During the wwdc 2020 keynote for macos big sur a screenshot displayed macos big sur as version macos 11 however developer betas are labeled as macos 10 16.
Screenshot macos big sur.
You can clearly see that the interface changes between macos catalina and big sur are pretty dramatic.
Some apps such as the apple tv app might not let you take screenshots of their windows.
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When you take a screenshot on your mac using the shift command 3 shortcut to capture the whole screen or shift command 4 to capture a portion of it the image files are saved straight to.
It can be seen in this screenshot that the man pages reference macos big sur as 10 16 not as 11 0.
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What will be the official version is perhaps still in the air but labeling it as macos 11 seems likely.
Catalina is the first version of macos to support.
Macos catalina version 10 15 is the sixteenth major release of macos apple inc s desktop operating system for macintosh computers.
New screenshot sound when taking screenshots in macos big sur developer preview 1.
Macos big sur release set for fall 2020.
Big sur s new ui feels like a largely incremental set of changes to make macos feel more coherent with ios and ipad os.
All of the screenshots you see in andrew s blog post are taken from a default install of macos with the catalina version on the left and its big sur counterpart on the right.
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Even if there are a few teething issues and the look is a little jarring at first this has to be a good thing in the long term.
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Having said that apple still has a vast amount of work to do to perfect the new macos ui.
Macos big sur versioned as 11 0 officially though from prior mac os release versioning it s more like 10 16 includes a newly redesigned user interface complete with a refreshed window appearance a new dock look new icons more white space and brighter and whiter user interface.
It is the successor to macos mojave and precedes macos big sur which is planned to be released later in 2020 it was announced at wwdc 2019 on june 3 2019 and was released to the public on october 7 2019.