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MacOS Big Sur review

The Mac becomes an even better partner to the iPhone and iPad with this upgrade along with the move to Apple Silicon.

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  1. Dani Székely

    November 13, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    I have 2nd generation Airpods and for some reason, automatic switching is very buggy and doesn’t work well. Any suggestions?

  2. AzeTunez

    November 13, 2020 at 8:30 pm

    downloadin big sur right nah

  3. Edward Wright

    November 13, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    You’re still whinging about icons having shadows? Bringing back elements of Steve Job’s classic iPhone UI design is not a bad thing. “Skeuomorphism” is a word most people never heard before a few tech journalists started complaining about it.

    Maybe you should take a look at the design of your own website? Nearly illegible headlines in white text on top of photos…

  4. Wild Rage

    November 13, 2020 at 8:52 pm

    Well, hope you like to pay +1000$ for that privacy. Oh wait, it spies on you and disables apps to be launched when the Apple servers are unresponsive/down? And you can’t install any other os? Hmm, the data is also unencrypted and send to your isp then a third party cdn provider and finally Apple?
    Ok, idk i think I’m going to still buy it because i love Ap- oh what the Government can access that data and stop apps from being opened. Not my problem, I’m a apple sheep and me buy apple products everyday.

  5. Ol Goat

    November 13, 2020 at 8:58 pm

    I’m an icon designer/ui designer, I’ve worked on skeuomorphic apps and icons in the past, then did the flat design, years later, flat is also dated. The difference in the skeuomorphic look, back then the icons were too glossy/glassy look.

  6. Garrett Gault

    November 13, 2020 at 9:01 pm

    I actually love the new icons every single one lol. Sorry not sorry

  7. Tysacura

    November 13, 2020 at 9:05 pm

    I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15” retina and I’m still happy using Mac OS Mojave. I can upgrade but don’t feel like this is worth it to me.

  8. #nvidia mate

    November 13, 2020 at 9:28 pm

    Big Sur(veillance)

  9. jaspal singh

    November 13, 2020 at 9:44 pm

    My anti virus stopped working now

  10. Raidri Conchobair

    November 13, 2020 at 9:50 pm

    So I wonder if I should upgrade …

  11. Jack Mohr

    November 13, 2020 at 9:53 pm

    Good video, way too long. And mate you don’t need to talk about the icons that you hate for a few minutes. Glad you can read off a specs paper. Also you should do your research before making the video, copy paste between devices has been around a long time, new safari was available a little while ago. Think I just wasted 11 minutes of my life.

  12. Norma Alvarado

    November 13, 2020 at 10:17 pm

    Maybe I shouldn’t have wasted 10 minutes updating the Catalina software to find out there’s a new system two minutes later 😑

  13. anicetune

    November 13, 2020 at 10:18 pm

    Flat design from 2013 isn’t modern. In the technology world, it’s rather dated.

  14. Dreamcatcher_11_

    November 13, 2020 at 10:32 pm

    I’m still on High Sierra and its perfectly fine.

  15. M. Zappa

    November 13, 2020 at 10:48 pm

    A “stan” complaining about….. ICONS. Are you kidding me? I think its a great refresh.

  16. summoner2100

    November 13, 2020 at 10:49 pm

    Widgets are a useless waste of time that takes up space on a clean desktop

  17. summoner2100

    November 13, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    No crashes? The beta was PLAGUED by problems. Wow. You’re out of the loop.

  18. George Lima

    November 13, 2020 at 11:04 pm

    Anyone else having issues with this version of the SO?
    The graphic performance is really poor on my 2015 Mac Pro. Even the dock is laggy.

  19. Hans Hoebeke

    November 13, 2020 at 11:20 pm

    I really like Big Sur thus far – very snappy on my MBP 13 2018 – there’s just one thing I don’t like – where is the calculator widget? Used that all the time – very annoying as is the absence of a calculator on the iPad… one wonders why….

  20. FABIO MATTISON

    November 13, 2020 at 11:46 pm

    Just realised they’ve changed the music icon from ‘iTunes’ to ‘music’ on MacBook. It’s TOO reminiscent of an iPad/iPhone now! Spent an hour looking for the iTunes tab after upgrading OS!!! 😡

  21. Eme.

    November 14, 2020 at 12:02 am

    I’m sorry but I don’t think flatter means easier on the eyes. I think that Mac icons have a deep history in craftsmanship and detail and flat would ruin them. Neumorphic design is the future.

