MacOS Big Sur: Apple’s New M1 Chip Will Make Applications Faster, Smoother

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AT virtual event on Tuesday, Apple unveiled new Macs which works on its new M1 chip for Mac, which will bring major improvements to application performance on its new operating system, MacOS Big Sur.

With MacOS Big Sur Running on Macs with Apple’s new silicon-based M1 chip, application launches are almost instantaneous, Craig Federighi, senior vice president of software engineering at Apple, said at the event. With Safari, the operating system will run JavaScript one and a half times faster and the entire system will be almost twice as responsive, so applications that require high performance to render 3D animations or edit raw video footage will run faster. easily.

“We have optimized all of our applications for M1,” said Federighi.

The M1 chip will also bring increased security, including hardware verified secure boot, high performance automatic encryption for all your files, and macOS runtime protections. Overall, this gives you “the most advanced security of any personal computer,” Federighi said.

MacOS Big Sur also offers universal applications, which can run on an Intel or M1 Mac. Adobe publishes universal versions of its applications, starting with Lightroom next month and Photoshop early next year.

For the first time ever, you’ll be able to run iPhone and iPad apps right on your Mac, Federighi said.

MacOS Big Sur was rolled out to all users on Thursday. Find out more if your Mac is compatible with Big Sur, how to download macOS Big Sur, and all of the best Big Sur features we’ve found.