macOS Big Sur is now available in version 11. 1. The update brings support for Apple’s new AirPods Max headphones and ensures a more prominent placement of the TV + streaming service in the preinstalled TV app: A new tab lists all the content of Apple’s subscription service. The search was supplemented with suggestions and allowed to browse through the films and series offers by category.

New functions Like the iOS 13. 3 macOS takes care of 11. 1 for the integration of the new data protection labels in the App Store. Apps must disclose in an easily readable form what data they are collecting and for what purpose. Users of the Apple browser Safari receive the search engine Ecosia as a new option among the search providers. The Photos app now supports editing recordings in Apple’s ProRAW format. Just like on iPhones, Siri should now also make health recommendations on the Mac in case of poor air quality, which is also supported in Germany, as Apple lists.

For iOS Apple has added an important function to apps on ARM Macs, with which they can be used in full screen. The change between portrait view and landscape format, otherwise achieved by turning the iPhone and iPad, is now possible on Macs with an M1 chip.

Bug fixes and security updates The update also corrects errors and, among other things, should make the unlocking of Macs with the Apple Watch more reliable – several users have recently had problems there. Bluetooth connections should be reliably listed in the control center again. Apple has also corrected a bug in the interaction between LG’s UltraFine 5K screen and the new M1 Macs in order to output the full resolution instead of just 4K.

macOS 11. 1 also closes serious security gaps, according to Apple, which among other things enable the execution of malicious code at the kernel level and the infiltration of arbitrary code by remote attackers – users should immediately import the update that can be obtained via the integrated software update. For macOS 10. 15. 7 Catalina the security update 2020 – 001 ready for download, for macOS 10. 14. 6 Mojave the security update 2020 – 007. For macOS 10. 13 High Sierra should not deliver any more updates to Apple.

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