macOS Big Sur

E224167
desktop operating system macOS release proprietary software

macOS Big Sur is a major version of Apple’s Mac operating system that introduced a redesigned user interface, enhanced privacy features, and tighter integration with Apple’s custom silicon.

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Label Occurrences
macOS Big Sur canonical 9
macOS 11 1
macOS 11 Big Sur 1

Statements (68)

Predicate Object
instanceOf desktop operating system ⓘ
macOS release ⓘ
proprietary software ⓘ
alternativeName macOS Big Sur ⓘ
surface form: macOS 11
announcedAt Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 ⓘ
surface form: WWDC 2020
announcementDate 2020-06-22 ⓘ
buildsOn Darwin operating system ⓘ
codename Big Sur region of California ⓘ
surface form: Big Sur
defaultUserInterface Aqua ⓘ
developer Apple Inc. ⓘ
followedBy macOS Monterey ⓘ
includesApplication App Store ⓘ
Mail ⓘ
Maps ⓘ
Messages ⓘ
Music ⓘ
Photos ⓘ
Apple Podcasts (macOS app) ⓘ
surface form: Podcasts

Safari ⓘ
TV ⓘ
includesFramework macOS Cocoa ⓘ
surface form: AppKit

UIKit ⓘ
surface form: UIKit for Mac (Mac Catalyst)
initialReleaseDate 2020-11-12 ⓘ
introducedFeature Control Center ⓘ
surface form: Control Center for Mac

Safari privacy report ⓘ
cryptographically signed system volume ⓘ
enhanced battery usage reporting ⓘ
enhanced privacy features in Safari ⓘ
improved Messages app with pinned conversations ⓘ
improved software update mechanism ⓘ
new Maps features on Mac ⓘ
privacy information on Mac App Store ⓘ
redesigned user interface ⓘ
refined window and menu bar appearance ⓘ
support for iOS and iPadOS apps on Apple silicon Macs ⓘ
updated Notification Center ⓘ
updated app icons with new design language ⓘ
introducedSupportFor Apple silicon ⓘ
kernelName XNU ⓘ
kernelType hybrid kernel ⓘ
latestReleaseBranch 11.x ⓘ
license Apple proprietary license ⓘ
majorVersionNumber 11 ⓘ
namedAfter Big Sur region of California ⓘ
surface form: Big Sur region in California
operatingSystemFamily macOS ⓘ
precededBy macOS Catalina ⓘ
securityFeature FileVault ⓘ
surface form: FileVault full-disk encryption

Gatekeeper ⓘ
System Integrity Protection ⓘ
sandboxing for apps ⓘ
sourceModel closed source with open-source components ⓘ
supportedArchitecture macOS on Apple silicon ⓘ
surface form: Apple silicon Mac

Intel-based Mac ⓘ
supportedPlatform ARM64 ⓘ
x86-64 ⓘ
supports APFS file system ⓘ
Mac App Store distribution ⓘ
notarization of apps ⓘ
supportsAPI Cocoa ⓘ
Metal ⓘ
SwiftUI ⓘ
supportsProgrammingLanguage C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
Objective-C ⓘ
Swift ⓘ
systemRequirementsMinimumRAM 4 GB ⓘ
systemRequirementsMinimumStorage 35.5 GB available storage ⓘ
userInterfaceType graphical user interface ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sidecar → supportedOn → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
Control Center → introducedInVersion → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
subject surface form: Control Center (macOS)
Control Center → availableOn → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
subject surface form: Control Center (macOS)
this entity surface form: macOS Big Sur and later
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference 2020 → announced → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
Rosetta 2 → introducedIn → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS 11 Big Sur
Rosetta 2 → componentOf → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1) → operatingSystem → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
Developer Transition Kit for Apple silicon → operatingSystem → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS Big Sur for Apple silicon
Developer Transition Kit for Apple silicon → operatingSystem → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS 11 beta
Apple silicon transition → supportedByOperatingSystem → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
Apple developer transition kit program → operatingSystem → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
subject surface form: Apple Developer Transition Kit Program
this entity surface form: macOS Big Sur pre-release builds
macOS Catalina → precedes → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
macOS Big Sur → alternativeName → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
this entity surface form: macOS 11
macOS Monterey → precededBy → macOS Big Sur ⓘ
macOS Monterey → follows → macOS Big Sur ⓘ