{"id":4696,"date":"2020-06-24T17:55:18","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T13:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/?p=4696"},"modified":"2020-06-26T12:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T08:42:04","slug":"trying-out-macos-11-big-sur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rakhesh.com\/mac\/trying-out-macos-11-big-sur\/","title":{"rendered":"Trying out macOS 11 (Big Sur)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So WWDC 2020 was this past Monday. I didn’t watch the keynote but I downloaded macOS 11.0 soon after that from Beta Profiles<\/a>. Not sure what I was thinking really, it’s a bit of a silly move downloading a beta version of macOS, especially considering even “stable” versions like 10.5 have been flaky. Anyhoo, too late to think about it now … the only solace is that at least I didn’t install it on my primary Mac, so assuming it doesn’t cause any data corruption like delete my iCloud files or emails I am good. Worst case I will just re-install the older version.\u00a0<\/p>\n

First impression – the new look took a minute to get used to, but once I did I started liking it. It feels a bit too bright to me, but that’s probably just my eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I couldn’t try the new colourful wallpaper as it would keep going to the Catalina wallpaper whenever I’d select that. I was able to use the Big Sur mountain wallpaper though – that works.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Funny this, just earlier that day I was reading a blog post about monitors<\/a> (yay for the author – good post!) and had turned off font smoothing in the OS. Interestingly, after upgrading the option is no longer available. Has Apple turned off font smoothing for good in macOS 11? That’s good if they have.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I love the newish Music and Podcasts app. They are new in the sense that they are newer than the version in 10.5. I prefer the new look and I enjoy using these apps now. I also like the new look of the Dock, how it has rounded corners and is slightly lifted from the base (bottom or sides of the screen – wherever it is placed). For some reason with macOS 11 I have moved the Dock to the left side as I find it better there. Somehow the change in look has made me feel like putting it there (when I had put it there with earlier versions of macOS I didn’t like it).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The upgrade broke a few apps as expected:<\/p>\n