Big Sur First Impressions

The desktop of Big Sur looks more unified and sleek than ever before.

As a long-time Apple fangirl, I was excited to finally get my hands on macOS Big Sur, especially given how much later it came out than this year’s iOS/iPadOS updates and, perhaps even more excitingly, represents their first software-side step towards an ARM future for the Mac.

I don’t have an ARM Mac, but rather an Intel 16” MacBook Pro — by far my favorite piece of electronics. After getting everything set up on it…