definitely not a windows update coming from a windows user. i hate apple for their hardware prices and and constant assualt on right to repair, but cant deny their software is great
@@bradhaines3142 Hardware prices are fine, they're just forced on you in a limited lineup - meaning you end up paying for a punch of hardware you didn't actually need. But, for example, factor in that the 5k 10-bit iMac screen is worth around $1500-$2000.... Then when you consider the rest of the hardware, price-wise, it more or less checks out.
@@thinkingoutloud3757 except it doesnt. look at the RAM and SSD upgrade prices. from 256 to 512 costs 200$, but i can buy a 512gb ssd just as fast for 50-75$ easily. ram, they go from 8 to 16 for 200$, thats maybe 30$, 50 if you go high end. their 1 and 2tb SSD options are worse, seeing as 1tb is easily found around 100-150$, and 2tb is the worst at 600$ when its easily found for 2-300$ even as a pcie drive. and the worst part of all of this is you have no option to do it yourself later, because everything is soldered. i know thats not mac exclusive but that doesnt make it ok. the hardware itself is admittedly as over priced as other high end competitors, but the upgrades are the real sin for the hardware.
“Modern flat design” is just a phase in design, it come and goes. Few months ago I was restoring my 2012 Mac Mini so it installed it’s original os. My god it was so beautiful, with so much soul and warmth in those icons. And colors were way more pleasant too, actually much easier on the eye comparing to Korean Acid we have now everywhere. Korean Acid is just local way of expressing this color spectrum that burns your eyes, especially green.
Totally agree - the flat minimalist icon & ui design is just plain, dull & boring. Osx's older 3d design looked so much better & more high end, it its gloss & even the brushed aluminium touches in the older versions like tiger looked incredible. Big sur is just boring vanilla - nothing special about the design at all
We‘ve seen the same flat icons since iOS 7, nearly unchanged, basically for about 8 yrs. So I think Big Sur icons are a welcoming change and head to a new direction of design. That’s what I love them for. It‘s about about time for a refreshing new design philosophy, time to move on. Hope to see that coming to iPhone as well in the future.
Yeah, everyone had that issue, but I was able to download and install it this morning. I kinda regret it though because I am not liking this update. Not a fan of this "everything rounded corners" and shadows in icons are so harsh on the eyes.
Download efficiency perhaps depends on traffic from the Apple site and your internet speed. I experienced the same with Catalina on my laptop. Download was painfully slow. Installation took some time as I was jumping from High Sierra. Faster on my Mojave iMac though being one OS away. Catalina needed a few additional download tweaks readily available and now works really well. iMovie took two updates to catch up and my old Tuxera program needed a kick along on the MBP but not the iMac. Audacity remains slightly compromised LibreOffice remains smooth as expected but all in all if the hardware and drive space can take it then the upgrades work really well. Google, RUclips vids and the Apple community were extremely helpful. Might be prudent to monitor other comments before jumping in as it’s very hard to go back and you need patience learning new tricks and the new look.
The Chime scared me!! LOL!! I updated my macbook to Big Sur and out of nowhere the iconic chime reverberated throughout the house. I was in shocked as it blew me away
@@helmi5045 i have OS X as well because this computer i have i am trying to get the new update. It’s stuck on 10.9 and idk how to update it to the latest version.
with general apps like imessage and facetime i like them, but i can see w preview it is a little weird but i think it just takes time to get use to. i do kinda miss the blue imessage icon tho
Exactly, I can deal with the flat icons, I just miss when they cared more about performance than design-all the features are useless nowadays, they keep updating the overall style of MacOS and iOS because they ran out of ideas. It's not "evolution", it's redesign.
Is nobody going to talk about the thumbnail, which shows a picture of a unibody 13 inch MBP running Big Sur even though Apple dropped the support for it in Catalina
Consumers have a right to evaluate a product or service before a purchase. After all, it's THEIR money. If they don't like a certain feature, it doesn't make them "entitled". It just means...they don't like that particular feature. Surely, you've come across a product in the marketplace and thought "not for me". If you can do it, why can't others?
