Tabs have been re-designed, and Safari will now tell you which cross-site trackers have tried to follow you, which of your passwords has been compromised in a security breach, and it can translate text on a web page from several languages at the click of a button. Safari is faster than ever in Big Sur and is more energy efficient, so won’t run down the battery on your MacBook Pro as quickly. You can also add iCloud tabs, your reading list, and a privacy report. You can now customize the start page with an image of your choice, and include Siri suggestions on that page. It also has a refreshed interface, better retouch tool, improved editing tools, and new soundtracks for memories. Photos now highlights your best shots and hides duplicates or photos that don’t look so great.

Safari and Photos were improved in Catalina and again in Big Sur. You’ll notice Mail has a new layout, and the option to block senders and mute threads. It now allows you to create smart lists of reminders, add attachments and links, and Siri can suggest reminders from within other apps like Messages. In Catalina, the biggest improvement over Mojave was the Reminders app, which was completely re-designed. And Screen Time now includes your Mac as well as iOS devices in its monitoring of the time you or members of your family spend in front of a screen. Also, in Catalina and Big Sur, you can use an iPad as a second display or a graphics tablet with your Mac. Catalina also introduced a new Find My app on macOS, which works in the same way as the one in iOS, allowing you to find your Mac, iOS device, and friends in one app. macOS Big Sur vs Mojave: links with iOSĬatalina introduced the ability to easily port apps from iPad OS to macOS with a feature called Catalyst, resulting in several iPad apps becoming available on the Mac. Any movies or TV shows you have previously bought on the iTunes Store are available in the Apple TV app, where you can also subscribe to Apple’s Apple TV+ streaming service.

It mirrors the way you access music, podcasts and TV shows in iOS. The contents of your iTunes Library are split across those three apps and synced over iCloud. In its place are three new apps: Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV. The biggest change from Mojave to Catalina, and from Mojave to Big Sur is that iTunes is gone.

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