightness, common settings like these are quick and easy to access in Control Center.Ĭontrol Center makes settings much more streamlined and easier to use.
That alone is an excellent addition to MacOS because it saves you from rummaging around in System Preferences or elsewhere in search of a setting. Click the icon in the top-right corner and you are presented with a palette of settings, from Do Not Disturb and Bluetooth to display brightness and controls for the Music app. On iOS, this is a panel of quick options and controls that you swipe down from the top corner of the screen, and it works in much the same way on the Mac. While there is no evidence of that in Big Sur, a couple of iOS features have been brought across to MacOS - much to the Mac’s benefit. If there is one subject that just will not die, it is that Apple will one day merge MacOS and iOS. Whereas before each button was clearly outlined, now you only see their edges when you mouse over them, making them a little harder to spot and discern. While items in the sidebar benefit, with more space around each item to delineate them more clearly, title bar buttons have suffered a little. Gone are the full-width, metallic title bars of old. One of the visual changes Apple touted when it first revealed Big Sur was the introduction of full-height app sidebars. The effect is clean, beautiful, and refreshing. The menu bar is now translucent and takes on the colors of your wallpaper. Confirmation buttons have been adjusted to be smoother, while retaining the familiar “Mac” feel. You can see it elsewhere, such as app menus, where font spacing has been tweaked to give text more room to breathe. That may not sound like much, but it signifies an attention to detail that was lacking in previous versions of MacOS. Now, that grab-bag of styles has been dispensed with, replaced by a pleasing uniformity. Previously, Apple’s own icons came in a whole host of different styles, including circles (App Store), rounded squares (FaceTime), angled rectangles (Reminders), or something else entirely (Messages). The icons for Apple’s apps now all share the same rounded square style. The most common Slack issues and how to fix them
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