The icons have drop shadows thing... yeah, to each their own, but I feel you made WAY too big of a deal out of it... they look perfectly fine to me... super nit picky much?
04:27 to remove the icon you dragged from menu bar, hold Command and drag the icon downwards, wait a second and a X icon should appear over the icon. Release the mouse and the icon should vanish
So something I haven’t seen anyone report on is the fact that you can easily set up control center (and the control center items you want in the menu bar) under system preferences. No weird dragging and dropping, just easy setup and you check or uncheck if you want certain items to appear in the menu bar. Pretty nifty way to do it. Not sure the dragging features were the primary way Apple intended for us to use them. Certainly work fine, but under system preferences, it is much easier.
I honestly think that people who used the Mac first are the people who hate the new icons and the people who used iOS first then got the Mac love the new icons.
It's so nice that my iMac 5K 2020 Big Sur shares "Screen Sharing" with my MacBook Pro 17" 2009 El Capitan by WiFi or Ethernet connection. I can work both MacOS with the old and new apps on iMac 5k 27" BIG desktops even though some apps only work for old computers. It works very well when I setup the connection correctly for both Macs.
I haven't used a Mac since 2007. The Big Sur ICONS look the same as they did them....exactly the same because they are! The OS is as important as the hardware. What were they thinking??
I completely disagree with your comment about "modern, flat design". While flat design still is modern, things like shadows, light, and elements of depth are absolutely making a comeback. Strictly flat is out, and I think we'll see more kinds of these newish design languages as time goes on.
after installed a few hours ago, my MacBook is running hot, the fan is making crazy loud sound and battery drains so fast than before. I cannot see any improvements on performance and also cause a few 3rd parties apps stop working. Wish I did not install it! Apple should fix this.
@@robertx1603 it has been 3 days, the battery draining is a bit slower than the first day but still really bad comparing b4 upgrade. The fan is still running crazy loud and hot. I would wait for Apple fix this problem before upgrade it.
I really like Big Sur thus far - very snappy on my MBP 13 2018 - there's just one thing I don't like - where is the calculator widget? Used that all the time - very annoying as is the absence of a calculator on the iPad... one wonders why....
It bothers me what these tech reviewers have been saying about Safari recently, makes me feel like they're just blindly singing the song that Apple sings during its press releases. I've been a macbook pro owner for the past 5 years and Google Chrome is still... 1. Undeniably faster than Safari 2. More reliable in the vast majority of situations Yes, Chrome might use more RAM, and it might share more user data with advertisers, but that doesn't make it better in either of those areas. Big Sur did improve Safari, but it's still not as fast, or as reliable as Chrome
I use chrome but on my older MacBook it is horribly inefficient at video compared to safari.. full screen RUclips never fails to max the cpu and spin up the fans.
Yes, the Spotify one is crucial!! I want to only adjust Spotify volume without touching the general computer volume. I always have to go back to the Spotify app and then adjust it from there... when I should just be able to do it from any desktop. Another idea they should have PIP current song (Skip, Pause, Volume)
i love the new icons! the 3d style is amazing, so much that i even use those on my iPhone! unpopular opinion among some but i don’t care, the 3d looks awesome!
Every time I upgrade my Mac it kills the functionality of some program I use or rely on everyday. Apple please don’t make our MacBooks looks like iOS lol
Very well done, the video is informative, your speech is so clean I had no trouble following along even though English isn’t my first language. You really dip put a lot of effort in your videos and it’s amazing!
@@steveseidel9967 It's underpinnings is BSD. So, I don't expect many issues even after it's declared EOL. If you don't install anything dubious, there's no need to panic. Nonetheless, Mojave (supported till the end of 2021) is still an option for even 10 year old Macs.
Big Sur just completely trashed my MacBook Pro from 2016. i was stuck in a "this computer restarted because of a problem" loop. Several reinstalls didn't help. So glad I had a TimeMachine backup at hand and could revert to Catalina. I'm never updating again after this scare!
I'm an icon designer/ui designer, I've worked on skeuomorphic apps and icons in the past, then did the flat design, years later, flat is also dated. The difference in the skeuomorphic look, back then the icons were too glossy/glassy look.
