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macOS Big Sur

Be Sur of yourself

The latest macOS overhaul echoes the look of iPadOS. App icons are squareish, sidebars are full-height and toolbars default to buttons (but you can control-click them to get text labels back). Looking for the Notification Centre? That now shows up when you click on the clock. We’ve no idea why.

Take back controls

Control Centre lurks in the menu bar, and mimics the iPad/iPhone equivalent (or the original

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