If you have scripts or code which check which version of macOS is running, be careful with Big Sur. Is it 11.0 or 10.16?
macOS 10.16
All about periods of interest, landmarks, filters and search tools – everything you need to discover what went wrong in your Mac’s log.
APFS adds 6 volume roles, including one which supports Time Machine backups. And per-file encryption is coming.
WWDC provided more pieces for the jigsaw of the Mac’s future, but there’s one significant piece still missing.
From SIP to a protected read-only System volume, macOS 11 takes system protection a big step further with cryptographic verification.
A listing of my free utilities which I believe to be compatible with macOS 11 Big Sur (Intel x64). For beta-testers.
macOS 11 Big Sur comes with the promise of Macs with Apple’s own processors later this year. So what changes?
Both apps now detect and report apps which have been built using the 11.0 SDK, and ArchiChect reports non-Intel architectures too.
Will they be locked down completely, or run iPadOS? How could they run existing Mac apps? Some potential answers.
Without addressing shortcomings in tools and maturity of macOS, 10.16 has flawed foundations, and is likely to fall flat.