I’ve always updated ASAP when a new macOS was released. Not sure with this one. I have a retina 15” mid 2015 and all the graphic transparency and effects make me wonder if it’s going to keep run smoothly
I mean same thing usually happens. If you upgrade right away it will have bugs and performance issues. Once you wait a bit they are patched. Most recent example was iOS 14. Made my iPhone hella slow. But after the 14.2 It's back to original speed.
24 hours later update, using Big Sur with Adobe CC, no problem at all, I just want a touchscreen to use it, looks like a distro of Linux that I use on a Chromebook Deepin OS.
@@WooferCooker I saw that Late 2013 MacBook Pro and later is supported (my 15” Retina is late 2013) and the last non Retina 13 was 2014 so maybe it squeaked by. Not sure
Design elements are alternated periodically, just like building designs. If buildings can be designed with function in mind and creative styles alternatively, iPhones can be rounded and squared every now and then, and so does the icons.
Every Tech Reviewer: Ewwww!! Ugly icons. Literally anyone else: Neat! The Icons are different. Seriously though. Nobody would have batted an eye on icon design unless tech reviewers brought it up. I get that you need content, but it just makes you look pretentious. I guess it's your job to sweat the little things though.
Funny about the icons, I see nothing “ugly” or eye weary about the new icons. I kind of like them. To each their own I guess. All that said, Big Sur is running well on my early-2015 MacBook Air. I like that. Will have to check out Safari because I stopped using it precisely because of the Tabs issue. Just cumbersome. Chrome tab management works for me. If Safari has improved that I will take a look see. Thanks for the review, but ease up on the icons.
If the icons are the big problem with Big Sur, then Big Sur is clearly amazing.
definitely not a windows update
coming from a windows user.
i hate apple for their hardware prices and and constant assualt on right to repair, but cant deny their software is great
@@bradhaines3142 Hardware prices are fine, they're just forced on you in a limited lineup - meaning you end up paying for a punch of hardware you didn't actually need. But, for example, factor in that the 5k 10-bit iMac screen is worth around $1500-$2000.... Then when you consider the rest of the hardware, price-wise, it more or less checks out.
@@thinkingoutloud3757 except it doesnt. look at the RAM and SSD upgrade prices. from 256 to 512 costs 200$, but i can buy a 512gb ssd just as fast for 50-75$ easily. ram, they go from 8 to 16 for 200$, thats maybe 30$, 50 if you go high end. their 1 and 2tb SSD options are worse, seeing as 1tb is easily found around 100-150$, and 2tb is the worst at 600$ when its easily found for 2-300$ even as a pcie drive.
and the worst part of all of this is you have no option to do it yourself later, because everything is soldered. i know thats not mac exclusive but that doesnt make it ok.
the hardware itself is admittedly as over priced as other high end competitors, but the upgrades are the real sin for the hardware.
If you have other apple products the icons are a welcome change
@@bradhaines3142 same im quite neutral on apple vs windows hardwares but i still chose apple’s because of their software
Huh, didn’t realize Wall-E used the Mac startup in the movie. Neat!
That comment wouldn’t have even been an answer to a question though, it’s just a comment regarding the video lol. You special children.
Steve Jobs - Pixar
No one cares if you didnt ask. Its a public comment section
@Naruto Uzumaki lmaoo its a comment 💀💀💀
@Naruto Uzumaki awwwwww who pissed in your cereal?
“Modern flat design” is just a phase in design, it come and goes. Few months ago I was restoring my 2012 Mac Mini so it installed it’s original os. My god it was so beautiful, with so much soul and warmth in those icons. And colors were way more pleasant too, actually much easier on the eye comparing to Korean Acid we have now everywhere. Korean Acid is just local way of expressing this color spectrum that burns your eyes, especially green.
3d is way better
to be honest, i prefer the 3d icons. not only is it nostalgic but also very cool !
mee too, I hate flat design and I much prefer 3d, I miss IOS 6
Totally agree - the flat minimalist icon & ui design is just plain, dull & boring. Osx's older 3d design looked so much better & more high end, it its gloss & even the brushed aluminium touches in the older versions like tiger looked incredible. Big sur is just boring vanilla - nothing special about the design at all
the early iterations of OSX were beautiful
Thank you for this calm, no-nonsense review. That is actually really refreshing in this day and age.
