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As announced at the Apple MacBook event on 10 November, on Thursday, the new macOS 11 Big Sur update started to roll out. The new iteration of macOS is the first version of the operating system to natively support the new M1-powered Apple laptops and PC. The new macOS Big Sur brings a new design, enhancements to Safari, Messages, Maps, and privacy and it has been optimised for Apple’s M1 chip. Here's what is new on the macOS 11, the devices it's compatible with and how you can download the update.

macOS Big Sur: Compatible devices

The new macOS 11 Big Sur is compatible with iMac 2014 and later, iMac Pro 2017 and later, Mac Pro 2013 and later, Mac Mini 2014 and later, MacBook Air 2013 and later, MacBook Pro Late 2013 and later, and MacBook 2015 and later.

macOS Big Sur: How to download and install

Apple usually rolls out macOS updates automatically. However, in case you don't see a prompt for the update, you can also download the update manually by heading to System Preferences > Software Update in the Apple menu.

Alternatively, you could open 'About This Mac' in Apple menu and then tap the latest Software Update.

You can also download macOS Big Sur directly from the Mac App Store.

Currently, the dedicated macOS page on Apple's website also had an 'Update Now' button on top right that you can hit to download the update.

It is recommended to back up your data and free up some space before beginning the update process.

macOS Big Sur: What's new?

Refreshed look

Mac OS X Big Sur comes with a simpler design, new app icons, smoother animations, refreshed app design for all pre-installed apps. MacOS Big Sur also has a new menu bar as well. The Mac will now also have a control centre, like iPhones.

Messages

Messages on the macOS Big Sur offer new tools to manage favorite group conversations. You can pin conversations to the top of your Messages list, similar to iOS 14. The search feature has also been completely redesigned on Messages on Mac to help you quickly find links, photos, and matching terms. Messages for Mac also works seamlessly across iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, so conversations stay in sync.

Apple Maps

Maps on Mac has also been entirely redesigned. It has a new feature called Guides that lets you discover places to visit and things to do, as well as create custom guides of favourite restaurants, parks. You can also share these Guides with friends and family. Apple Maps on Mac now lets you see a 360-degree view of a destination.

Apple Maps now also have indoor maps of places like airports and shopping centers.

Cycling and electric vehicle trips can now also be routed on a Mac and sent directly to an iPhone.

Safari

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Apple claims that Safari is now 50 percent faster than Google Chrome. Apple will let users decide what apps and websites can use extensions, how long they want to activate them for, among other controls. Safari also has redesigned tabs to show website previews and use tab space more efficiently.

Privacy

Privacy is touted as a highlight of the macOS Big Sur. The Mac App Store will include a new section on each product page showing a developer-reported summary of the privacy practices of an app. The information offered includes the types of data the apps might collect — such as contact information, or location — and whether they are shared with third parties for tracking.

A few weeks ago, we talked about the best apps for Apple TV and even showed you how to get a web browser on Apple TV. But apart from that, you’d also expect Apple TV to be a step ahead in the streaming section as well, wouldn’t you? If you want to play any video on your Apple TV without having to use the iPhone or iPad. Well, you all know the answer to that. Yes, its VLC media player for Apple TV. But have you ever been really able to use it seamlessly? VLC for Apple TV although a powerful app, is not very intuitive and often full of errors. So, we made this guide to help you make the most out of it.

VLC for Apple TV primarily offers three ways to stream both local and online media.

1. Local Network

The local network media support in VLC for Apple TV lets you stream media from a Mac or Windows computer connected to the same WiFi network. All you have to do is select any local device under Local Network on the top left of VLC app interface and enter your login credentials for the selected device. You can then simply browse through the device disk and play any media file. VLC can even play the file formats that can’t be played on your Mac or PC.

Problems faced:

• Device is not visible on Local Network.
• Cannot browse files even after using correct credentials on Mac.