  22. Arctic Gaming Officialツ

    November 14, 2020 at 12:11 am

    I don’t agree with your issue

  23. locotutorials

    November 14, 2020 at 12:40 am

    This man really complained about a damn icon for 4 straight minutes??? Come on man get to the details that matter

  24. Gabriel Chamon

    November 14, 2020 at 12:46 am

    04:27 to remove the icon you dragged from menu bar, hold Command and drag the icon downwards, wait a second and a X icon should appear over the icon. Release the mouse and the icon should vanish

  25. Big Chole

    November 14, 2020 at 1:11 am

    Beta guy… beta!

  26. Morten Enoksen

    November 14, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    Your awesome point with widgets to use the entire screen is fantastic! It’s almost like you don’t remember how widgets were on Mac OSX. But they removed it because people didn’t use them. Google Mac OS X Dashboard.

  27. Nesara Ravi

    November 14, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    I hate the way the apps and icons look it feels like using an android phone the ios14 aesthetic
    i feel like gaging looking at the apple Music and Messages
    I really hope they change it

  28. Lauren S

    November 14, 2020 at 6:50 pm

    So, to update or not update? I’m thinking no…. especially since it’s asking me for 20GB of free space that i do not have on my 2015 macbook pro

  29. K G

    November 14, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    OOooof thank you apple

  30. Kyle Piira

    November 14, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    Flat design is so bland.

  31. mum

    November 14, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    Oh goodie. Can’t wait for all of my Logic plug ins to crash and sessions not opening up.

  32. Eduard-Mihai

    November 14, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    I buy my first MacBook this year and my ask is: this MacOS Big Sur will work good on my 2017 MacBook Air ?

    • Jacob B

      November 14, 2020 at 11:43 pm

      Should work fine might be a bit slower until it’s optimized better, 2017 MacBook Air runs okay but lacks power for most things besides basic web browsing and word applications.

  33. jonnyQuest

    November 14, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    Every 5 years they go from flat icons to shadowed, dimensional icons (the flat icons were so dated), and then they go back to the flat icons (the dimensional icons were so dated). Each time they act like they ‘figured it out’. The cycle will continue…

  34. Meti Nik

    November 14, 2020 at 8:29 pm

    What a waste of time : talking about messaging icon for minutes!

  35. Youtube Channel

    November 14, 2020 at 9:26 pm

    Does Safari now support YouTube 4K?

  36. Andrzej Johny

    November 14, 2020 at 9:47 pm

    I hate this flat design. Everything looks the same. I
    Love the leather contact book, this what make book in first glance.
    Maybe too deep embose efect is applied but finally they looks like 21 centres, not like drawn in ms paint.

  37. Angry Apple

    November 14, 2020 at 10:02 pm

    I thought we could install a Linux Distro on Big Sur? Like on Windows10.

  38. Noah Green

    November 14, 2020 at 10:06 pm

    I like the big sur icons.

  39. 兔豪

    November 14, 2020 at 10:53 pm

    it’s horrible updates

  40. Taga Cale

    November 14, 2020 at 11:11 pm

    Wait, my safari already have those features on Catalina

  41. Tima Sheriff

    November 14, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    Downloading mine right now😏

  42. dedi sen

    November 14, 2020 at 11:48 pm

    cool

  43. Isaac Revelo

    November 14, 2020 at 11:49 pm

    is anybody having thermal problems with this upgrade? I just upgraded yesterday on my 2017 MB Air and I was constantly reaching near 100ºC on my processors, even with fans at full speed and basically no workload, just booting the laptop and letting it “rest” for a few minutes. I had to restore with Time Machine to Catalina and, surprise surprise, that “ghostbuster” icon appears so I had to reinstall that very same version of Catalina. Honestly it was such a pain to upgrade to Big Sur and I’m sort of afraid to do so unless I know there is not more thermal problem with it, at least on my laptop version.

  44. Drew

    November 15, 2020 at 12:13 am

    the macbook in the thumbnail has an optical drive….whattttt

  45. leslie m

    November 15, 2020 at 12:36 am

    I absolutely love the return to 3D icons!