But you gotta fix that mic doe
@Naruto Uzumaki Believe it!
lol u sound like a boomer
@@chub1194 yes
That new safari was already available as an update on Catalina and Mojave
anyway who use Safari??
@@marale72 People with common sense
@@marale72 me 😡
@@marale72 I love safari, though I use brave. Chrome just chews your ram. Chewwwws
wait, how can i update it then?
We‘ve seen the same flat icons since iOS 7, nearly unchanged, basically for about 8 yrs. So I think Big Sur icons are a welcoming change and head to a new direction of design. That’s what I love them for. It‘s about about time for a refreshing new design philosophy, time to move on. Hope to see that coming to iPhone as well in the future.
Is it just me, or are the S’s really sharp and piercing
yeah, really harsh on the ears
the sound quality is trash on this video
Nope. You’re right. This guy has sharp tongue.. 😂
It's called piercing sibilant
He should really get a different microphone
I LOVE the more 3-D icons and hated the flat look! This is a step in the right direction. Serious Mac user since 1984.
3D icons looks awful
@@casshernsins8333 no u
@@richardmckeemc4822 hey! Respect others opinion
@@Ravi-ey5if shut up
@@andrewjohnson2465 aww is someone mad
Why would you need a widget to play, pause and skip tracks? its already there on the status bar, that doesn't make any sense.
Oh ye terrible feature. Would not recommend to upgrade until they fix that atrocity
Bet they’ll take them off the status bar on the next Mac after this comment lol
and why would i need control centre for wifi and bluetooth when i already have it at the top bar, big sur looks trash
No one:
Apple: Ok we will change the icons
he really complained about the icons being a little bit shadowed , why is it a big deal?
9:11, you can already copy from iphone and paste it right on mac.
Yeah it was added few years ago
I literally just tried this and didn't work ):
@@belle7733 make sure to turn on the handoffs feature on both your mac and iphone, this feature is my fav feature 😂
@@depression_isnt_real yeah bluetooth must be turned on on all apple devices for any of apple's handoff features to work
Would be nice if it actually downloaded 🤷🏽♂️
Yeah, everyone had that issue, but I was able to download and install it this morning. I kinda regret it though because I am not liking this update. Not a fan of this "everything rounded corners" and shadows in icons are so harsh on the eyes.
@@ritesh146 Personally, the more round and clean everything is, the more aesthetically pleasing. I think more details are a big upgrade :)
@@takewealth Same here
Up until now I still can’t download this. Really annoying.
Download efficiency perhaps depends on traffic from the Apple site and your internet speed. I experienced the same with Catalina on my laptop. Download was painfully slow. Installation took some time as I was jumping from High Sierra. Faster on my Mojave iMac though being one OS away. Catalina needed a few additional download tweaks readily available and now works really well. iMovie took two updates to catch up and my old Tuxera program needed a kick along on the MBP but not the iMac. Audacity remains slightly compromised LibreOffice remains smooth as expected but all in all if the hardware and drive space can take it then the upgrades work really well. Google, RUclips vids and the Apple community were extremely helpful. Might be prudent to monitor other comments before jumping in as it’s very hard to go back and you need patience learning new tricks and the new look.
Spongebob Squarepants: "I'm ready, I'm ready" = Catalina
Spongebob Normalpants: "Hi, how are ya?" = Big Sur
I can't believe they took the Calculator widget away!!
man this is unbelievable
yes I'm so annoyed ! I actually used it a lot
I just noticed after reading your comment. now i'm angry 😡😡😡
$1.29
I guess now we have to rely on spotlight only
6:10 - Him: “the one thing you’re likely to use the most right now...SPARRING”.
Me: Yeah, I always fight with my computer after a big upgrade.
The Chime scared me!! LOL!! I updated my macbook to Big Sur and out of nowhere the iconic chime reverberated throughout the house. I was in shocked as it blew me away
Does someone has a more technical review of OSX Big Sur? Tired about hearing about the UX, what's under the hood?