Solutions:

• Make sure that your Mac or Windows is connected to the same wifi network or LAN as your Apple TV.
• After you log in with the credentials of your Mac on the Apple TV, go to the Sharing option under Settings on your Mac and check if File Sharing option is on from the menu on the left. Also, click on options under file sharing on the right and check both the boxes you find inside. This will make sure that your Mac is accessible from your Apple TV and all the media files on your Mac can be then played on your Apple TV.

2. Remote Playback

The Remote Playback option on VLC gives you access to videos stored on your other devices without having to use your Mac as a server. Just swipe up to the Remote Playback option on the VLC app on your Apple TV and click on ‘Enable Remote Playback’. You’ll see two links displaying on the screen, one is the local IP address and the other is the local network address. You just have to type either of these on your web browser on Mac which is connected to the same WiFi or LAN network.

Once you open either of the links, you’ll see a page that offers two modes of media access i.e. drag & drop, and a file picker dialogue box. This dialogue box that says ‘Enter URL here’ which is not to be confused with a Network URL. It is rather a local address it requires. All you gotta do is drag n drop a media file which will then start uploading on the Apple TV local memory and alternatively you can click on the ‘+’ sign to browse through your Mac’s memory disk and choose a file to upload.

The files you upload will then be temporarily saved on your Apple TV local memory and will be visible on the remote playback screen at the bottom. You can simply click on a file and your video will start playing on the Apple TV screen. The reason we say the term ‘temporarily saved’ is because these files can be automatically deleted by your Apple TV if it requires the space for itself but until then, you can view the saved files multiple times without having to face the problem of buffering or connecting to your Mac.

Problem Faced:

• Clicking on the ‘+’ icon doesn’t do anything.
• Copy pasting URL doesn’t bring up the video.

Solutions:

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• There are two ‘+’ icons on the screen, you have to choose the top right one. Clicking on the ‘+’ icon in the center of the screen won’t do the job.
• You are probably copy-pasting a ‘web URL’ in the dialogue box which is not recognized by the remote playback feature. The URL here means a local address of your Mac and not a web URL. The simplest option is to drag & drop a media file in this window and it’ll automatically get uploaded to Apple TV local media.

3. Network Stream

The Network Stream option is most tricky of all. This option lets you play media with the help of a network URL and support network streams, including HLS, MMS or RTSP. Meaning, if you have an FTP or a web server online, you can simply use the URL of a media file stored in that server and play it on your Apple TV. And as far as we heard it can support the URL from one of your cloud storages like Dropbox, OneDrive, etc. which didn’t actually work for us but you may give it a shot. Maybe VLC support team could be of some help too.

To insert a URL just swipe to the network stream option and type in the URL in the dialogue box. Apple TV remote app on your iPhone or iPad will be of great use in typing that tedious and long URL. Alternatively, you may also copy – paste the URL using the Apple TV remote app. Additionally, VLC will also help you get subtitles for the media you’re playing through online sources like OpenSubtitles.org

The great thing about this feature is that once the URL is used, it’ll always appear on the screen unless you delete it. Meaning that if you want to see your favorite movie or a personal video, again and again, you just have to click on the URL and it’ll pop-up on the Apple TV screen.

Problem faced:

• There is only a buffer sign on the screen after you insert a URL and the video doesn’t play.
• There are too many wrong URLs that are saved on the screen which you wanna get rid of.

Solutions:

• The reason why your video isn’t turning up on the screen after you have checked it on the web browser is that you have been inserting a web URL whereas VLC for tvOS only supports a media-specific URL which is super tricky to find. This media specific URL could be found on the page source and it’ll probably have an extension of a media file as a suffix. As for your server is concerned you’ll have to use a precise media specific URL for that too. Although VLC support team hasn’t come up with an absolute solution to this issue, we hope this could be made rather simpler or else VLC will lose its charm on Apple TV.
• To delete a previously used URL simply scroll down to it and press the ‘play-pause’ button on your Apple TV Siri remote to get options and press ‘delete’. You’ll have to do them one by one if you have many wrong URLs in the list.