Here is where Apple may have the edge, with both greater control over third-party developers and previous experience in making such a dramatic switch.Īpple said it had already ported all its apps to the new ARM-based chips, including its heavy, professional apps such as the video-editing suite Final Cut Pro. Microsoft has dabbled several times with ARM chips in its Surface Windows PCs, most recently with the Surface Pro X, which has a custom-designed chip made by Microsoft with mobile chip-maker Qualcomm.ĭespite making both hardware and software, Microsoft has struggled to bring key third-party software such as photo-editing suites to its ARM-based PCs. Photograph: AppleĪpple is not the first to attempt the switch to the vastly more power-efficient ARM chips. Shifting architecturesĪpple’s silicon technologies coming to the Mac in new chips.

Apple has also added built-in translation, better tab management and a redesigned start page. Safari has also been sped up, now up to 50% faster than Google’s Chrome browser, but also has new privacy-protecting features, such as the ability to see how a site is tracking you from a button on the address bar. The Maps app has also been revamped using the iPad app as the base. The dock, too, now floats at the bottom of the screen, similar to that seen on the iPad in iPadOS 13, while the Messages app now operates like an iPhone with pinned messages and mentions. Apple has also brought Control Centre from the iPhone to the Mac for quick settings changes, such as brightness, Bluetooth and wifi. New is a unified space for both notifications and widgets, which now resemble those of the new iOS 14.

The new macOS Big Sur also revamps almost all of the user interface of the Mac with new translucent effects, depth and colour. MacOS 10.16 Big Sur is the next version of Apple’s Mac operating system.

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