KICKING OFF ITS annual Worldwide Developers Conference (held online this year), Apple introduced the next version of macOS, Big Sur, which ships this fall.
Apple CEO Tim Cook described it as “the biggest change since the introduction of Mac OS X.” The Finder has been redesigned with a simpler, cleaner look. Icons have a new design closer to their iOS counterparts while retaining their Mac personality, and there’s a translucent menu bar with redesigned, more spacious menus. Windows have reduced visual complexity, with buttons and controls that dim when not in use but appear when you mouse over them. Apple says a “unified language of symbols” makes everything more consistent across the ecosystem of devices and easier to recognize.