If you have an iPhone or iPad, check out our guide on all the new features in iOS and iPadOS 14. Take your time to get to know many of these helpful new features.

You'll see a banner notification asking for permission. Developers have to provide this information starting December 8.Īutomatic AirPods Switching: If you have AirPods and they're connected to multiple Apple devices, the earbuds can now automatically switch to your Mac when it's turned on. It shows a preview of data the developer will collect via the app and other data that may be used to track you. Nutrition Label in the App Store: Before downloading an app on the App Store, you'll find a Nutrition Label of sorts at the bottom. Not every app is available-developers have to opt in to desktop support, and it could take months or longer for some to bring their apps over.īetter Spotlight Search: Spotlight, the Mac's search tool, is now faster, and you can preview many of the results right from the Spotlight interface, including web pages, weather, and files. You're able to download some iPhone and iPad apps! Just search for an app in the Mac App Store, and you'll see a new tab to find iPhone and iPad apps. IPhone and iPad Apps on Macs with the M1 Chip: This applies only if you have one of the new MacBooks with Apple's own M1 chip. Head to Apple's macOS 11 web page to see the full list, but here are a few standouts. There are several smaller updates in Big Sur. (You can remove some of these widgets by tapping the edit icon on the bottom right of Safari's start page.) Also present are Siri Suggestions and access to your Reading List, and you can change the background to something more colorful. Instead of just showing your favorite or frequently visited websites, you'll also see a Privacy Report for how many trackers Safari has blocked. The Safari Start Page got a makeover too. Just go up to the menus at the top of the screen and click View > Translate > Translate to English. If you encounter a web page in another language, now you can use Siri's built-in translator to turn it into one of seven languages. Plus, Safari now shows favicons in the tabs, so it's much easier to find the tab you're hunting for.

If you're like me and have dozens of tabs open at any given time, you'll like that you can now hover over a tab to see a preview of what's there. Apple says Big Sur brings the 'biggest update to Safari since its original launch in 2003.' It's speedier than ever (50 percent faster than Chrome, according to Apple), and you can finally watch 4K HDR content on YouTube and Netflix.

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