Soon we will be able to enjoy all the news of macOS Big Sur officially. The new macOS 11 is about to arrive officially after being in beta since the last WWDC held at the end of June. Unlike iOS, iPadOS, watchOS and tvOS, this version has become more begging as it has become almost a custom in recent times and this time most likely due to the arrival of Macs with ARM processors . Precisely the presentation of these next Tuesday could be the starting gun for the software.
Launch after Apple Event?
Yesterday it was confirmed that next Tuesday there will be a special Apple event, the last of the year. Under the slogan of “One More Thing”, as a nod to the famous presentations of the brand, Californians will present what they already advanced in June: Mac with their own processors based on ARM architecture. This will be a historic leap for Apple as it was in its day to incorporate the Intel chips that have remained in force to date. It is expected that computers from the MacBook range will be presented and that their reservations can be opened that same week or later, so they would already have macOS Big Sur as the base operating system.
Therefore, it is evident that if teams with Big Sur installed are launched, it is because the rest can already install it. Although there is no official confirmation and with Apple there is always the surprise that everything changes at the last moment, it would not be surprising that after the event we could already download this new version of the operating system on compatible Macs. Or at least the final beta that would share code with the official one. Be that as it may, we will be attentive to it.
How You Can Prepare Your Mac
Although the software updates are designed to be installed over the previous ones, the truth is that if you want to avoid bugs, a good way to do it is to completely restore the Mac . You should not in that case upload a backup, although it is recommended to have your important files safe in the cloud, either iCloud or any other service. In any case, we insist on emphasizing that it would not be necessary.
What is important for you to know is if your Mac is compatible with this new version. Here is the list of devices that can update to macOS 11:
- Mac mini: 2014 and later.
- Mac Pro: 2013 and later.
- iMac: 2014 and later.
- iMac Pro: 2017 and later
- MacBook: 2015 and later.
- MacBook Air: 2013 and later.
- MacBook Pro – Late 2013 and later.
Once the update arrives we will inform you in another article, but in case you want to know it now, you should go to System Preferences> Software update and there you will find the new version ready for download and subsequent update.