No kidding . I'm really getting bored with all the minutia regarding icon design.
MAGIC!
Idk but just wanted to remind you that it’s not OS X anymore it’s OS 11
@@helmi5045 i have OS X as well because this computer i have i am trying to get the new update. It’s stuck on 10.9 and idk how to update it to the latest version.
Who else got happy when they say that the ‘chime’ is coming back?
No mention of how there is finally 4k on RUclips safari which was a huge deal breaker for a lot of safari users.
Not gonna lie, I actually really like Big Suit’s icons! I think they look cool.
I like some more than others but don't hate them overall. Some could use a few tweaks
with general apps like imessage and facetime i like them, but i can see w preview it is a little weird but i think it just takes time to get use to. i do kinda miss the blue imessage icon tho
b i g _ s u i t
@@smt4090 Mac OS 12 BaggyPants
@@PoodlePlugins macOS 13 SkinnyJeans
I miss old good days like Snow Leopard/Mountain Lion design.
This is too much bulshit for me.
Exactly, I can deal with the flat icons, I just miss when they cared more about performance than design-all the features are useless nowadays, they keep updating the overall style of MacOS and iOS because they ran out of ideas. It's not "evolution", it's redesign.
😂
Yeah snow leopard was amazing. The design the speed of the os everything. And they should definitely bring back those cool welcoming intros
the icons are so beautiful and I wish Apple included them in iOS 14.
Is nobody going to talk about the thumbnail, which shows a picture of a unibody 13 inch MBP running Big Sur even though Apple dropped the support for it in Catalina
Imagine how entitled you have to be to complain about ICONS IN 3D. Oh lord what a drawback, my poor eyes
First-World problems at its finest 😏
But you still watched
I know, i love the new 3D design
Consumers have a right to evaluate a product or service before a purchase. After all, it's THEIR money. If they don't like a certain feature, it doesn't make them "entitled". It just means...they don't like that particular feature. Surely, you've come across a product in the marketplace and thought "not for me". If you can do it, why can't others?
It looks so dope. I'm downloading it on my Macbook Pro right now.
The icons have drop shadows thing... yeah, to each their own, but I feel you made WAY too big of a deal out of it... they look perfectly fine to me... super nit picky much?
ehh, to me i don’t like the look of it. it just kinda looks old!
@@alextorchia2289 yeah i dont like the look of it either. its one of the few things that caught my eye when i first started it up.
@@alextorchia2289 I personally love it. Everything is uniform now and easy to find from iOS to macOS
@@DarthRaider yeah, but now I’m confused with some of the new logos because I’m so used to the older ones. but I guess I’ll get used to that
04:27 to remove the icon you dragged from menu bar, hold Command and drag the icon downwards, wait a second and a X icon should appear over the icon. Release the mouse and the icon should vanish
Why not just drag to the desktop and "puff" as we do to remove icons from the dock? They sure love to "improve" 🙄
@@Kispoopsik I think this was also in Catalina, you have to hold Command to drag icons around the taskbar
The startup sound is not new to Big Sur. It was in Catalina, but you had to enable it in Terminal.
Well but on Big Sur is def a lot louder
@@depression_isnt_real COPY and PASTE!?!
You have to copy it manually and imagine yourself as a pro hacker
Why doesn't my cursor turn to the finger-pointing shape anymore when hovering over hyperlinks?
Could be your settings, I'm not having the same issue.
@@quaveion me too
force quit your browser then restart it
Did you guys make it out of the "about 15 minutes remaining" updating screen?? My fans are going so loud when im updating and im in that screen.
Working fine over here
So something I haven’t seen anyone report on is the fact that you can easily set up control center (and the control center items you want in the menu bar) under system preferences. No weird dragging and dropping, just easy setup and you check or uncheck if you want certain items to appear in the menu bar. Pretty nifty way to do it. Not sure the dragging features were the primary way Apple intended for us to use them. Certainly work fine, but under system preferences, it is much easier.
I honestly think that people who used the Mac first are the people who hate the new icons and the people who used iOS first then got the Mac love the new icons.
