

Its aesthetic has been described as "neumorphism", a portmanteau of new and skeuomorphism. Compared to iOS, Big Sur's icons include more shading and highlights to give a three-dimensional appearance. All standard apps, as well as the Dock and the Menu Bar, are redesigned and streamlined, and their icons now have rounded-square shapes like iOS and iPadOS apps. Its changes include translucency in various places, a new abstract wallpaper for the first time and a new color palette.
#OSX 11 MAC OS#
MacOS Big Sur refreshes the design of the user interface, described by Apple as the biggest change since the introduction of Mac OS X.
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#OSX 11 UPDATE#
Providing some indication as to how the pre-release operating system may have been viewed internally at Apple during its development cycle, documentation accompanying the initial beta release of macOS Big Sur referred to its version as "10.16", and when upgrading from prior versions of macOS using the Software Update mechanism to early beta releases, the version referred to was "10.16". 4.8 Other applications found in macOS 11 Big Sur.3.3.2 Support for iOS and iPadOS applications.
