Apple held its last product showcase on Tuesday, October 13, where the California-based company unveiled its latest iPhone. After major updates to iOS, tvOS, watchOS and iPadOS launched a day after the Apple event in September, many had hoped that the latest operating system upgrade – macOS – would follow the announcement as well. earlier this week. Unfortunately, this did not happen.
Apple didn’t even mention its operating systems at the pre-registered event – there was no discussion of the popularity of iOS 14, how the developers rushed to embrace the new iPadOS features. , or how the progress being made to prepare macOS Big Sur for launch is going. Nothing.
However, all of this could change very, very soon.
Within hours of the iPhone 12 launch, Apple released a new beta of macOS 11 to developers. If you’re currently testing the beta of Apple’s latest desktop operating system, you can upgrade to macOS Big Sur’s tenth beta by going to System Preferences and then looking for the software update option. .
A new beta is a good sign that Apple is making solid progress with its update to macOS, which completely reinvents the design – bringing standardized iOS-style app icons to the desktop, Control Center with quick access to commonly used settings, Notification Center with upgraded Widgets like those found in iOS and iPadOS 14.
And that’s not all, Apple has also revised the Messages app so that it has exactly the same number of features that iPhone and iPad owners can enjoy, including MeMoji, animations, and replies to. individual texts from a thread. Elsewhere, Photos now benefits from an improved editing tool, the For You section of Apple Music has been replaced with a Listen Now tab, and Siri can answer a wider range of questions.
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With steady progress with macOS Big Sur, we’ll likely hear news of the final release date soon. Apple has already promised to launch new Mac hardware powered by its custom-designed processors – from the same team that designed the silicon inside the iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods – before the end of the year. year. With two pre-recorded Apple events to our credit in the same number of months, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the trend continue.
According to Jon Prosser, who hosts the hugely popular Front Page Tech channel on YouTube, that’s exactly what’s going to happen. According to sources speaking to Prosser, the next Apple event will be on November 17. Like its predecessors, it will be streamed online from the Apple website, YouTube channel, Apple TV channel, and the iOS app.
While the main focus of the event will be Apple silicon, macOS is likely to get a mention and – fingers crossed – a launch date.
With the move away from standard Intel chips, Apple could easily spend an hour or two discussing the advantages of its chipsets for the next generation of MacBook, Mac Pro, and iMac over the equivalent silicon from Intel.
Not only that, but now would be a great time to release macOS Big Sur, which will come preinstalled on the first Apple Silicon-powered Macs when they hit store shelves around the world.
If you’re interested in the latest beta – the tenth since it was announced at Apple’s annual Global Developer Conference earlier this summer – introduced in macOS Big Sur, it bumps the volume icon into the taskbar at the top of the screen to an AirPods or AirPods Pro icon when listening with any of these Bluetooth devices.
Of course, there’s also the usual truckload of stability improvements and bug fixes. However, as we approach the final software deployment, it is unlikely that we will see any major new features.
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