I hate flat icons. We live in the world of excitements, shapes, shadow, colors human eye can see. Why limit it?
I love how the video is exactly 11 minutes long, like macOS 11!
It's so nice that my iMac 5K 2020 Big Sur shares "Screen Sharing" with my MacBook Pro 17" 2009 El Capitan by WiFi or Ethernet connection. I can work both MacOS with the old and new apps on iMac 5k 27" BIG desktops even though some apps only work for old computers. It works very well when I setup the connection correctly for both Macs.
I haven't used a Mac since 2007. The Big Sur ICONS look the same as they did them....exactly the same because they are! The OS is as important as the hardware. What were they thinking??
I completely disagree with your comment about "modern, flat design". While flat design still is modern, things like shadows, light, and elements of depth are absolutely making a comeback. Strictly flat is out, and I think we'll see more kinds of these newish design languages as time goes on.
me too
after installed a few hours ago, my MacBook is running hot, the fan is making crazy loud sound and battery drains so fast than before. I cannot see any improvements on performance and also cause a few 3rd parties apps stop working. Wish I did not install it! Apple should fix this.
“Time to buy our new M1 Macs” - Apple
how long did u wait for the update to be done ?
Could be the file system spotlight indexer is catching up and it will settle down?
@@hongvn around 1 hour? Did not feel longer than most OS upgrades I had before . I didn’t have any problem with downloading and installing.
@@robertx1603 it has been 3 days, the battery draining is a bit slower than the first day but still really bad comparing b4 upgrade. The fan is still running crazy loud and hot. I would wait for Apple fix this problem before upgrade it.
I will never forgive apple for removing the ability to have a calculator in the sidebar.
I restarted my macbook this morning, and heard the classic startup sound... Me: 😮
I actually really like those 3d icons. I wish they would adopt them in iOS as well!
I really like Big Sur thus far - very snappy on my MBP 13 2018 - there's just one thing I don't like - where is the calculator widget? Used that all the time - very annoying as is the absence of a calculator on the iPad... one wonders why....
It's still in the applications folder. I had to drag it to my task tray because before the upgrade I used it in the Notification Center.
wth is wrong with the quicktime player icon
Remember how much people hated it when Apple switched into the flat icon design?
I absolutely love the return to 3D icons!
Yes me too!
It bothers me what these tech reviewers have been saying about Safari recently, makes me feel like they're just blindly singing the song that Apple sings during its press releases. I've been a macbook pro owner for the past 5 years and Google Chrome is still...
1. Undeniably faster than Safari
2. More reliable in the vast majority of situations
Yes, Chrome might use more RAM, and it might share more user data with advertisers, but that doesn't make it better in either of those areas. Big Sur did improve Safari, but it's still not as fast, or as reliable as Chrome
Plus many places like schools for example usually require/ encourage using Chrome over safari too. Especially during online quizzes and exams.
I use chrome but on my older MacBook it is horribly inefficient at video compared to safari.. full screen RUclips never fails to max the cpu and spin up the fans.
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15” retina and I’m still happy using Mac OS Mojave. I can upgrade but don’t feel like this is worth it to me.
I like it. It's running great on my 2019 macbook pro and my 2015 Mac mini
Hey did you have problems updating I did and still it will not update please somebody help 😭😫
@@afrausto95 I had the same issue make sure u update to the latest before going to big sur .
@@afrausto95 yup had the same problems. Downloaded twice, failed twice. Went to sleep. 6 hours later now, installing with no problems.
@@RamMohammadJosephKaur yes I will download tomorrow because today it didn't work hopefully tomorrow it downloads
@@afrausto95 ive been downloading Big Sur for the whole day..
I really like the icons and the font. Far nicer as far as Im concerned
Yes, the Spotify one is crucial!!
I want to only adjust Spotify volume without touching the general computer volume.
I always have to go back to the Spotify app and then adjust it from there... when I should just be able to do it from any desktop.
Another idea they should have PIP current song (Skip, Pause, Volume)
Safari tab preview was already a feature of the Mac OS Catalina, as was the universal clipboard.
