Of these changes, one of the most notable highlightings and the biggest app update comes in for Safari, which now offers improvements in performance and privacy and gives users more customization options than before.Īside from a new start page, support for favicons and page preview, improved translations (with on-the-fly translation), and enhanced privacy measures, the revamped Safari also gets a much-requested feature - (improved) support for third-party extensions.Įxtensions are basically modules (or tiny apps) that allow you to add an extra bit of functionality to the browser.
Not just that, the update also brings along changes to Apple’s native apps and services, such as Messages, Maps, Safari, Music, Notes, etc. The new macOS version features a major design overhaul, which is a much-needed visual change, overdue ever since macOS X, that breathes life into the overall appeal of the interface.
Apple introduced a host of new features and performance improvements with its latest iteration of the macOS operating system, the macOS Big Sur.