  46. sadiel1

    November 15, 2020 at 12:53 am

    this new macos tracks every single thing you do and sends it over to apple

  47. bittence

    November 15, 2020 at 1:02 am

    Looks like we got a flat design dummy over here

  48. SmileyKyleeFace

    November 15, 2020 at 1:07 am

    I downloaded Catalina on my Mac 2013 and now it freezes at the log in screen more than half the time requiring me to restart my laptop. What’s up with that

  49. John Campbell

    November 15, 2020 at 1:20 am

    The icons were the first thing I noticed. Very odd.

  50. Soon

    November 15, 2020 at 3:34 pm

    Why is there so much hissing sound everytime he speaks s is it just me ?

  51. Galerioke Official

    November 15, 2020 at 3:44 pm

    my epson L360 after upgrade to Big Sur, can not print & scan using USB. I hope can be fix it ASAP.

  52. Lennon & McCartney Fanatic

    November 15, 2020 at 4:12 pm

    Since i Installed Big Sur my Mac won’t recognise my Sandisk Memory Card from my Camcorder under Devices yet it always did in Catalina etc.

  53. David de Koning

    November 15, 2020 at 4:36 pm

    actually reallyy like the 3d icons, wish they ‘d bring the back also on iPhone

  54. Erick Flores

    November 15, 2020 at 4:46 pm

    I restarted my macbook this morning, and heard the classic startup sound… Me: 😮

  55. Tom Hartmann

    November 15, 2020 at 4:59 pm

    why is the audio so bad?

  56. you already know

    November 15, 2020 at 5:04 pm

    can somebody make a vid on how to download BlueStacks with Big Sur cause I had to redownload and now there’s no allow button

  57. Sam

    November 15, 2020 at 5:19 pm

    lollollolo

  58. D.T. Brandt

    November 15, 2020 at 5:36 pm

    I dissagree with the satement that they put much effort into the macOS. When looking at just the mac apart from the ecosystem the only upgrades mentioned are the visual and the slight changes to safari. I cannot send the route to my phone the same way because that phone is no Iphone.

  59. Randall C

    November 15, 2020 at 5:48 pm

    I hope Apple never brings back those over-the-top 3D icon designs.

  60. Jamil Dybwad

    November 15, 2020 at 5:53 pm

    Thank you, so now I can give Safari a new go. BUT my printer refused to cooperate with BigSur. Very sad. I deleted it in system preferences and added it back – now choosing “generic” as the driver, and everything was fine again (useful for older printers). By the way, I discovered the review because a friend told me you had some groundbreaking books on your shelf. In these corona-times me to scrutinizes peoples bookshelves …

  61. Bahador Eizadkhah

    November 15, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    Beautiful OS but with overheating and battery problem….

  62. Station Unrest

    November 15, 2020 at 6:21 pm

    If they want everything uniform with iOS, then why not just make an iPad with a built in keyboard?

  63. Tech Viso

    November 15, 2020 at 6:55 pm

    Tooooo much talking talking but nothing

  64. Username

    November 15, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    **mac startup sound plays**
    Me: MUUMM I NEED TWO GRAND TO BUY A MACBOOK

  65. Paniekzaaier tje

    November 15, 2020 at 7:18 pm

    MacOS 11??? It’s just MacOS

  66. Sentinel 96

    November 15, 2020 at 9:03 pm

    The only thing i want to know about this is can i play my 32 bit games now?

  67. Paul Atawurah

    November 15, 2020 at 9:16 pm

    Lol why is he pushing that the icons are ugly. That’s subjective I think

  68. DanTheMan

    November 15, 2020 at 10:21 pm

    bought a macbook pro 4 months ago feels old now, makes me sad.

  69. Veggie Mor

    November 15, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    I have to stop watching because the sound is weird and it is annoying. seems come from a cheap headset’s microphone

  70. Wayne Malcolm

    November 15, 2020 at 10:55 pm

    Funny about the icons, I see nothing “ugly” or eye weary about the new icons. I kind of like them. To each their own I guess. All that said, Big Sur is running well on my early-2015 MacBook Air. I like that. Will have to check out Safari because I stopped using it precisely because of the Tabs issue. Just cumbersome. Chrome tab management works for me. If Safari has improved that I will take a look see. Thanks for the review, but ease up on the icons.

  71. Antoine Maxima

    November 15, 2020 at 11:20 pm

    Big sur doesn’t work on 128 gb Macs.

  72. ccseic

    November 16, 2020 at 12:24 am

    Chrome is not slow…what the heck r u talking about?

  73. Li Watkins

    November 16, 2020 at 12:37 am

    If you search “Big Mac” and scroll down a little you get this video somehow

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