**mac startup sound plays**
Me: MUUMM I NEED TWO GRAND TO BUY A MACBOOK
1k you mean
Whats the difference of the amazing New Widgets feature and the old old Dashboard which has been there since 2005?
The name! Isn’t that awesome?
Oh yeah and widgets are more colour full
I just updated!! Ui looks soooo beautiful and organized and refined
Maybe an unpopular opinion but I like the 3D-ish icons
Why is the thumbnail a Unibody MacBook Pro from like 2012? That can't run Big Sur!
oh
Stock photo. As you see, he didn’t even have a real macbook in the video.
I absolutely love the new icons
I’m currently getting this update on my 2014 air and this laptop is wheezing!
I just updated to big sur and I’m liking this more than the catalina
Widgets, eh? Maybe it'd be nice to have somewhere to put those -- a "dashboard", if you will -- so they're quickly available yet non-intrusive.
i love the new icons! the 3d style is amazing, so much that i even use those on my iPhone! unpopular opinion among some but i don’t care, the 3d looks awesome!
Just looks more natural and is therefore nicer to look at
I've been with big sur over a month now and its really impressive and I never go back
@peter g I was on beta because my mac previously registered to beta program
@peter g ahh haaaaa thanks for correcting. It was my automatic dictionary 🤣🤣🤣
That was a pretty solid review. Thanks for the upload.
Every time I upgrade my Mac it kills the functionality of some program I use or rely on everyday. Apple please don’t make our MacBooks looks like iOS lol
X64 since Catalina is gone
Exactly lol
Personally I wouldn't want widgets on my desktop. The slide in function from the side is where they belong.
To be honest my Home Screen looks sorta boring so widgets on it would be a huge yes for me
We need a performance update
Very well done, the video is informative, your speech is so clean I had no trouble following along even though English isn’t my first language. You really dip put a lot of effort in your videos and it’s amazing!
Oh okay, the thumbnail is edited. Because that's a pre 2013 non-retina Mac, which doesn't support Big Sur.
I was thinking about that too.
I have Mac OS Big Sur running on my old MacBook Pro mid 2012. Installed by a patcher
@@Agmbeats bad part about that is if you have any issues AppleCare and apple support won’t support the issues cause you’re using a 3rd party patch.
@@etoirandolph665 Ik but it’s not my daily MacBook. I use a MacBook Pro 2017.
Etoi Randolph I think that’s a given to anybody that uses the patcher.
THE MAC ICONS LOOK STUNNING 🤩
Has anyone noticed that the Mac running Big Sur on the thumbnail is an unsupported Mac for Big Sur (unibody MacBook Pro)
should I uprade my MacBook bro 2017 from high Sierra to big sur? is it safe ? will there be any bugs ? or will it effect the working of Mac?
Downloaded it today on my MB Pro 2017 today. No problems so far!
The only problem im having so far is the battery is draining a lot faster than usual.
Same problem! Any idea how to fix it?
I'm still on High Sierra and its perfectly fine.
Considering to go back to Mojave myself. 🤷♂️
I’m glad not receiving security updates is “perfectly fine” with you.
@@steveseidel9967 What you talking about i still get security updates, Apple didnt abandon us old mac users completely.
@Dreamcatcher_11_ Security support for High Sierra runs out on November 30. Bragging about still being on this old OS is not a good thing.
@@steveseidel9967 It's underpinnings is BSD. So, I don't expect many issues even after it's declared EOL. If you don't install anything dubious, there's no need to panic. Nonetheless, Mojave (supported till the end of 2021) is still an option for even 10 year old Macs.
Big Sur just completely trashed my MacBook Pro from 2016. i was stuck in a "this computer restarted because of a problem" loop. Several reinstalls didn't help. So glad I had a TimeMachine backup at hand and could revert to Catalina. I'm never updating again after this scare!
What is with the thumbnail? I thought unibody MacBook Pro were no longer supported
Dude chill out about the icons
I needed to speed up the video 50%
It’s like he downed a bottle of NyQuil before recording this video 😴
It's awesome to see a fellow Bahai out there!
