

What's new: The new Messages app in MacOS Big Sur includes ways to pin conversations (similar to a feature in the new iOS 14), options to better wrangle group messages, a redesigned search function and new options for designing Memoji and using message effects. Tap the privacy report button to see what data is being collected on the site you're browsing. Preview the content in a tab by hovering over it, and click to delete all tabs to the right of one tab. If you have several tabs open, you'll see the website favicons by default so you can spot the one you want faster. Where you go next depends on what you want to do: If you scroll to a website in another language, you'll be able to hit a button to translate it. How you'll use it: Open the Safari browser the same way you did before. You can also use it to translate languages from seven different languages with a built-in feature. And a customizable Safari start page will let you pick from a curated group of wallpapers or use one of your own photos. You'll also find improved privacy features, including a privacy report button that lets you see how websites track your data and monitor if any of your passwords were compromised in a security breachĪ new App Store category for Safari extensions will let you customize which sites and times each extension is used, if you don't want it running all the time.


The revamped browser will load the websites you visit most often faster, and have better tab management capabilities. Apple said that this is the biggest update to Safari since its launch in 2003. What's new: Perhaps the biggest upgrade in MacOS Big Sur comes in Apple's Safari web browser.