I'm an icon designer/ui designer, I've worked on skeuomorphic apps and icons in the past, then did the flat design, years later, flat is also dated. The difference in the skeuomorphic look, back then the icons were too glossy/glassy look.
In the he next version: Vista, widgets will be able to be placed on the desktop!
And in the next Windows version: brining back Vista Aero glass because Apple decided to go in that direction.
my old retina 2014, take longer time to boot from restart/power on, (clean install), this make my worry about later when I install all my apps
I’ve always updated ASAP when a new macOS was released. Not sure with this one. I have a retina 15” mid 2015 and all the graphic transparency and effects make me wonder if it’s going to keep run smoothly
I mean same thing usually happens. If you upgrade right away it will have bugs and performance issues. Once you wait a bit they are patched. Most recent example was iOS 14. Made my iPhone hella slow. But after the 14.2 It's back to original speed.
a lot of things are broken.
Big Sur needs to work. Performance took a big (huge) hit.
@@tmscrs You can turn transparency off
24 hours later update, using Big Sur with Adobe CC, no problem at all, I just want a touchscreen to use it, looks like a distro of Linux that I use on a Chromebook Deepin OS.
Thank you for this review! If you hadn't mentioned the 3D icons I probably wouldn't have even noticed. I'm going to remove Chrome right now!
Can we talk about the 13” Non-Retina running Big Sur in the thumbnail? That’s some longevity.
Hm. It’s not officially supported, so maybe it was just a stock photo?
@@WooferCooker I saw that Late 2013 MacBook Pro and later is supported (my 15” Retina is late 2013) and the last non Retina 13 was 2014 so maybe it squeaked by. Not sure
lol imagine being so incredibly wrong about flat design and talking about it for 3 minutes
dude you’re so cool
“Tezla Model Y”
Your icon complaint seems unbelievably nit picky considering the change is INCREDIBLY subtle.
Really miss the calculator widget, actually the only one 'widget' which I used in the previous version. Too bad they didn't include that one.
you can download calculator widget anyway.
@@dennixpiollo6291 Which free one would you recommend then?
Am I tripping or did they take away the battery percentage in the menu bar? Like I literally can't see it unless I click it
they did, it drove me crazy too. you have to go to System Preferences > Dock & Menu bar > Other Modules > Battery, then check Show Percentage
they did omg. irritates me so much ugh
@@elyk666 Thank you 😅
Bro, what are you talking about? I'm loving the icons!
He is saying his personal opinions ....
I genuinely liked that realistic icons rather than those boring flat icons
I like how the thumbnail has one of the not supported macs...
I'm tired of flat design. Everyone's on it these days. I prefer these icons, they feel fresh.
Does the Big Sur finder sacrifice any functionality for simplicity’s shake or is it just a reskin?
Literally all anyone should care about
reskin
Design elements are alternated periodically, just like building designs. If buildings can be designed with function in mind and creative styles alternatively, iPhones can be rounded and squared every now and then, and so does the icons.
Removing icons from the menu is really easy. Hold command button and drag it off.
Flat design from 2013 isn’t modern. In the technology world, it’s rather dated.
But the shadowy 3d look is definitely sore on the eyes
Neither flat nor 3D are modern or outdated. Apple keeps going back and forth in cycles-it's just a matter of aesthetics and personal taste.
Every Tech Reviewer: Ewwww!! Ugly icons.
Literally anyone else: Neat! The Icons are different.
Seriously though. Nobody would have batted an eye on icon design unless tech reviewers brought it up. I get that you need content, but it just makes you look pretentious. I guess it's your job to sweat the little things though.
Designers love the icons
wrong..the icons were the first thing that came into my mind.
gross...hope they would chance this.
Funny about the icons, I see nothing “ugly” or eye weary about the new icons. I kind of like them. To each their own I guess. All that said, Big Sur is running well on my early-2015 MacBook Air. I like that. Will have to check out Safari because I stopped using it precisely because of the Tabs issue. Just cumbersome. Chrome tab management works for me. If Safari has improved that I will take a look see. Thanks for the review, but ease up on the icons.
For some reason i love the way you explain things. Good video!
Those icons are BAD!!!
and too big... (for me)